The ThoughtWorks Anthology: Essays on Software Technology and Innovation (Pragmatic Programmers, 2008)

Please find below the information about the Thoughtworks Anthology, Volume 1. You can find this data at the book page on the Pragmatic Bookshelf  website.

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The ThoughtWorks Anthology – book cover

 

About this Book

This collection of essays covers a wide range of issues facing software developers today. In this book, you’ll find a treasure trove of pragmatic advice to improve the effectiveness of your development efforts.

You’ll find essays on testing, controlling a project, the creation of domain specific languages, issues of build and deploy, programming languages, techniques for software development, and more!

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction
  • Solving the Business Software “Last Mile’‘
  • One Lair and Twenty Ruby DSLs
  • The Lush Landscape of Languages
  • Polyglot Programming
  • Object Calisthenics
  • What Is an Iteration Manager Anyway?
  • Project Vital Signs
  • Consumer-Driven Contracts: A Service Evolution Pattern
  • Domain Annotations
  • Refactoring Ant Build Files
  • Single-Click Software Release
  • Agile vs. Waterfall Testing for Enterprise Web Apps
  • Pragmatic Performance Testing

 

About the Author:

Featuring essays by:

  • Roy Singham
  • Martin Fowler
  • Rebecca Parsons
  • Neal Ford
  • Jeff Bay
  • Michael Robinson
  • Tiffany Lentz
  • Stelios Pantazopoulos
  • Ian Robinson
  • Erik Doernenburg
  • Julian Simpson
  • Dave Farley
  • Kristan Vingrys
  • James Bull

 

Paulo Caroli

Paulo Caroli is an author, speaker, and consultant specializing in agile transformations, Lean Inception, and OKRs. With over 30 years of experience—including nearly a decade in Silicon Valley and 18 years at ThoughtWorks—he has helped organizations transition from project to product and from strategy to execution. Creator of the Lean Inception methodology and author of bestselling books like Lean Inception and Team OKR, Paulo is dedicated to empowering teams to align, validate, and deliver real business value.
CBSoft 2018 Keynote – Paulo Caroli

CBSoft 2018 Keynote – Paulo Caroli

It´s a honor to be the keynote speaker for the CBSoft 2018, the Brazilian Conference on Software. On this presentation I´ll talk about industry 4.0  and digital transformation. Lean StartUp, Minimum Viable Product (MVP), and the MVP canvas (shared on my Lean Inception...

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