Agile Java is a valuable tutorial and reference. It introduces the Java language

with no assumptions about a developer's background in Java, object-oriented

development, or TDD. The book will also retain significant value as a

cookbook that readers will turn to time and again to learn how to approach

TDD with respect to various language features.

Teh author stresses the importance of TDD by showing coded tests for every

Java feature taught. A programmer learning with this book will understand how

to translate oral requirements into tests, and tests into working code. Readers

also learn how TDD impacts the design of the system, and vice versa. In short,

anyone who wants to understand what it takes to build a professional, robust

software system using Java will want this book. Agile Java will be ideally timed

to coincide with Sun's forthcoming release of Java 5 (J2SE 1.5).