Readings on Extreme Programming

CS 435
Software Engineering
Spring 2014

Last modified: Thursday, February 6, 2014

Mandatory "overview" readings:
- "The Rules and Practices of Extreme Programming" (a one page overview)
- "What is Extreme Programming?"
- "An Introduction to Extreme Programming"
- "Demystifying Extreme Programming: 'XP Distilled' revisited"
  - Part 1
  - Part 2
  - Part 3
Optional additional references, if interested
- Home page for extremeprogramming.org
- Home page for xprogramming.com , "an Agile Software Development Resource"
- Compilation of posts regarding Extreme Programming by Kent Beck
- Amazon page for Kent Beck's "Extreme Programming Explained" ; the 42 page excerpt is quite interesting.
- Manifesto for Agile Software Development (w/ thanks to D. Brower for suggesting)
- Some Cases against Extreme Programming: opposing viewpoints