Managing and Leading Software Projects 
by Richard E. Fairley
The book is organized around basic principles of software project management: planning and estimating, measuring and controlling, leading and communicating, and managing risk. Introduces software development methods, from traditional (hacking, requirements to code, and waterfall) to iterative (incremental build, evolutionary, agile, and spiral). Illustrates and emphasizes tailoring the development process t...
Price: $8.06 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2009
Ruby on Rails for Microsoft Developers
by Antonio Cangiano
This definitive guide examines how to take advantage of the new Agile methodologies offered when using Ruby on Rails (RoR). You'll quickly grasp the RoR methodology by focusing on the RoR development from the point of view of the beginner- to intermediate-level Microsoft developer. Plus, you'll get a reliable roadmap for migrating your applications, skill set, and development processes to the newe...
Price: $8.54 | Publisher: Wrox | Release: 2009
Agile Web Development with Rails, 3rd Edition
by Sam Ruby, Dave Thomas, David Heinemeier Hansson
Rails just keeps on changing. Rails 3 and Ruby 1.9 bring hundreds of improvements, including new APIs and substantial performance enhancements. The fourth edition of this award-winning classic has been reorganized and refocused so it's more useful than ever before for developers new to Ruby and Rails....
Price: $6.63 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2009
by Kim Man Lui, Keith C. C. Chan
Agile software development is a popular development process that continues to reshape philosophies on the connections between disciplined processes and agile practices. In Software Development Rhythms, authors Lui and Chan explain how adopting one practice and combining it with another builds upon the flexibility of agile practices to create a type of "synergy" defined as software developm...
Price: $28.30 | Publisher: Wiley | Release: 2008
Foundations of Agile Python Development
by Jeff Younker
You've long been enamored with the Python language, and have mastered its many nuances. Yet something seems to be missing - a productivity boost that you know is possible but you're not sure how to go about it. This was the sentiment of so many developers before discovering Agile programming paradigm, which embraces concepts such as automation, effective code management, and test-driven developmen...
Price: $5.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2008
by Robert C. Martin
Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn't have to be that way.What kind of work will you be doing? You'll be reading code - lots of code. And you will be challenged to think about what's right about that code, and w...
Price: $19.95 | Publisher: Prentice Hall | Release: 2008
by Scott Davis
If you're a busy Java professional who needs quick solutions to everyday problems, then Groovy Recipes is for you. The Groovy language and Grails web framework give you seamless integration with your legacy Java code while adding the flexibility and dynamism of a scripting language and giving you modern, agile, time-saving techniques. Groovy allows you to write code the way you always thought you shoul...
Price: $3.74 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2008
Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition
by Adam Myatt
Pro NetBeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition is the second Apress book to cover the agile, open source NetBeans IDE platform. The book focuses on the new features of NetBeans 6 as well as what has changed since NetBeans 5.5, empowering you to be a more effective and productive developer....
Price: $30.05 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2008
by Venkat Subramaniam
Groovy brings you the best of both worlds: a flexible, highly productive, agile, dynamic language that runs on the rich framework of the Java Platform. Groovy preserves the Java semantics and extends the JDK to give you true dynamic languagecapabilities programming in Groovyfeels like you are using an augmented Java. Programming Groovy will help you learn and take advantage of the latest version of this ric...
Price: $1.15 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2008
by James Shore, Chromatic
The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly.This book provides no-nonsense advice on ...
Price: $10.81 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2007