Extreme Programming

Extreme Programming (XP) is a method or approach to software engineering and the most popular of several agile software development methodologies. It was formulated by Kent Beck, Ward Cunningham, and Ron Jeffries. Kent Beck wrote the first book on the topic, Extreme programming explained: Embrace change, published in 1999. The second edition of the book, which appeared in 2005, delves more into the philosophy of Extreme Programming and describes it as being:

External links

• Ward Cunningham's Portland Pattern Repository wiki page on Extreme Programming
• Client-oriented introduction to XP
• Ron Jeffries web-mag XProgramming.com - an Extreme Programming Resource
• ExtremeProgramming.org
• Matt Stephens's satirical website, for an in-depth critique of Extreme Programming problems (also see this page for further links to XP critiques)
• Martin Fowler on XP (on the Internet Archive, archived Oct 9, 2004
• Pair Programming, an Extreme Programming practice
• Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• Citations from CiteSeer
• Article XP Testing Without XP: Taking Advantage of Agile Testing Practices from the Methods & Tools magazine
• Article Will Pair Programming Really Improve Your Project? from the Methods & Tools magazine