Slash is the open source software system that drives the hugely popular Slashdot web site and many others. Slash implements the kind of web site that has come to be called a "weblog": a moderated list, in reverse chronological order, of timely items with links to further discussion on-site, or to further information off-site. Essentially, a weblog is a cooperatively authored daily newspaper for some defined community on the net.
Slash has spawned several imitators. The existence of so many different systems for operating a weblog site demonstrates that there are many people and groups on the net who want to run their own online community newspapers. Slash is based on open source technologies (Perl, Apache, and MySQL), and it makes use of open protocols (XML and RDF) for exchanging headlines with other sites. 
Anyone who wants to get a weblog site up and running will want to read this book, particularly system administrators who may not have the time or the background to learn all about Slash by reading the source code. Content managers of Slash sites who want to be able to use the system more effectively will also benefit from this book, which organizes the knowledge currently distributed throughout the Slash source code, Slashcode web site, and mailing lists, and provides it in an organized package.

Running Weblogs with Slash: Creating a Web Community

Computers & Technology

Warden, Shane

Krieger, David

Aker, Brian

Web Development & Design

O'Reilly Media

Extreme Programming (Xp) is a radical new approach to software development that has been accepted quickly because its core practices-the need for constant testing, programming in pairs, inviting customer input, and the communal ownership of code-resonate with developers everywhere. Although many developers feel that Xp is rooted in commonsense, its vastly different approach can bring challenges, frustrations, and constant demands on your patience. Unless you've got unlimited time (and who does these days), you can't always stop to thumb through hundreds of pages to find the piece of information you need. The Extreme Programming Pocket Guide is the answer. Concise and easy to use, this handy pocket guide to Xp is a must-have quick reference for anyone implementing a test-driven development environment. The Extreme Programming Pocket Guide covers Xp assumptions, principles, events, artifacts, roles, and resources, and more. It concisely explains the relationships between the Xp practices. If you want to adopt Xp in stages, the Extreme Programming Pocket Guide will help you choose what to apply and when. You'll be surprised at how much practical information is crammed into this slim volume. O'Reilly's Pocket Guides have become a favorite among developers everywhere. By providing a wealth of important details in a concise, well-organized format, these handy books deliver just what you need to complete the task at hand. When you've reached a sticking point in your work and need to get to a solution quickly, the new Extreme Programming Pocket Guide is the book you'll want to have beside your keyboard.

Extreme Programming Pocket Guide: Team-Based Software Development

Programming

Is there any sexier topic in software development than software testing? That is, besides game programming, 3D graphics, audio, high-performance clustering, cool websites, et cetera? Okay, so software testing is low on the list. And that's unfortunate, because good software testing can increase your productivity, improve your designs, raise your quality, ease your maintenance burdens, and help to satisfy your customers, coworkers, and managers. Perl has a strong history of automated tests. A very early release of Perl 1.0 included a comprehensive test suite, and it's only improved from there. Learning how Perl's test tools work and how to put them together to solve all sorts of previously intractable problems can make you a better programmer in general. Besides, it's easy to use the Perl tools described to handle all sorts of testing problems that you may encounter, even in other languages. Like all titles in O'Reilly's Developer's Notebook series, this "all lab, no lecture" book skips the boring prose and focuses instead on a series of exercises that speak to you instead of at you. Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook will help you dive right in and: Write basic Perl tests with ease and interpret the results Apply special techniques and modules to improve your tests Bundle test suites along with projects Test databases and their data Test websites and web projects Use the "Test Anything Protocol" which tests projects written in languages other than Perl With today's increased workloads and short development cycles, unit tests are more vital to building robust, high-quality software than ever before. Once mastered, these lessons will help you ensure low-level code correctness, reduce software development cycle time, and ease maintenance burdens. You don't have to be a die-hard free and open source software developer who lives, breathes, and dreams Perl to use this book. You just have to want to do your job a littl

Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook

Langworth, Ian

Computer Science

Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique collection, you'll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today. Masterminds of Programming includes individual interviews with:
<ul>
<li>Adin D. Falkoff: APL</li>
<li>Thomas E. Kurtz: BASIC</li>
<li>Charles H. Moore: FORTH</li>
<li>Robin Milner: ML</li>
<li>Donald D. Chamberlin: SQL</li>
<li>Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan: AWK</li>
<li>Charles Geschke and John Warnock: PostScript</li>
<li>Bjarne Stroustrup: C++</li>
<li>Bertrand Meyer: Eiffel</li>
<li>Brad Cox and Tom Love: Objective-C</li>
<li>Larry Wall: Perl</li>
<li>Simon Peyton Jones, Paul Hudak, Philip Wadler, and John Hughes: Haskell</li>
<li>Guido van Rossum: Python</li>
<li>Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Roberto Ierusalimschy: Lua</li>
<li>James Gosling: Java</li>
<li>Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh: UML</li>
<li>Anders Hejlsberg: Delphi inventor and lead developer of C#</li>
</ul>
If you're interested in the people whose vision and hard work helped shape the computer industry, you'll find Masterminds of Programming fascinating.

Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages

Biancuzzi, Federico

With more than a million dedicated programmers, Perl has proven to be the best computing language for the latest trends in computing and business. While other languages have stagnated, Perl remains fresh, thanks to its community-based development model, which encourages the sharing of information among users. This tradition of knowledge-sharing allows developers to find answers to almost any Perl question they can dream up. And you can find many of those answers right here in Perl Hacks. Like all books in O'Reilly's Hacks Series, Perl Hacks appeals to a variety of programmers, whether you're an experienced developer or a dabbler who simply enjoys exploring technology. Each hack is a short lesson--some are practical exercises that teach you essential skills, while others merely illustrate some of the fun things that Perl can do. Most hacks have two parts: a direct answer to the immediate problem you need to solve right now and a deeper, subtler technique that you can adapt to other situations. Learn how to add CPAN shortcuts to the Firefox web browser, read files backwards, write graphical games in Perl, and much more.
 For your convenience, Perl Hacks is divided by topic--not according toany sense of relative difficulty--so you can skip around and stop at any hack you like. Chapters include:
 <ul>
<li>Productivity Hacks</li>
<li>User Interaction</li>
<li>Data Munging</li>
<li>Working with Modules</li>
<li>Object Hacks</li>
<li>Debugging</li>
</ul>
 Whether you're a newcomer or an expert, you'll find great value in Perl Hacks, the only Perl guide that offers somethinguseful and fun for everyone.

Perl Hacks: Tips & Tools for Programming, Debugging, and Surviving

Conway, Damian

Poe, Curtis (Ovid)

The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly. This book provides no-nonsense advice on agile planning, development, delivery, and management taken from the authors' many years of experience with Extreme Programming (Xp). You get a gestalt view of the agile development process, including comprehensive guidance for non-technical readers and hands-on technical practices for developers and testers. The Art of Agile Development gives you clear answers to questions such as: How can we adopt agile development? Do we really need to pair program? What metrics should we report? What if I can't get my customer to participate? How much documentation should we write? When do we design and architect? As a non-developer, how should I work with my agile team? Where is my product roadmap? How does Qa fit in? The book teaches you how to adopt Xp practices, describes each practice in detail, then discusses principles that will allow you to modify Xp and create your own agile method. In particular, this book tackles the difficult aspects of agile development: the need for cooperation and trust among team members. Whether you're currently part of an agile team, working with an agile team, or interested in agile development, this book provides the practical tips you need to start practicing agile development. As your experience grows, the book will grow with you, providing exercises and information that will teach you first to understand the rules of agile development, break them, and ultimately abandon rules altogether as you master the art of agile development. "Jim Shore and Shane Warden expertly explain the pract

The Art of Agile Development: Pragmatic Guide to Agile Software Development

Shore, James

Product Description \nMost companies developing software employ something they call "Agile." But there's widespread misunderstanding of what Agile is and how to use it. If you want to improve your software development team's agility, this comprehensive guidebook's clear, concrete, and detailed guidance explains what to do and why, and when to make trade-offs. 
In this thorough update of the classic Agile how-to guide, James Shore provides no-nonsense advice on Agile adoption, planning, development, delivery, and management taken from over two decades of Agile experience. He brings the latest ideas from Extreme Programming, Scrum, Lean, DevOps, and more into a cohesive whole. Learn how to successfully bring Agile development to your team and organization--or discover why Agile might not be for you. 
This book explains how to:\nImprove agility: create the conditions necessary for Agile to succeed and scale in your organization 
Focus on value: work as a team, understand priorities, provide visibility, and improve continuously 
Deliver software reliably: share ownership, decrease development costs, evolve designs, and deploy continuously 
Optimize value: take ownership of product plans, budgets, and experiments--and produce market-leading software\nReview \n"From code to product delivery, this book has it all. Decades of hard-earned knowledge made readable and digestible—a must-have for anybody working with or on a software development team."\n—Avi Kessner\nStaff Engineer, Forter\n" 
The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition achieves quite a feat, condensing modern software delivery into a short, readable, and enjoyable book."\n—Gojko Adzic\nauthor of Running Serverless, Impact Mapping, and Specification by Example\n"The first edition of this book mesmerized me to the point that I still have it on my bookshelf as a reference. The second edition keeps this recipe and adds even more insights from the last decade."\n—Benjamin Muskalla\nSenior Software Engineer, GitHub\n"One of the most comprehensive books in agile software development I've ever read. Very pragmatic, with powerful examples easily applicable to any software development project regardless of tech stack, team size, or industry domain."\n—Luiza Nunes\nProgram Manager, ThoughtWorks\n"James has been around since early-agile days and knows his stuff. This book cuts through the crap in our industry, the meaningless 'agile' that is all around, and provides a thorough, holistic approach."\n—Bas Vodde\nCo-creator of LeSS\nAbout the Author \nJames Shore has been leading teams in practicing Agile development since 1999. He combines a deep understanding of Agile ideas with decades of in-the-trenches practical development experience. He uses this experience to help people understand how all aspects of Agile fit together to create outstanding results. James is a recipient of the Agile Alliance's Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practice, host of many coding screencasts, and co-creator of the Agile Fluency Model. He may be found online at jamesshore.com.

The Art of Agile Development

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

The Art of Agile Development contains practical guidance for anyone considering or applying agile development for building valuable software. Plenty of books describe what agile development is or why it helps software projects succeed, but very few combine information for developers, managers, testers, and customers into a single package that they can apply directly. This book provides no-nonsense advice on agile planning, development, delivery, and management taken from the authors' many years of experience with Extreme Programming (XP). You get a gestalt view of the agile development process, including comprehensive guidance for non-technical readers and hands-on technical practices for developers and testers. The Art of Agile Development gives you clear answers to questions such as: How can we adopt agile development? Do we really need to pair program? What metrics should we report? What if I can't get my customer to participate? How much documentation should we write? When do we design and architect? As a non-developer, how should I work with my agile team? Where is my product roadmap? How does QA fit in? The book teaches you how to adopt XP practices, describes each practice in detail, then discusses principles that will allow you to modify XP and create your own agile method. In particular, this book tackles the difficult aspects of agile development: the need for cooperation and trust among team members. Whether you're currently part of an agile team, working with an agile team, or interested in agile development, this book provides the practical tips you need to start practicing agile development. As your experience grows, the book will grow with you, providing exercises and information that will teach you first to understand the rules of agile development, break them, and ultimately abandon rules altogether as you master the art of agile development. "Jim Shore and Shane Warden expertly explain the practices and benefits of Extreme Programming. They offer advice from their real-world experiences in leading teams. They answer questions about the practices and show contraindications - ways that a practice may be mis-applied. They offer alternatives you can try if there are impediments to applying a practice, such as the lack of an on-site customer.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A Perl expert can solve a problem in a few lines of well-tested code. Now you can unlock these powers for yourself. Modern Perl teaches you how Perl really works. It's the only book that explains Perl thoroughly, from its philosophical roots to the pragmatic decisions that help you solve real problems--and keep them solved. You'll understand how the language fits together and discover the secrets used by the global Perl community. This beloved guide is now completely updated for Perl 5.22. When you have to solve a problem now, reach for Perl. When you have to solve a problem right, reach for Modern Perl. Discover how to scale your skills from one-liners to asynchronous Unicode-aware web services and everything in between. Modern Perl will take you from novice to proficient Perl hacker. You'll see which features of modern Perl will make you more productive, and which features of this well-loved language are best left in the past. Along the way, you'll take advantage of Perl to write well-tested, clear, maintainable code that evolves with you. Learn how the language works, how to take advantage of the CPAN's immense trove of time-tested solutions, and how to write clear, concise, powerful code that runs everywhere. Specific coverage explains how to use Moose, how to write testable code, and how to deploy and maintain real-world Perl applications. This new edition covers the new features of Perl 5.20 and Perl 5.22, including all the new operators, standard library changes, bug and security fixes, and productivity enhancements. It gives you what you need to use the most up-to-date Perl most effectively, all day, every day. What You Need: Perl 5.16 or newer (Perl 5.20 or 5.22 preferred). Installation/upgrade instructions included.

Modern Perl

Networking & Cloud Computing

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Running Weblogs with Slash: Creating a Web Community

Extreme Programming Pocket Guide: Team-Based Software Development

Perl Testing: A Developer's Notebook

Masterminds of Programming: Conversations with the Creators of Major Programming Languages

Perl Hacks: Tips & Tools for Programming, Debugging, and Surviving

The Art of Agile Development: Pragmatic Guide to Agile Software Development

The Art of Agile Development

The Art of Agile Development

Modern Perl