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I just finished reading eXtreme .NET, Introducing XP Techniques to .NET Developers by Dr. Neil Roodyn. It's a great overview for those new to Extreme Programming, and who want to see how to apply it to .NET.
Even if you don't want to, or can't implement all of the XP practices right away, everything in this book is worth trying at least once over the course of a project (or at least, over the course of your career). |
Topics covered in the book include:
- On-Site Customer
- Planning Game
- Pair Programming
- Test-Driven Development
- Refactoring
- Spiking
- Continuous Integration
- Stand-up Meetings
- Problem/Task Breakdown
It also has a few tie-ins to one of my other favorite books, Software For Your Head. At 268 pages, this book covers each topic briefly, but a short overview with practical examples is all you need to see how these techniques would benefit you and how to implement them. I'd say this is in my 5 most important books for a .NET developer.
--Marcie