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Extreme measures.

Focuses on a computer scientist movement called extreme programming (XP), which was invented by software developer Kent Beck. Tenets of XP such as programmers should work in pairs; Skeptics of the computer methodologies of XP; Appeal of XP that has easy-to-maintain code for employers and programmer...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 357; no. 8200; pp. 7 - 9
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 12/9/2000
Subjects:
Coding theory
Computer programming
Computer programmers
Computer science
Methodology
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Focuses on a computer scientist movement called extreme programming (XP), which was invented by software developer Kent Beck. Tenets of XP such as programmers should work in pairs; Skeptics of the computer methodologies of XP; Appeal of XP that has easy-to-maintain code for employers and programmers.