This edition’s book review is a little different… We are reviewing a magazine that addresses so-called advanced development methodologies. It is an electronic magazine - a publishing format that is growing in popularity. Martinig & Associates provide topical and relevant content that every testing professional should have a good grasp of in order to maximise understanding of the development world we live in.
From the publication’s home page: “Methods & Tools is a free magazine with PDF and text issues that provide practical knowledge and information on all topics of software development and software engineering: UML, Agile Methodologies (eXtreme Programming, Scrum, TDD, FDD, ...), Software Testing, Software Configuration Management, Database Modeling, Java, .NET, RUP, Software Project Planning and Management, Test Automation, Programming, Software Analysis and Design, Quality Assurance, Software Process Assessment and Improvement, Software Development Tools, Risk Management, Refactoring, IT News, etc.”
Methods & Tools is available for free from http://www.martinig.ch/mt/index. html and has been in circuit since 1999. Subscribers are notified by email when a new issue is available. The publication’s site offers a forum for discussions sparked by articles, and RSS feed is also available now. Each issue of Methods & Tools is assigned an ISSN number, the equivalent of ISBN for periodicals.
All past issues may be downloaded in PDF format, at no cost. The magazine attracts some big name advertisers, which validates the contents legitimacy. A variety of authors have contributed over the last seven years, and the writing is generally of high quality.
If you are interested in Agile Methods for development and testing, or even if you are just a fan of Object-Oriented development, don’t give this one a miss.