Java XP Programming training course

Course Content

Extreme Java Programming (Java XP) Training Course Summary

What You Will Learn

At the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of XP

• Enumerate the XP project processes

• Create user stories

• Evaluate pair programming

• Create automated build scripts with ant

• Use JUnit to keep the code green

• Develop and refactor within Eclipse

• Use design patterns in code

Hands On Exercises

Workshop style course - A variety of Hands On exercises and practical sessions will form a core part of this course.

Objectives

Extreme Programming is a completely fresh approach to building software. Instead of an up-front design that does not deliver value until the end of the project's lifecycle (and often incomplete value), Extreme Programming (XP) defines a way in which project managers, customers, and development teams can work together to provide a win-win project scenario. This course covers the philosopy, tools, and practical application of Extreme Programming -- in short, everything that you need to make XP work for you.

The main purpose of Extreme Programming is to build a project, providing the Customer with the best value for money at all times, and to allow future changes to be integrated at cost as the project evolves. At all times, the customer is responsible for the value of the project, and so can choose the features that are most important from a business perspective rather than a technological one.

This course covers the evolution and practice of XP, both from the project administration and of the tasks and people involved. It also focusses on the Java tools that are commonly used in XP systems; Ant, JUnit and the open-source editor Eclipse.

An important part of XP is the permanent cleaning of code through refactoring and good use of design patterns. We cover many of the standard design patterns and apply their use with the refactoring support built into Eclipse, which results in cleaner and more understandable code.