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about the book

The Feedback-Driven Developer distills veteran coder Ashley Davis's 28+ years of experience into a comprehensive approach to creating a rapid, quality-focused development process. This entertaining and personal book introduces dozens of practical techniques for using feedback throughout the dev lifecycle book. You’ll see each idea demonstrated hands-on as you explore a full-stack web application. You'll learn how to plan for change, effectively refactor, set up and automate tests, and ship your software to production.

As you go, you’ll also explore refactoring into desktop and mobile versions of your applications, expanding the reach of your software. Once your software is in production, Ashley reveals how you can ensure it runs reliably with vital techniques for debugging and triaging problems in live systems.

about the reader

For early- and mid-career developers looking to improve the way they build software. Examples in JavaScript and TypeScript.

about the author

Ashley Davis is a software craftsman, technologist, and author with over 28 years of experience in software development, from coding to managing teams to founding companies. He has worked for a range of companies, from the tiniest startups to the largest internationals. Along the way, he has contributed back to the community through his writing and open source coding. Ashley has been contracting with businesses and founding startups for the last 10 years. He is the creator of Data-Forge Notebook and Photosphere.