Your process may be agile, but are you building agility directly into the code base? This book teaches.NET programmers how to give code the flexibility to adapt to changing requirements and customer demands by applying cutting-edge techniques, including SOLID principles, design patterns, and other industry best practices. Understand why composition is preferable to inherit Your process may be agile, but are you building agility directly into the code base? This book teaches.NET programmers how to give code the flexibility to adapt to changing requirements and customer demands by applying cutting-edge techniques, including SOLID principles, design patterns, and other industry best practices. What caught my attention about Adaptive Code Via C# is that it combined Agile methodologies, design patterns, and SOLID Principles into one book and this was made readily apparent by the subtitle. When I came across this book, I was more interested in the SOLID Principles part as I’ve had a decent amount of experience working on Agile teams, and had a copy of the well-received Design Patterns book by the Gang Of Four, which I was certain that I wouldn’t learn anything new from Adaptive Code Via What caught my attention about Adaptive Code Via C# is that it combined Agile methodologies, design patterns, and SOLID Principles into one book and this was made readily apparent by the subtitle.

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When I came across this book, I was more interested in the SOLID Principles part as I’ve had a decent amount of experience working on Agile teams, and had a copy of the well-received Design Patterns book by the Gang Of Four, which I was certain that I wouldn’t learn anything new from Adaptive Code Via C# and that it would just be the same material. What I found while reading this book is that the author describes the Agile methodology in a way that is refreshing even if you’ve been on Agile teams before. I was also pleasantly surprised at how well the author described some design patterns in a way that wasn’t overly technical, but instead in a way that is more conversational and in easily digestible chunks. The book does a good job of marrying the topics of Agile, design patterns, and SOLID together by describing the relationship between them and how they complement one another.

The author starts off with an overview of Agile, the need for adaptive code in order to adapt to rapidly changing requirements, and the importance of managing dependencies and creating a layered architecture such that the overall architecture is structured in a way that promotes adaptability. As part of the same section, he also talks about design patterns and several in particular that lend themselves nicely to adaptive code. From there, the author then describes the SOLID Principles, what they are, what they mean, and how following the principles helps create code that is easily extendable and easily unit tested. I was aware of the SOLID Principles in theory, but this book included a lot of example code both before and after each principle was applied that really drove home just how valuable these principles can be when applied correctly. Lastly, the book finishes with a simulated Agile project that steps you through a couple of simulated sprints on a project, the dialogue the developers have, and how the design patterns and SOLID Principles are applied in a way that makes future additions much easier to integrate into the system. Overall this book was very well written, fun to read, and I highly recommend it.

If you’re not experienced with C# much, I wouldn’t let that prevent you from getting the book, a lot of the knowledge is easily applied to other languages. The author states that the target audience for this book is intermediate level developers, which I don’t necessarily disagree with, but I could see junior engineers learning a lot from this book provided that they are at a point that they at least have cursory understanding of design patterns and separation of logic. The piece on Agile is also a great refresher for those who have experience with it, but I imagine it is a valuable read for those who are new to the methodology. This book is a great read for C# developers. Depending on your level of experience, you may find it either highly informative if you're a mid-level developer or use it as a great reference book if you're an experienced developer. The book starts with Scrum basics. It was reviving to read about the overall process.

There are some crucial design strategies that are described in part 1 of the book. The chapter about Unit testing and refactoring in part 1 was very convincing as well. The explanation o This book is a great read for C# developers. Depending on your level of experience, you may find it either highly informative if you're a mid-level developer or use it as a great reference book if you're an experienced developer. The book starts with Scrum basics. It was reviving to read about the overall process. There are some crucial design strategies that are described in part 1 of the book.

The chapter about Unit testing and refactoring in part 1 was very convincing as well. The explanation of TDD was quite detailed and in an easy-to-understand language. Part II is dedicated to SOLID principles and their implementation. Each of these chapters are as in-depth as one can get. I have not read a better explanation of Liskow substitution principle anywhere else. I finally understand that principle.

Part III narrates a team discussion on how SCRUM and SOLID principles come together. It was done in a very 'story'-ish way so it was nice to read through that conversation. There's an introduction about Git in the Appendix and if you're new to Git this will be a nice overview to get started with. This is an excellent resource for learning about the SOLID principles. The book begins with an overview of Scrum, unit testing and refactoring. Next it gives excellent explanations for each of the principles.

I was very happy with these chapters which were well formatted, easy to understand and a joy to read. Finally the book concludes with samples that follow a team of developers through the agile process.

These felt genuine, and helped reinforce the material. Great book for developers intereste This is an excellent resource for learning about the SOLID principles. The book begins with an overview of Scrum, unit testing and refactoring.

Next it gives excellent explanations for each of the principles. I was very happy with these chapters which were well formatted, easy to understand and a joy to read. Finally the book concludes with samples that follow a team of developers through the agile process. These felt genuine, and helped reinforce the material.

Great book for developers interested in making their future selves lives easier.

Write code that can adapt to changes. By applying this books principles, you can create code that accommodates new requirements and unforeseen scenarios without significant rewrites. Gary McLean Hall describes Agile best practices, principles, and patterns for designing and writing code that can evolve more quickly and easily, with fewer errors, because it doesnt impede change. Now revised, updated, and expanded, Adaptive Code, Second Edition adds indispensable practical insights on Kanban, dependency inversion, and creating reusable abstractions. Drawing on over a decade of Agile consulting and development experience, McLean Hall has updated his best-seller with deeper coverage of unit testing, refactoring, pure dependency injection, and more.

Gary McLean Hall is a software developer, architect, and consultant with more than a decade of experience optimizing processes and practices in diverse Agile environments. He recently founded Igirisu to provide developer training for TDD, continuous integration, refactoring, design patterns, SOLID principles, and Git source control; cultural coaching towards Agile; and related services. His book, Adaptive Code via C# (Microsoft Press, 2014), has been translated into German, Japanese, and Korean, and won the Society for Technical Communications Distinguished Award in 2015.