Oftentimes, the little things can make the biggest difference. Consider some of the tenets of a new programming approach: keep the code simple, review it frequently, test early and often, and work a ...

When extreme programming (XP) catapulted onto the software development scene, it appeared to answer many project failure modes—such as documentation overkill, lack of clear customer requirements, ...

Extreme programming (XP) is a software development methodology that makes coding the primary activity. By promoting values such as simplicity and feedback, XP allows Java programmers to incrementally ...

Some time ago, I wrote about the general problem of misconceptions about Extreme Programming. Now I'd like to tackle a specific misconception – the idea that Extreme Programming (XP) projects begin ...

… Extreme Programming (XP), that is. XP is a radical new style of computer programming that’s taken some subgroups of the computer industry by a storm. It features embarrassing rituals, a cork-board ...

In Part I of “Questioning Extreme Programming,” Pete McBreen cuts right to the chase, noting that Extreme Programming (XP) is controversial because programmers are pushing their managers to allow them ...

Mark Windholtz spent the first 12 years of his programming career writing code alone in a cubicle. But now when Windholtz creates code, he does so with a comrade at his side--one of the tenets of the ...

An application development technique called eXtreme Programming is gaining momentum among mainstream corporations in the U.K., though it’s been slower to pick up converts in the U.S. The approach, ...

When a development team decides to migrate to extreme programming (XP), the natural tendency is to focus on the programming practices, including unit testing, continuous integration, refactoring, and ...