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<!DOCTYPE html> <html><head> <title>Extreme Perl - Home</title> <link href="f/my.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000CC" alink="#0000CC" vlink="#0000CC"> <a name="top"></a> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="98%"><tr> <td class="b_align_w" nowrap="nowrap"><a href="index.html"><font size="5" style="text-decoration:none;">Extreme Perl:</font></a>  <font size="5" style="text-decoration:none;">Home</font></td> <td> </td> <td class="b_align_ne" nowrap="nowrap"><small>An Evolving Book<br />about Extreme Programming<br />with Perl<br /></small></td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#551A8B"><img class="b_clear_dot" alt="dot" height="2" src="i/dot.gif" /></td> </tr><tr> <td class="b_align_nw" colspan="3"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr> <td class="b_align_nw" nowrap="nowrap" width="50%"></td> <td> </td> <td class="b_align_ne" nowrap="nowrap" width="50%"></td> </tr><tr> <td> </td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="3" width="800"><font color="#000000">Extreme Perl is a book about <a href="http://www.extremeprogramming.org">Extreme Programming</a> using the programming language <a href="http://www.perl.org">Perl</a>. This site contains the entire book. <p> The book is available in <a href="bk/preface.html">HTML</a>, <a href="f/extremeperl.pdf">PDF</a>, or <a href="f/extremeperl-a4.pdf">A4 PDF</a>. <p> Contents:<br> <blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"><tr> <td><a href="bk/preface.html">Preface</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/the-problem.html">The Problem</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/extreme-programming.html">Extreme Programming</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/perl.html">Perl</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/release-planning.html">Release Planning</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/iteration-planning.html">Iteration Planning</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/pair-programming.html">Pair Programming</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/tracking.html">Tracking</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/acceptance-testing.html">Acceptance Testing</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/coding-style.html">Coding Style</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/logistics.html">Logistics</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/test-driven-design.html">Test Driven Design</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/continuous-design.html">Continuous Design</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/unit-testing.html">Unit Testing</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/refactoring.html">Refactoring</a></td> </tr><tr> <td><a href="bk/its-a-smop.html">It's a SMOP</a></td> </tr></table><font color="#000000"></blockquote> <p>Praise:</p> <blockquote> <p> There is a part of Extreme Programming which celebrates excellence in programming in service to a customer, someone who needs computation but doesn't have the skill/patience/mania necessary to program. I'm always looking for win-wins. Gratuitous virtuosity is a win for the programmer, but a lose for the customer, because they end up with a program that no one (sometimes not even the original author) can touch without causing damage. What I like most about your book is that it presents some pretty pointy hat programming techniques, but uses them to create power for a customer, XP-style. <div align="right">-- Kent Beck</div> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> Great book - very useful information and examples. It inspired me to review our processes yet again. <div align="right">-- Chris Hutchinson</div> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> It is one of the best resources I have struck to introduce Extreme Programming to newbies. I have found that most references to Extreme Programming are not overly helpful when you are trying to get started down the XP path. <div align="right">-- Lance Wicks</div> </p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p> I rarely recommend techie books, but this is one you really have to read. I've been programming for something like 35 years, and I learned a lot from this book. If you write software, you should read this book. </p> <p> One thing that is compelling is that I've known the author for perhaps 20 years. He is one of the most thoughtful and intelligent technologists I know, and I respect whatever he says out of reflex. </p> <p> If there is one thing about the book that I must caution you about, it is that it is terrifying. Rob is doing things (not discussing theoretical concepts, but actually doing them) that I fear I can never achieve. I wish I could take the next step, and try to adopt some of his practices, but it may never happen. </p> <p> That said, I learned a LOT just reading the book. I expect that you will, too. Give it a try, even if you know nothing about extreme programming or Perl. I didn't! <div align="right">-- Jon Bondy</div> </p> </blockquote> </font></td> </tr><tr> <td> </td> </tr><tr> <td class="b_align_nw" nowrap="nowrap" width="50%"></td> <td> </td> <td class="b_align_ne" nowrap="nowrap" width="50%"></td> </tr></table></td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="3" bgcolor="#551A8B"><img class="b_clear_dot" alt="dot" height="2" src="i/dot.gif" /></td> </tr><tr> <td colspan="3"><img class="b_clear_dot" alt="dot" height="4" src="i/dot.gif" /></td> </tr><tr> <td class="b_align_nw" nowrap="nowrap"><small> Copyright © 2004 <a href="https://www.robnagler.com">Robert Nagler</a><br> Licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>. <br> </small></td> <td> </td> <td class="b_align_se"><a href="index.html#top"><small>back to top</small></a></td> </tr></table> </body></html>