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Programming Process

     The process of programming is something which I have learned from experience first, and only much later introduced to the theories of it. Paralleling this, below I include my experience and opinions first -- followed by links to process explanations.

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Development Process Models

Extreme Programming FAQ

This is a nicely-written, concise introduction to the concept of Extreme Programming. While saddled with a silly name, I am coming to agree more and more with the basic tenets.

Scrum

This is a lightweight process that is philosophically rather close to XP. Scrum focuses more effort on removing impediments. It includes with daily stand-up meetings where programmers list any outside issues that are impeding progress, and a Scrum Master who is tasked with removing those impediments.

Rational Unified Process

This is a commercial package which attempts to unify development software with a process method.

Capability Maturity Model for Software

This is considered a conservative model, which focusses on making "mature" production systems which have stability and reliability.

Wikipedia: Object-Oriented Programming

This is a free, user-developed encyclopedia which has good coverage of many computer-science topics.

The New Methodology by Martin Fowler

An essay concerning various new methodologies.

Software Testing Index Sites

• Software Testing Hotlist
• Veritest "Tester's Network" Collection of Articles
• Open Directory: Software Testing

Software Testing Articles

• What is Software Testing? (PDF)
• IBM Research's Software Testing Best Practices (PDF)
• Test Automation Frameworks
• Intelligent Test Automation (PDF)
• SUN Java Test Tools: JavaStar, JavaSpec, and JavaScope (?)
• The Challenge of "Good Enough" Software
• Plan Your Testing
• A UML Testing Framework
• Danny Faught's articles and consulting