Venkat Subramaniam博士

Agile Developer公司创始人，敏捷开发权威人士。他培训并指导了美国、加拿大、印度和欧洲多国的上千名软件开发人员，并多次在各种大会上发表演讲。他还是.NET Gotchas的作者。可以通过venkats@agiledeveloper.com与他联系。

Andy Hunt

敏捷开发权威人士，敏捷宣言的创始人，Pragmatic Programmers公司创始人。除了本书，他还是多本获奖和备受好评图书的合著者，这些图书包括Programming Ruby、《程序员修炼之道——从小工到专家》、《单元测试之道C#版——使用NUnit 》、《单元测试之道Java版——使用JUnit》、《版本控制之道——使用CVS 》等。

Want to be a better developer? This books collects the personal habits, ideas, and approaches of successful agile software developers and presents them in a series of short, easy-to-digest tips. This isn't academic fluff; follow these ideas and you'll show yourself, your teammates, and your managers real results. These are the proven and effective agile practices that will make you a better developer.

This book will help you improve five areas of your career:

The Development Process

What to Do While Coding

Developer Attitudes

Project and Team Management

Iterative and Incremental Learning

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