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Methods & Tools - Text Edition - December 2012

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Software Development Linkopedia December 2012

Blog: Why I Have Given Up on Coding Standards

Blog: The 4 Most Important Skills for a Software Developer

Blog: Failure is NOT an Option!

Blog: Why Size As Part of Estimation?

Blog: Pareto and Minimal Viable Products/Hypothesis

Article: Using Mock Objects (PDF)

Article: T-shaped Skills and Swarming Make for Flexible Scrum and Agile Teams

Article: Give Life to Your Product Backlog

Article: 5 Good Habits of Embedded Database Developers

Tools: Arepa, Behavior Driven Development (BDD) on .NET

Tools: cppcheck, static analysis of C/C++ code

Video: Common Objections to TDD (and their Refutations)

Video: People Patterns in Software Projects

Video: Crafting Software Like Charles Chaplin

Video: Managing Gang of Chaotic Software Developers

Video: Branch-per-Feature in the Realm of Agile and .NET Development

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Seriously, you refactor not because it is fun but because there are things you expect to be able to do with your programs if you refactor that you just can't do if you don't refactor.

Source: Refactoring Ruby Edition, Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, Addison-Wesley

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In our future quarterly PDF issues, you will find articles on:
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