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Features

  • Unit Tests Are FIRST
    by Tim Ottinger, Jeff Langr
    For unit tests to be useful and effective for your programming team you need to remember to make them FIRST.
  • The Dude Abides
    by Michael Swaine
    The Dude behind Cutting an Agile Groove chats about agility, coaching, and whatever else is on his mind.
  • Scala for the Intrigued
    by Venkat Subramaniam
    In this fifth installment of his series on the Scala programming language, Venkat mixes object oriented and functional styles to reveal the power and grace of Scala collections.
  • When Did That Happen?
    by Dan Wohlbruck
    In January of 1972, Hewlett-Packard made a lot of engineers’ pockets happy.

Departments

  • Up Front
    by Michael Swaine
    Scala, the FIRST approach to unit tests, and a breakthrough product from forty years ago.
  • Choice Bits
    Drinking from the Twitter firehose.
  • Meet the Team
    Meet Brian Hogan, who writes books as well as acting as development editor for The Pragmatic Bookshelf.
  • The Quiz
    A monthly diversion at least peripherally related to programming.
  • Calendar
    Author sightings, upcoming conferences, and other events of note.
  • Shady Illuminations
    by John Shade
    John devotes this month’s column to telling you things you already know.

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