https://www.developerfusion.com/t/agile/books/view/recommended/sort/popularity/ 2011-02-01T13:50:00.00Z http://www.developerfusion.com/book/78889/project-management-the-agile-way-making-it-work-in-the-enterprise/ 2010-01-19T00:00:00.00Z

Project Management the Agile Way is for experienced project managers, system engineers, architects, and business analysts who are comfortable in traditional methods of project management, but now need to understand how to make agile work effectively in the enterprise. This book presents practical, day-to-day tips and application advice for how to harmonize agile methods with mainstream project processes and how to integrate these practices with other methodologies used in the business.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/66091/subject-to-change-creating-great-products-services-for-an-uncertain-world-adaptive-path-on-design/ 2008-03-26T00:00:00.00Z

The world in which we live and work is subject to change without notice, and succeeding amidst that uncertainty requires continuous improvement. The key to creating successful products and services in a rapidly changing world is not resistance to unexpected change, but the flexibility to adapt to it. With that in mind, Subject to Change presents ideas that will help you improve your work designing products and services that provide great experiences for your customers.Praise

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/60503/leveraging-drupal-getting-your-site-done-right-wrox-programmer-to-programmer/ 2009-02-03T00:00:00.00Z

This book is a step-by-step guide and a hands-on co-piloted experience for those trying to make Drupal powered websites work for them, and for their clients. Much more than a "tutorial", what is needed is a nuts-and-bolts living mentor and guide which really shows the reader how to do the things really required for bringing it all together in a site which works. This will be the only book covering all the difficult components of Drupal: views, panels, themes, content creation, etc.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/60659/97-things-every-software-architect-should-know/ 2009-02-13T00:00:00.00Z

In this truly unique technical book, today's leading software architects present valuable principles on key development issues that go way beyond technology. More than four dozen architects -- including Neal Ford, Michael Nygard, and Bill de hOra -- offer advice for communicating with stakeholders, eliminating complexity, empowering developers, and many more practical lessons they've learned from years of experience. Among the 97 principles in this book, you'll find useful advice such as:

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/85462/agile-web-application-development-with-yii-11-and-php5/ 2010-08-11T00:00:00.00Z

Fast-track your Web application development by harnessing the power of the Yii PHP frameworkOverview of Agile Web Application Development with Yii1.1 and PHP5 *A step-by-step guide to creating a modern, sophisticated web application using an incremental and iterative approach to software development *Build a real-world, user-based, database-driven project task management application using the Yii development framework

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/94236/agile-web-development-with-rails/ 2011-02-01T13:50:00.00Z

Ruby on Rails helps you produce high-quality, beautiful-looking web applications quickly. You concentrate on creating the application, and Rails takes care of the details.Tens of thousands of developers have used this award-winning book to learn Rails. It's a broad, far-reaching tutorial and reference that's recommended by the Rails core team. If you're new to Rails, you'll get step-by-step guidance.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/18363/simply-rails-2/ 2008-05-01T00:00:00.00Z

Want to learn all about Ruby on Rails 2.0, the web application framework that is inspiring developers around the world? The second edition of this practical, hands on book will: show you how to install Ruby on Rails on Windows, Mac, or Linux walk you, step by step, through the development of a Web 2.0 social news application, just like digg.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/60495/head-first-pmp-a-brainfriendly-guide-to-passing-the-project-management-professional-exam/ 2009-08-04T00:00:00.00Z

Learn the latest principles and certification objectives in The PMBOK Guide, Fourth Edition, in a unique and inspiring way with Head First PMP . The second edition of this book helps you prepare for the PMP certification exam using a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works. You'll find a full-length sample exam included inside the book.More than just proof of passing a test, a PMP certification means that you have the knowledge to solve most common project problems.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/13475/agile-web-development-with-rails-third-edition/ 2009-03-28T00:00:00.00Z

You want to write professional-grade applications: Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework, with integrated support for unit, functional, and integration testing. It enforces good design principles, consistency of code across your team (and across your organization), and proper release management. But Rails is more than a set of best practices. Rails makes it both fun and easy to turn out very cool web applications. Need Ajax support, so your web applications are highly interactive?

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/93283/unix-and-linux-system-administration-handbook-4th-edition/ 2011-01-31T15:26:00.00Z

“As an author, editor, and publisher, I never paid much attention to the competition–except in a few cases. This is one of those cases. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is one of the few books we ever measured ourselves against.”–From the Foreword by Tim O’Reilly, founder of O’Reilly Media“This book is fun and functional as a desktop reference. If you use UNIX and Linux systems, you need this book in your short-reach library.

James Crowley