{"product_id":"flexible-reliable-software-henrik-b-christensen-9781420093629","title":"Flexible, Reliable Software: Using Patterns and Agile Development","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlexible, Reliable Software: Using Patterns and Agile Development\u003c\/strong\u003e guides students through the software development process. By describing practical stories, explaining the design and programming process in detail, and using projects as a learning context, the text helps readers understand why a given technique is required and why techniques must be combined to overcome the challenges facing software developers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe presentation is pedagogically organized as a realistic development story in which customer requests require introducing new techniques to combat ever-increasing software complexity. After an overview and introduction of basic terminology, the book presents the core practices, concepts, tools, and analytic skills for designing flexible and reliable software, including test-driven development, refactoring, design patterns, test doubles, and responsibility driven and compositional design. It then provides a collection of design patterns leading to a thorough discussion of frameworks, exemplified by a graphical user interface frramework (MiniDraw). The author also discusses the important topics of configuration management and systematic testing. In the last chapter, projects lead students to design and implement their own frameworks, resulting in a reliable and usable implementation of a large and complex software system complete with a graphical user interface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis text teaches how to design, program, and maintain flexible and reliable software. Installation guides, source code for the examples, exercises, and projects can be found on the author's website.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henrik B. Christensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1420093622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781420093629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e CRC Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.00w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010","brand":"Henrik B. Christensen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44127665815807,"sku":"9781420093629","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91e1f4ed-869a-4464-863e-7ec7c56e9531.jpg?v=1687454546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/flexible-reliable-software-henrik-b-christensen-9781420093629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}