Books published by The Pragmatic Programmers

You know the Agile and Lean development buzzwords, you've read the books. But when systems need a serious overhaul, you need to see how it works in real life, with real situations and people. Lean from the Trenches is all about actual practice.

Write code that writes code with Elixir macros. Macros make metaprogramming possible and define the language itself. In this book, you'll learn how to use macros to extend the language with fast, maintainable code and share functionality in ways you never thought possible.

Knowing how to create domain-specific languages (DSLs) can give you a huge productivity boost. This work identifies and condenses the most common design patterns, providing sample implementations of each. It shows you patterns you can use for various kinds of language applications.

Your co-workers' resistance to new technologies can be baffling. Logical arguments can fail. If you don't do politics, you will fail. With _Driving Technical Change_, by Terrence Ryan, you'll learn to read users' "patterns of resistance"-and then dismantle their objections. Every developer must master the art of evangelizing.

You should learn a programming language every year, as recommended by The Pragmatic Programmer. But if one per year is good, how about Seven Languages in Seven Weeks? In this book you'll get a hands-on tour of Clojure, Haskell, Io, Prolog, Scala, Erlang, and Ruby.

Shows how to coach your team to become more agile. This book lets you learn the secrets of running effective agile meetings and how to get your team following a consistent approach to creating software.

This book presents proven, effective agile practices in the areas of development process, coding techniques, developer attitude, project and team management, and iterative and incremental learning. Readers can learn how to apply each practice, and what benefits you can expect.