Book(mark) Club Essentials

The Lean Startup

Lean thinking defines value as providing benefit to the customer; anything else is waste.

A startup is a human institution designed to create a new product or service under conditions of extreme uncertainty.

The value hypothesis tests whether a product or service really delivers value to customers once they are using it.

The Lean Startup

The Lean Startup isn't just about how to create a more successful entrepreneurial business... it's about what we can learn from those businesses to improve virtually everything we do. I imagine Lean Startup principles applied to government programs, to healthcare, and to solving the world's great problems. It's ultimately an answer to the question 'How can we learn more quickly what works, and discard what doesn't?

http://theleanstartup.com/

The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets

Lean Startup, Please Meet the Lean Entrepreneur Our goal is to help entrepreneurs apply lean startup. To do so, let's take a quick step back and make sure we're starting ... - Selection from The Lean Entrepreneur: How Visionaries Create Products, Innovate with New Ventures, and Disrupt Markets [Book]

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-lean-entrepreneur/9781118331866/xhtml/sec3.html

• https://www.grokketship.com/lean-startup/

• The Lean Startup - Amazon

• http://theleanstartup.com/the-lean-series

The True Corruption of Agile

…agile is a culture, not a set of practices…

Clean Coder Blog

Andrew Binstock recently wrote a blog entitled The Corruption of Agile, which built upon another blog by Allen Holub entitled The Agile Holocracy. Allow me to summarize: Holub says: "...agile is a culture, not a set of practices..." Binstock amplifies: "Whether a site is Agile or not depends on its culture.

http://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2014/03/28/The-Corruption-of-Agile.html

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Even bad code can function. But if code isn’t clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of poorly written code. But it doesn’t have to be that way.

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Even bad code can function. But if code isn't clean, it can bring a development organization to its knees. Every year, countless hours and significant resources are lost because of ... - Selection from Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship [Book]

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/clean-code-a/9780136083238/

• https://gist.github.com/wojteklu/73c6914cc446146b8b533c0988cf8d29

The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

Programmers who endure and succeed amidst swirling uncertainty and nonstop pressure share a common attribute: They care deeply about the practice of creating software. They treat it as a craft. They are professionals.

Clean Coder, The: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers

Get full access to Clean Coder, The: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers and 60K+ other titles, with free 10-day trial of O'Reilly. There's also live online events, interactive content, certification prep materials, and more.

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-clean-coder/9780132542913/

Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design

“…The rules of software architecture are the rules of ordering and assembling the building blocks of programs. And since those building blocks are universal and haven’t changed, the rules for ordering them are likewise universal and changeless.

But one thing has changed: Back then, we didn’t know what the rules were. Consequently, we broke them, over and over again. Now, with half a century of experience behind us, we have a grasp of those rules.

And it is those rules—those timeless, changeless, rules—that this book is all about.”

Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design

Practical Software Architecture Solutions from the Legendary Robert C. Martin ("Uncle Bob") By applying universal rules of software architecture, you can dramatically improve developer productivity throughout the life of any ... - Selection from Clean Architecture: A Craftsman's Guide to Software Structure and Design [Book]

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/clean-architecture-a/9780134494272/

• The Clean Architecture — Beginner’s Guide

• The Clean Architecture

Epics, Stories, Subtasks… what’s the difference?

Commitments are the currency of trust…

Epics, Stories, Tasks, Subtasks... what's the difference

Epic, Story, Task, Subtask are very common terms to use in issue tracking systems, but often teams form without being aligned on the meaning behind each one and what differentiates one from another. It's easy to pass over firming up this understanding across the team because, in any moment, actually getting things done seems far more important than agreeing specifically on how we classify our issues.

https://lastcallmedia.com/blog/epics-stories-tasks-subtasks-whats-difference

Epics, Stories, Subtasks… in Various Tools of Choice

Epics in Jira are just a type of issue meaning the type can be selected on issue creation. Epics can also be created from the Epics pane of the backlog. Stories and Tasks can be “tagged” to Epics from their issue during issue creation or they can be dragged into an Epic pane from the Backlog interface. Before Subtasking, Stories can also be split into smaller stories through a handy interface in the backlog. Once the time comes for subtasking, the interface for that is within each Story/Task.

What Is a Story, and Where Does It Come From?

We are all storytellers; the story’s first teller is our self and the first listener is our self

What Is a Story, and Where Does It Come From?

We're all storytellers. But, what is a story? And where does it come from? Before we attempt to define story and its origin, I want to make one thing very clear.

https://www.thewrap.com/what-story-and-where-does-it-come-32636/

Working Effectively with Legacy Code

Legacy code is code without tests.

Working Effectively with Legacy Code

Get more out of your legacy systems: more performance, functionality, reliability, and manageability Is your code easy to change? Can you get nearly instantaneous feedback when you do change it? ... - Selection from Working Effectively with Legacy Code [Book]

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/working-effectively-with/0131177052/

• https://understandlegacycode.com/blog/key-points-of-working-effectively-with-legacy-code/

Legacy Code - North Fireside Chat

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

The minimum is critical knowledge.

Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software

Capturing a wealth of experience about the design of object-oriented software, four top-notch designers present a catalog of simple and succinct solutions to commonly occurring design problems. Previously undocumented, these ... - Selection from Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software [Book]

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/design-patterns-elements/0201633612/

• http://www.javier8a.com/itc/bd1/articulo.pdf

The Five Elements of User Experience

Smart organizations recognize that Web design is more than just creating clean code and sharp graphics. A site that really works fulfills your strategic objectives while meeting the needs of your users. Even the best content and the most sophisticated technology won't help you balance those goals without a cohesive, consistent user experience to support it

The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web

Smart organizations recognize that Web design is more than just creating clean code and sharp graphics. A site that really works fulfills your strategic objectives while meeting the needs of ... - Selection from The Elements of User Experience: User-Centered Design for the Web [Book]

https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-elements-of/9780321684486/

• https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780321683687/samplepages/0321683684.pdf

• https://www.codecademy.com/resources/docs/uiux/five-elements-of-ux-design

• https://medium.com/@carolyn-yu/design-critique-with-jesse-james-garretts-5-elements-of-ux-a-case-of-cambly-website-335308222642

• https://www.uxdesigninstitute.com/blog/5-elements-of-ux-design/