The ThoughtWorks Anthology 2 by Ali, Farooq -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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The ThoughtWorks Anthology 2 Table of Contents What Readers Are Saying About The ThoughtWorks Anthology 2 Preface About the Authors

Farooq Ali Ola Bini Brian Blignaut James Bull Neal Ford Martin Fowler Luca Grulla Alistair Jones Aman King Patrick Kua Marc McNeill Julio Maia Mark Needham Sam Newman Rebecca Parsons Cosmin Stejerean

Chapter 1: Introduction Part 1: Languages Chapter 2: The Most Interesting Languages

2.1 Why Languages Matter 2.2 A Few Languages 2.3 Wrapping Up

Chapter 3: Object-Oriented Programming: Objects over Classes

3.1 Objects over Classes? 3.2 Class Focus vs. Object Focus 3.3 Object-Focused Languages 3.4 Recap of Ideas 3.5 Wrapping Up

Chapter 4: Functional Programming Techniques in Object-Oriented Languages

4.1 Collections 4.2 First-Class and Higher-Order Functions 4.3 Minimizing State 4.4 Other Ideas 4.5 Wrapping Up

Part 2: Testing Chapter 5: Extreme Performance Testing

5.1 Stating the Problem 5.2 A Different Approach 5.3 Extreme Performance Testing Practices 5.4 How This Helps You 5.5 Wrapping Up

Chapter 6: Take Your JavaScript for a Test-Drive

6.1 The JavaScript Renaissance 6.2 Current JavaScript Approach and Problems 6.3 Separation of Concerns 6.4 Our Testing Approach 6.5 Continuous Integration 6.6 Tools 6.7 Wrapping Up

Chapter 7: Building Better Acceptance Tests

7.1 Fast Tests 7.2 Resilient Tests 7.3 Maintainable Tests 7.4 Making It Work 7.5 Wrapping Up

Part 3: Issues in Software Development Chapter 8: Modern Java Web Applications

8.1 The Past 8.2 Stateless Server 8.3 Container Considered Optional 8.4 Segmentation by Freshness 8.5 Post Redirect GET 8.6 Wrapping Up

Chapter 9: Taming the Integration Problem

9.1 The Continuous Integration Approach 9.2 Defining Integration Contracts 9.3 Metrics and Visibility 9.4 Wrapping Up

Chapter 10: Feature Toggles in Practice

10.1 Simple Feature Toggles 10.2 Maintainable Feature Toggles 10.3 Separating Static Assets 10.4 Preventing Accidental Disclosure 10.5 Runtime Toggles 10.6 Incompatible Dependencies 10.7 Testing of Feature Toggles 10.8 Removing Toggles for Completed Features 10.9 Wrapping Up

Chapter 11: Driving Innovation into Delivery

11.1 Value Stream or Value Trickle 11.2 A New Approach 11.3 Wrapping Up

Part 4: Data Visualization Chapter 12: A Thousand Words

12.1 Smelling the Coffee 12.2 Visualization Design Principles 12.3 The Visualization Design Process 12.4 Visualization Design Patterns 12.5 Tools and Frameworks 12.6 Wrapping Up

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