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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.14
EAN: 9780321146533
ISBN: 0321146530
Label: Addison-Wesley Professional
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: November 18, 2002
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Sales Rank: 21203
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional
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Average Rating: 
Rating:  - intriguing ideas, irritatingly presented
The book's scope is well-defined and its methodology (including a running "task list" that is updated at the end of each chapter with strikeouts and new items) is innovative. But it falls sadly short in execution.
The text is overloaded with cutesy digressions that only serve to obscure the topic at hand and irritate the reader. No "Head First" title, this. To read this book is to wish over and over that its author had had the humility to submit it to another editor's series rather than ... Read More
Rating: - Good Theory -- But Odd Decisions In Writing
Overall, this was a great read. I love books with tiny chapters, giving you good stopping points where you can meditate on what you just read while you're busy with life's other challenges. Beck goes into TDD as well as design concepts such as you might find in Scott Bain's Emergent Design book. Patterns are also lightly discussed.
I also love Kent Beck's casual writing style. For those of us who don't have 16 hours a day to devote to our computer, it's nice to have some humor ... Read More
Rating: - Decent Purchase
This book is good, IF you haven't read the Martin Fowlers refactoring the code ( not back to design patterns, but just refactoring ), other than that it has some cool insights ...
Ok to buy and keep it for reference sake ...
Helpful for all XPrs out there
Regards,
Vyas, Anirudh
Rating:  - Very inspiring
This is the most inpiring and thought-provocing book on programming that I have read for many years. Very well-written, short, fun. Whatever language you are programming in, you will find it useful.
Niels Holst, Aarhus University.
Rating: - Almost perfect!
I really like this book and it helps me a lot when I was developing a prototype of a complex application.
The idea of using tests to force you to think about the APIs is powerfull and the use of Python to implement a xUnit framework is very interesting.
But if you are a experienced developer you will find the first part of the book very boring because Kent uses extremely small steps to develop their example.
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