Agile Java¿: Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development (Robert C. Martin) - Softcover

Langr, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131482394 ISBN 13: 9780131482395

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2005

Synopsis

Agile Java is a valuable tutorial and reference. It introduces the Java languagewith no assumptions about a developer's background in Java, object-orienteddevelopment, or TDD. The book will also retain significant value as acookbook that readers will turn to time and again to learn how to approachTDD with respect to various language features.Teh author stresses the importance of TDD by showing coded tests for everyJava feature taught. A programmer learning with this book will understand howto translate oral requirements into tests, and tests into working code. Readersalso learn how TDD impacts the design of the system, and vice versa. In short,anyone who wants to understand what it takes to build a professional, robustsoftware system using Java will want this book. Agile Java will be ideally timedto coincide with Sun's forthcoming release of Java 5 (J2SE 1.5).

About this title

Product Description:

Agile Java Shows how Java and TDD integrate throughout the entire development lifecycle, helping you leverage efficient development techniques. This work also shows how to translate oral requirements into practical tests, and then how to use those tests to create reliable, high-performance Java code that solves real problems.

From the Back Cover:

Master Java 5.0 and TDD Together: Build More Robust, Professional Software

Master Java 5.0, object-oriented design, and Test-Driven Development (TDD) by learning them together. Agile Java weaves all three into a single coherent approach to building professional, robust software systems. Jeff Langr shows exactly how Java and TDD integrate throughout the entire development lifecycle, helping you leverage today's fastest, most efficient development techniques from the very outset.

Langr writes for every programmer, even those with little or no experience with Java, object-oriented development, or agile methods. He shows how to translate oral requirements into practical tests, and then how to use those tests to create reliable, high-performance Java code that solves real problems. Agile Java doesn't just teach the core features of the Java language: it presents coded test examples for each of them. This TDD-centered approach doesn't just lead to better code: it provides powerful feedback that will help you learn Java far more rapidly. The use of TDD as a learning mechanism is a landmark departure from conventional teaching techniques.

• Presents an expert overview of TDD and agile programming techniques from the Java developer's perspective

• Brings together practical best practices for Java, TDD, and OO design

• Walks through setting up Java 5.0 and writing your first program

• Covers all the basics, including strings, packages, and more

• Simplifies object-oriented concepts, including classes, interfaces, polymorphism, and inheritance

• Contains detailed chapters on exceptions and logging, math, I/O, reflection, multithreading, and Swing

• Offers seamlessly-integrated explanations of Java 5.0's key innovations, from generics to annotations

• Shows how TDD impacts system design, and vice versa

• Complements any agile or traditional methodology, including Extreme Programming (XP)

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About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0131482394
• ISBN 13: 9780131482395
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 782