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Chapter 11
Balancing Acts:
An Imaginary Scenario
In this chapter, the authors wax poetic on practical software development
methodologies, and attempt to introduce a simple, or maybe simplistic, example
application for use in future chapters.
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We want to share with you some thoughts on practical software development.
We are not covering anything specific to Linux or Java in this chapter; there
will be no commands to type or syntax to learn here. You may skip ahead to
the next chapter—but at your own peril. Those who know and use good soft-
ware process won't need this chapter, but many programmers don't fall in to
that category. In fact, some who think they are using good process may be using
too much or too little for their actual situation.
If you are relatively new to the corporate world, or have only worked for
one or two companies in your career to date, you may get a taste of how soft-
ware is done in other corporate cultures. If you are a seasoned programmer with
many such experiences, see if this doesn't sound all too familiar.
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