Site Offer Five years ago eXtreme Programming Explained introduced then-radical ideas for improving small-team development, such as having developers write automated tests for their own code and having the whole team plan weekly. Now, in a completely revised introduction to eXtreme Programming, Kent Beck describes what has changed in the last five years. He provides a thorough and entertaining re-examination of eXtreme Programming that explains what's good, what still needs work, and where the methodology is heading. eXtreme Programming Explained is discounted to an exclusive price only for Reg readers: just £17.49.

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