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I've read and did consider adding test driven development but I decided against it. I was trying to keep the list appilable to a wide audience and based on what I see here on dev.to, many people aren't even unit testing so I thought I would emphasize that with some beginner-intermediate material.
I haven't read XP Explained so I can't comment on its content.
The list was never meant to be comprehensive. There are no architecture, requirements, lifecycle management, security, or manual testing books on the list either.
The most under appreciated book on the list is Rapid Development. It's 22 years old and I read it for the first time this year. It holds up. I've been programming and reading widely for almost 20 years and that book had me underlining stuff left and right. The worst thing about that book is its misleading title (which is what kept me from reading it for so long). It's actually the other half of Code Complete and covers everything it didn't. If new developers could only read two programming books in their whole career, I'd choose those two.
I'm a small business programmer. I love solving tough problems with Python and PHP. If you like what you're seeing, you should probably follow me here on dev.to and then checkout my blog.
Ah, yes, I remember XP Explained now. I saw Kent Beck talk about how he completely rewrote the second edition instead of the update he had planned to do. I've added it to my reading list.
Cheers.
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Good questions.
Clean code is on the list.
I've read and did consider adding test driven development but I decided against it. I was trying to keep the list appilable to a wide audience and based on what I see here on dev.to, many people aren't even unit testing so I thought I would emphasize that with some beginner-intermediate material.
I haven't read XP Explained so I can't comment on its content.
The list was never meant to be comprehensive. There are no architecture, requirements, lifecycle management, security, or manual testing books on the list either.
The most under appreciated book on the list is Rapid Development. It's 22 years old and I read it for the first time this year. It holds up. I've been programming and reading widely for almost 20 years and that book had me underlining stuff left and right. The worst thing about that book is its misleading title (which is what kept me from reading it for so long). It's actually the other half of Code Complete and covers everything it didn't. If new developers could only read two programming books in their whole career, I'd choose those two.
That'll teach me... must've gone snow blind for a second!
Well, I'll recommend it! It's short, and brevity is a quality all of its own!
Fair point about TDD - I was just interested to see unit testing talked about outside of TDD.
It's now on the Christmas list - hopefully I've been nice not naughty...
Ah, yes, I remember XP Explained now. I saw Kent Beck talk about how he completely rewrote the second edition instead of the update he had planned to do. I've added it to my reading list.
Cheers.