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Getting Real: The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful Web application
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This book was written back in 2006, before Agile and Scrum and other frameworks really took off and gained popularity. The team behind it were called 37signals at the time, now they are just caled Basecamp - named after their most popular product.
With that in mind, I was totally surprised at how readable and enjoyable this book still is 12 years after its publication. That is no small feat in the field of digital product development.
The book is written like a manifest with very short chapters (some of them only one page) and in clear-cut language. There is no messing about here - and no grey zones as well. As I said, think of it as a manifest. And in some places as a manual.
One of the main points in the book is "start small and scale later" - and as someone who is almost obsessed with scale and making things scalable, I needed to read this book :)
The sub-title of the book is "The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application" but I would recommend reading it even if you don't work with building web applications. What has happened since 2006 is that some of the methods from programming and technical development have spread to all digital development.
So, if you are involved in product development (and/or building, obviously) make sure you read this book. It's like a bag of candy; you don't really want it to stop.
If you're interested, you can get a free PDF copy of 'Getting Real' by signing up for the Basecamp newsletter:
With that in mind, I was totally surprised at how readable and enjoyable this book still is 12 years after its publication. That is no small feat in the field of digital product development.
The book is written like a manifest with very short chapters (some of them only one page) and in clear-cut language. There is no messing about here - and no grey zones as well. As I said, think of it as a manifest. And in some places as a manual.
One of the main points in the book is "start small and scale later" - and as someone who is almost obsessed with scale and making things scalable, I needed to read this book :)
The sub-title of the book is "The smarter, faster, easier way to build a successful web application" but I would recommend reading it even if you don't work with building web applications. What has happened since 2006 is that some of the methods from programming and technical development have spread to all digital development.
So, if you are involved in product development (and/or building, obviously) make sure you read this book. It's like a bag of candy; you don't really want it to stop.
If you're interested, you can get a free PDF copy of 'Getting Real' by signing up for the Basecamp newsletter:
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Reading Progress
March 5, 2018
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Started Reading
March 5, 2018
– Shelved
May 8, 2018
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Finished Reading
June 18, 2018
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