Book Description
Apply what you know about extreme programming and object-oriented design to learning C# and the Microsoft® .NET Framework on the fly. Author Ron Jeffries, a leading voice and practitioner in the extreme programming movement, demonstrates how to apply its key concepts—including the use of customer stories, customer acceptance tests, and "Spikes"—and the fundamental techniques of Simple Design, Test-Driven Development, and Refactoring to create practical, .NET-ready applications. You’ll also learn how to use NUnit, a unit-testing tool for .NET languages. This essential, high-level reference provides the expert guidance, hands-on insights, and downloadable code you need to build an XML editor, a database application, a Web service, and other useful applications—quickly extending your extreme programming expertise to .NET and helping you deliver business value right away.
About the author
Ronald E. Jeffries was the on-site coach for the original eXtreme programming (XP) project. An independent consultant who has been involved in XP for more than five years, he has presented numerous talks and published several papers on the topic. He and his teams have built operating systems, compilers, relational database systems, and a wide range of applications. He is the most prolific on-line author by far in eXtreme Programming and related topics
