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TMTC 41 – Andy Hunt

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Andy Hunt is the author or co-author of several programming books including:

  • The Pragmatic Programmer
  • Programming Ruby (the Pickaxe book)
  • Pragmatic Unit testing in C# with Nunit
  • Practices of an Agile Developer
  • Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware

    • He's also one of the original signatories of the Agile Manifesto.

    Andy is a great person to talk about regarding Agile Development. Here are some things he says you need to become agile and where to start:

    • Do a little of the right things all the time
    • You'll be the expert on the project at the end of the project. Defer important decisions until you understand the problem.
    • Stand up meetings
    • Set ground rules
    • Make sure you have a stable build environment and version control
    • Unit Tests
    • Continuous Integration
    • Code Reviews/Pair Programming – Check the code
    • Involve the Customer
    • Produce something every 1-4 weeks
    • Retrospectives – Get Feedback

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