Table of Contents

• Chapter 1: Agile Practices
• Chapter 2: Overview of Extreme Programming
• Chapter 3: Planning
• Chapter 4: Testing
• Chapter 5: Refactoring
• Chapter 6: A Programming Episode
• Chapter 7: What Is Agile Design?
• Chapter 8: The Single-Responsibility Principle (SRP)
• Chapter 9: The Open/Closed Principle (OCP)
• Chapter 10: The Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP)
• Chapter 11: The Dependency-Inversion Principle (DIP)
• Chapter 12: The Interface Segregation Principle (ISP)
• Chapter 13: Overview of UML for C# Programmers
• Chapter 14: Working with Diagrams
• Chapter 15: State Diagrams
• Chapter 16: Object Diagrams
• Chapter 17: Use Cases
• Chapter 18: Sequence Diagrams
• Chapter 19: Class Diagrams
• Chapter 20: Heuristics and Coffee
• Chapter 21: Command and Active Object: Versatility and Multitasking
• Chapter 22: Template Method and Strategy: Inheritance versus Delegation
• Chapter 23: Facade and Mediator
• Chapter 24: Singleton and Monostate
• Chapter 25: Null Object
• Chapter 26: The Payroll Case Study: Iteration 1
• Chapter 27: The Payroll Case Study: Implementation
• Chapter 28: Principles of Package and Component Design
• Chapter 29: Factory
• Chapter 30: The Payroll Case Study: Package Analysis
• Chapter 31: Composite
• Chapter 32: Observer: Evolving into a Pattern
• Chapter 33: Abstract Server, Adapter, and Bridge
• Chapter 34: Proxy and Gateway: Managing Third-Party APIs
• Chapter 35: Visitor
• Chapter 36: State
• Chapter 37: The Payroll Case Study: The Database
• Chapter 38: The Payroll User Interface: Model View Presenter
• Appendix A: A Satire of Two Companies
• Appendix B: What Is Software?

Promotional Information

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About the Author

Robert C. Martin has been a software professional since 1970 and an international software consultant since 1990. He is founder and president of Object Mentor, Inc., a team of experienced consultants who mentor their clients in the fields of C++, Java, OO, Patterns, UML, Agile Methodologies, and Extreme Programming.

Micah Martin works with Object Mentor as a developer, consultant, and mentor on topics ranging from object-oriented principles and patterns to agile software development practices. Micah is the cocreator and lead developer of the open source FitNesse project. He is also a published author and speaks regularly at conferences.