 
0-471-20283-5 Wiley 9780471202837 047120283510/2003
List Price: $40.00Paperback447 pages
An agile database administrator (DBA) has the difficult task of focusing on data-oriented issues, including traditional database administration as well as any application development involving data. Agile DBAs also collaborate with enterprise professionals to ensure that the efforts of the project team
reflect enterprise realities. Scott Ambler has written this invaluable book from the point of view of an agile DBA, enabling you to learn the techniques that agile DBAs use to work effectively on evolutionary (iterative and incremental) software projects.
With every chapter you'll be introduced to essential facets of data-oriented activities such as:
The basics of object orientation, relational databases, data modeling, and how to deal with legacy data issues
Database refactoring, an evolutionary technique that enables you to improve your database design in small steps
Mapping objects to relational databases, performance tuning, database encapsulation, and supporting tools
Implementation techniques and strategies such as concurrency control, security access control, finding objects in relational databases, referential integrity, and the effective use of XML
Strategies and advice for individuals who want to become agile software developers and organizations that want to adopt agile techniques
Describes Agile Modeling Driven Design (AMDD) and Test-Driven Design (TDD) approaches, database refactoring, and tools that support evolutionary techniques
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