Filled with practical, hands-on examples, this will be the first book Microsoft developers go to when learning Agile development techniques Microsoft is encouraging developers using their tools to start using sound software development methodologies eXtreme programming is very well suited to the way many Microsoft developers work Author is well-respected in both the eXtreme Programming and .NET Developer worlds Book is full of practical experience and genuinely useful examples In a major shift from the past, Microsoft has been encouraging developers who use Visual Studio to pay attention to software architecture and software development methodologies. One methodology which is well-suited to the way that many Microsoft development teams work is eXtreme Programming. Many developers using VB and C# admire its flexibility, its emphasis on testing, and the idea of developing in small teams. While they have been trying to pick up the XP techniques from the general books on XP and Agile, there is a dearth of information to help them apply the Agile techniques in a Microsoft setting. Extreme .NET is the first book to provide a complete and practical guide to using eXtreme Programming with .NET. The author is well regarded in both the XP and .NET communities. He uses extensive case studies and real world examples to illustrate best practices throughout the book, and provides many hands-on exercises so that readers make sure they have learned the concepts. The book concludes with a chapter on step-by-step development that will put together all the practices taught in the book to develop a piece of software.