Extreme Perl

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Extreme Perl

Extreme Perl is a book about Extreme Programming using the programming language Perl. This site contains the entire book. Please send me your suggestions, questions, etc. to comments at extremeperl.org. You may also want to join the Extreme Perl Group at Yahoo! Groups to discuss Extreme Programming with Perl.

The book is available in HTML, PDF, or A4 PDF.

Contents:

    Preface
    The Problem
    Extreme Programming
    Perl
    Release Planning
    Iteration Planning
    Pair Programming
    Tracking
    Acceptance Testing
    Coding Style
    Logistics
    Test Driven Design
    Continuous Design
    Unit Testing
    Refactoring
    It's a SMOP

Praise:

There is a part of Extreme Programming which celebrates excellence in programming in service to a customer, someone who needs computation but doesn't have the skill/patience/mania necessary to program. I'm always looking for win-wins. Gratuitous virtuosity is a win for the programmer, but a lose for the customer, because they end up with a program that no one (sometimes not even the original author) can touch without causing damage. What I like most about your book is that it presents some pretty pointy hat programming techniques, but uses them to create power for a customer, XP-style.

-- Kent Beck

Great book - very useful information and examples. It inspired me to review our processes yet again.

-- Chris Hutchinson

It is one of the best resources I have struck to introduce Extreme Programming to newbies. I have found that most references to Extreme Programming are not overly helpful when you are trying to get started down the XP path.

-- Lance Wicks

I rarely recommend techie books, but this is one you really have to read. I've been programming for something like 35 years, and I learned a lot from this book. If you write software, you should read this book.

One thing that is compelling is that I've known the author for perhaps 20 years. He is one of the most thoughtful and intelligent technologists I know, and I respect whatever he says out of reflex.

If there is one thing about the book that I must caution you about, it is that it is terrifying. Rob is doing things (not discussing theoretical concepts, but actually doing them) that I fear I can never achieve. I wish I could take the next step, and try to adopt some of his practices, but it may never happen.

That said, I learned a LOT just reading the book. I expect that you will, too. Give it a try, even if you know nothing about extreme programming or Perl. I didn't!

-- Jon Bondy

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