Category: book excerpt

Game AI: The Bots Strike Back!

The following is a short extract taken from our new book, HTML5 Games: Novice to Ninja, written by Earle Castledine. Access to the book is included with SitePoint Premium membership, or you can grab a copy in stores worldwide. You can check out a free sample of the first chapter here. We have all the tools at our dispo...

Scrum Rituals: Sprint Demo

The following is an extract from our book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, written by M. David Green. Copies are sold in stores worldwide, or you can buy it in ebook form here. At the end of the sprint, everything that was worked on for the current sprint is demonstrated for the team, the product owner, […] Continue read...

Scrum Rituals: Sprint Planning

The following is an extract from our book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, written by M. David Green. Copies are sold in stores worldwide, or you can buy it in ebook form here. The ritual that marks the beginning of each sprint is called sprint planning. Sprint planning is hosted by the scrum master, but the […] Continue...

What Are Scrum Rituals?

The following is an extract from our book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, written by M. David Green. Copies are sold in stores worldwide, or you can buy it in ebook form here. The practice of working on a scrum team is organized into a series of rituals. The rituals mark key events in the process […] Continue reading %W...

Scrum Roles: Scrum Master

The following is an extract from our book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, written by M. David Green. Copies are sold in stores worldwide, or you can buy it in ebook form here. Scrum is a system that supports sustained productivity for a team. But if you try to adopt scrum, and don’t give adequate consideration […]...

The PHP Application Environment

The following is a short extract from our recent book, Jump Start PHP Environment, available for free to SitePoint Premium members. Print and ebook copies are sold in stores worldwide, or you can order them here. We hope you enjoy this extract and find it useful. This chapter will focus on the application environment....