XP MiniFaq

Extreme Programming (XP) is a set of principles and practices for developing software. It has been described as a "high-discipline, low-overhead" methodology. XP has developers programming in pairs, writing tests to verify all code, and continuously refactoring code to improve the design.

To quote Kent Beck: "XP is a starting line. It asks the question, 'How little can we do and still build great software?'"

<news:comp.software.extreme-programming> is a newsgroup for discussing XP.

XP FAQ: <http://www.jera.com/techinfo/xpfaq.html>

XP and related Books:

Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change by Kent Beck

Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler

Planning Extreme Programming by Kent Beck, Martin Fowler

Extreme Programming Installed by Ron Jeffries, Chet Hendrickson, and Ann Anderson

Extreme Programming Applied by Ken Auer, Roy Miller

Extreme Programming Examined by Giancarlo Succi and Michele Marchesi

Extreme Programming Explored by William C. Wake

Extreme Programming in Practice by James W. Newkirk and Robert C. Martin

Java Tools for Extreme Programming by Richard Hightower, Nicholas Lesiecki

Adaptive Software Development by James A. Highsmith III

Agile Software Development by Alistair Cockburn

Agile Software Development with Scrum by Mike Beedle, Ken Schwaber

Web sites:

Extreme Programming: A Gentle Introduction
<http://www.extremeprogramming.org/>

XP magazine:
<http://www.xprogramming.com/xpmag/index.htm>

XP Test Frameworks:
<http://www.xprogramming.com/software.htm>

Junit test framework for java:
<http://www.junit.org/>

Wiki Pages on XP:
<http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ExtremeProgrammingRoadmap>

The Agile Modeling (AM) Home Page
<http://www.agilemodeling.com>
<http://www.agilemodeling.com/essays/agileModelingXP.htm>

Martin Fowler's Refactoring Home Page
<http://www.refactoring.com>

Object Mentor publications:
<http://www.objectmentor.com/resources/articleIndex>

Pour des informations en français sur XP :
<http://www.xp-france.org>
<http://www.design-up.com>
<http://www.xp-france.org/wiki/index.php3>


Archive-name: XPminiFAQ
Last-modified: 2002.02.11
Version: 3.0

XP MiniFaq written by C. Keith Ray
http://homepage.mac.com/keithray/resume2.html