Ship it! : a practical guide to successful software projects / Jared R. Richardson, William A. Gwaltney, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Jared R., author.

Gwaltney, William A., Jr., author.

Contributor:

Pragmatic Programmers (Firm)

Series:

Pragmatic programmers.

Pragmatic Programmers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer software--Development.

Computer software.

Project management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Practical guide to successful software projects

Place of Publication:

Raleigh, North Carolina : The Pragmatic Bookself, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Ship It! helps teams get software out the door. Here you'll find a wealth of solid, practical advice in an easy, approachable format. You can fix many of the common problems facing software projects today with this concise introduction: you'll see the tools a successful team has to use, and learn how to use them well. You'll get quick, easy-to-follow advice on modern techniques and when they should be applied. Your team will be able to Ship It!

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction

Habitual Excellence

A Pragmatic Point of View

Road Map

Moving On

How Should I Read This Book?

2. Tools and Infrastructure

Develop in a Sandbox

Manage Assets

Script Your Build

Build Automatically

Track Issues

Track Features

Use a Testing Harness

On Choosing Tools

When Not to Experiment

3. Pragmatic Project Techniques

Work from The List

A Tech Leads

Coordinate and Communicate Every Day

Review All Code

Send Code Change Notifications

Putting It All Together

4. Tracer Bullet Development

5. Common Problems and How to Fix Them

Help! I've Inherited Legacy Code

Testing Untestable Code

Features Keep Breaking

Tests? We Stopped Using Them

But It Works for Me!

It Hurts When I Integrate Code

Can't Build the Product Reliably

Customers Are Unhappy

You've Got a Rogue Developer

Your Manager Is Unhappy

Team Doesn't Work Well Together

Can't Get "Buy-in" on Essential Points

The New Practice Didn't Help

There's No Automated Testing

We're Junior Developers, With No Mentor

We're on a "Death March" Project

Features Keep Creeping In

We're Never Done

A1. Tip Summary

A2. Source Code Management

A3. Build Scripting Tools

A4. Continuous Integration Systems

A5. Issue Tracking Software

A6. Development Methodologies

A7. Testing Frameworks

A8. Suggested Reading List

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781680500349

1680500341

9781680504798

1680504797

9781680504781

1680504789

9780974514048

0974514047

OCLC:

900796169