Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM [Paperback]

Jerrel Blankenship (Author), Matthew Bussa (Author), Scott Millett (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 3, 2011 | ISBN-10: 1430235330 | ISBN-13: 978-1430235330 | Edition: 1

Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM guides you through a real-world ASP.NET project and shows how agile methodology is put into practice.

There is plenty of literature on the theory behind agile methodologies, but no book on the market takes the concepts of agile practices and applies these in a practical manner to an end-to-end ASP.NET project, especially the estimating, requirements and management aspects of a project. Pro Agile .NET Development with SCRUM takes you through the initial stages of a project--gathering requirements and setting up an environment--through to the development and deployment stages using an agile iterative approach: namely, Scrum.

In the book, you'll focus on delivering an enterprise-level ASP.NET project. Each chapter is in iterations or sprints, putting into practice the features of agile--user stories, test-driven development (TDD), behavior-driven development (BDD), continuous integration, user acceptance testing, extreme programming, Scrum, design patterns and principles, inside-out development, lean developent, KanBan boards, and more. An appendix features code katas designed for the reader to get up-to-speed with some of the features of extreme programming, while also showcasing popular open-source frameworks to assist in automated testing and mocking. 
What you'll learn

• Gain practical knowledge on employing the Scrum project methodology using a real-world ASP.NET project
• See how extreme programming features in real world .NET projects
• Learn best-practice tools for user interface and user acceptance testing, such as waitiN
• Discover details on how to capture requirements and drive development using user stories
• Learn how to estimate and plan agile projects and work with business stakeholders through a practical example
• Uncover tips for developing using the outside-in, TDD and BDD methodologies
• Gain information on tracking the progress of a project through burn down charts, iterations and retrospectives

Who this book is for Experienced .NET developers who are looking to see how the Scrum agile project methodology and extreme programming features are employed in a real-world .NET application.
Table of Contents

1. The Art of Agile Development
2. Managing Agile Projects with SCRUM
3. Extreme Programming
4. Sprint 0: Generating the Product Backlog
5. Sprint 1: Starting a Game
6. Sprint 2: Playing a Basic Game
7. Sprint 3: Changing the Game
8. Sprint 4: The Release 
9. Code Review
10. What's Ahead for You and Scrum?
11. Appendix A: TDD Primer with NUnit
12. Appendix B: BDD Primer with SpecFlow
13. Appendix C: Mocking with Moq
14. Appendix D: Managing a Product Backlog with Pivotal Tracker
15. Appendix E: Web Testing with WaitiN
16. Appendix F: Source Control with SVN
17. Appendix G: Continuous Integration wih Cruise Control .NET

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Scott Millett is an enterprise software architect working in London for Wiggle.co.uk, an e-commerce company specializing in cycle and tri-athlete sports. He has been working with .NET since version 1.0, and was awarded ASP.NET "Most Valuable Professional" status in 2010.

Jerrel Blankenship is a software craftsman, specializing in Microsoft technologies. He has been an application developer on the .NET platform for more than six years. He is a Certified ScrumMaster and a Microsoft Certified Professional.During his career, Jerrel has developed a number of .NET-based software projects that run on desktop, web, and mobile environments. He enjoys working with impassioned developers and sharing the knowledge of agile and Scrum to teams that want to build software more effectively. Jerrel is passionate about many things, including his family, fishing, chess, Cleveland-based sports teams, and gaming. You can read Jerrel's ramblings at www.jerrelblankenship.com. For more information about Jerrel please check out his LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jerrelblankenship.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 392 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (October 3, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430235330
• ISBN-13: 978-1430235330
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,337,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a book that I can use to train teams new to Scrum January 27, 2012

By Darren L Terrell

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I love this book! Being a big fan of Scrum and Kanban for years, I was happy to see this book get written. What is refreshing with this book is that it's a hands on guide that illustrates the process. Others I have looked at seem more like an overview or theory of the process. With this book, I can hand it off to developers new to the process and they can "get it." I especially like the fact that current technologies and trends were covered as well. It makes it easier getting a team up to speed when they like the technologies covered.

My only suggestion would be for the authors to cover the TFS Scrum 1.0 template that Microsoft released in a second edition.