Can someone (presumably the author) fill in the blank: "By reading the book 'Implementation Patterns', the reader will ____". In other words, what is the goal...
All, Thank you all for your help in reviewing Implementation Patterns. If you haven't received your complimentary copy please let me know. I would like to...
Dear Kent & list members, after getting IP last tuesday, reading and rereading it over the last couple of days I feel now fit to comment on it. First of all I...
Michael Hunger
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Nov 27, 2007 4:27 am
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Michael, My intention was that Implementation Patterns use Java in the same way that Design Patterns used C++. The whole value system and most of the patterns ...
Kent, clever :). Yes I understand it, it was only confusing that outside the book the Java language was not mentioned. But it is focused of communicating its...
Michael Hunger
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Nov 28, 2007 8:42 pm
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Michael, I just call it "style", as in, "To do this XP-style, you would..." Regards, Kent Beck Three Rivers Institute _____ From:...
Kent, In the XP book you continuously use metaphors to describe the ideas behind the values, principles and practices and derive lots of insight from there. ...
Michael Hunger
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Dec 2, 2007 4:23 pm
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Dear Michael, During a visit from two programmers here, I stressed the importance of telling stories with each test. Also, well-written code tells a story, ...
First all I just finished reading IP and I loved it a great book focussing on things that are truly important. I have a question about a style of coding I...
All, InfoQ has published a video interview with me about Implementation Patterns: http://www.infoq.com/interviews/beck-implementation-patterns Enjoy, Kent Beck...
Dear Sudarshan, Thank you for the question. The key skill is being able to quickly shift perspective between the sending object, each of the receiving objects,...