http://www.martinicity.net/articles/2006/04/10/agile-fever en-us 40 Mike Blake <p>is the author of an exciting new book <a href="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_rr/index.html">Rails Recipes</a> and the organizer of <a href="http://www.railsconf.org/">Rails Conference 2006</a>. I&#8217;m <a href="http://www.apptrain.com/geek.jpg">geeking out</a> today because Chad has mentioned a <a href="http://fora.pragprog.com/rails-recipes/write-your-own/post/123">data recovery recipe</a> I wrote <a href="http://www.chadfowler.com/index.cgi/Computing/Programming/Ruby/RailsRecipesBetaForumPragmaticJolt.rdoc,v">on his blog</a>.</p> <p>Rails Recipes is a great book to participate in the <a href="www.pragmaticprogrammers.com">Pragmatic Programmer&#8217;s </a> <a href="http://pragmaticprogrammer.com/starter_kit/faqs/beta_faq.html">Beta Book </a> program. The recipes are right on the cutting edge of Rails development, and you&#8217;ll wind up using them in actual applications when you take on a Rails project. By getting the Beta version, you&#8217;ll have a head start on common Rails development practices.</p> <p>Recipes are a more Agile approach to reusing concepts than traditional Design Patterns.</p> <p>Another book is also out in Beta form, <a href="http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/pad/index.html">Practices of an Agile Developer</a> by <a href="http://www.toolshed.com/blog/">Andy Hunt</a> and Venkat Subramaniam. This book focuses on improving personal habits that make developers more effective. I&#8217;m ordering mine today.</p> Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:46:00 +0000 urn:uuid:409baa48817fb774c69c6e0fdf22b67b Mike Blake http://www.martinicity.net/articles/2006/04/10/agile-fever Write