book-notes

My Notes from Shape Up: Shipping Work that Matters

This post contains my notes and highlights from the Shape Up from 37signals. It contains practical and actionable advice on project management, planning, and actually shipping meaningful work. I found it a great alternative to traditional practices like Agile. Give it a try on your next project!

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Growing Object-Oriented Software, Guided by Tests

Testing software is good. Period. This book gives a practical approach to building software combining the principles of object-oriented programming with test-driven development. All the buzzwords might trigger your inner sceptic, but this book is really, really good. Highly recommended.

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Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (My Notes and Highlights)

I recently re-read Martin Fowler's excellent book on refactoring. It's about improving the design and quality of your code in small steps, without changing external behavior. The book contains detailed descriptions of refactorings, with motivation, mechanics, and an example for each. A must-read.

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