PragPub, October 2011
Table of Contents
Features
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Automation, like all of testing, is an inherently heuristic activity. Adam reveals some of the most powwerfiul heuristics of automated testing.
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When you get a new job, you often receive a handbook. Don’t open source communities also need a handbook of community values?
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In this second installment of this series on the Scala programming language, Venkat shows how Scala’s static typing leads to low ceremony programming.
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Is “distributed agile” an oxymoron? Tim and Jeff explain how to deal with the costs of going distributed.
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On another journey into the history of technology, Dan shows that a lot can be done with string, rubber bands, and a macaroni box.
Departments
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What’s PragProWriMo? Do open source communities need a handbook? And other burning questions.
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For every question in twitterspace, somebody has tweeted an answer. Just not necessarily to that question.
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Meet Susannah Pfalzer, Pragmatic Bookshelf’s Managing Editor.
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John shares his values, and they turn out to include pessimism, procrastination, and paranoia.
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Author sightings, upcoming conferences, and other events of note.
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Coming attractions and where to go from here.
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