The XProgramming Format

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 <title>XML Notepad Stories</title> 
 <author>Ron Jeffries</author> 
 <precis>My colleague Chet Hendrickson and I are working with .NET and C#, 
 to learn it, with the intention of writing the book you're holding in your 
 hands. Our chosen application is the "XM L Notepad." Here's the initial 
 vision and some stories.</precis> 
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 <sect1><title>Building an Application Extreme-Programming Style</title> 
 <P>In this book, we'll be working on a real application. Although the app 
 will be small enough to fit in the book, it will be large enough, and tricky 
 enough, to offer some important lessons a bout how a real application might 
 go.</P> 
 <P>As you know, I am a strong proponent of Extreme Programming and "agile" 
 software development, so there will be a lot of XP-related discussion in the 
 book. I'll also be drawing on my years o f programming experience (much of it 
 good), with the hope of bringing out some generally useful techniques. 
 Finally, I'll be discovering, as we go, how to use the C# language and the 
 Microsoft .NET tools.</P> 
 <P>The book, therefore, is a journey of discovery, a journey led by an 
 experienced guide who is nonetheless new to this specific territory. If we're 
 lucky, I won't make a complete fool of myself!</P> 
 <P>Our project begins, as most do, as a vague initial idea, followed shortly 
 by an optimistic dream of what might b e possible, followed by a long period 
 of progress toward a goal that changes along the way. Extreme Programming has 
 taught me some ways of dealing ef fectively with such things, and that's part 
 of what we'll be looking at as we go along.</P> 
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