The other Agile book

Spring-boarding off The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master and the Agile development philosophy, Andy and Venkat provide a readable, conceptual book that offers highly referenced and useful information without being too implementation-specific.

Unlike other Agile books, such as The Art of Agile Development (which is in its own right an excellent book), Practices of an Agile Developer keeps its information readable and specific without devolving into the dictatorial tone of a manual.


Also unique is this book's approach to *balance*, as said book offers suggestions both in general practice and in keeping practices in check. This advice is particularly useful, as it shies away from otherwise "silver bullet" approaches to Agile development.

Overall, an excellent book, and a good counterpart to the original Pragmatic Programmer and other books co-authored by Andy Hunt and Venkat Subramaniam.

Other Reviews

• Best Agile Book I've Read, You MUST Read It
• Great read for developers working on craftsmanship
• The other Agile book
• Pragmatic Agility
• No lightbulb moments in here if you're an intermediate-advanced XPer