About the Authors

Robert C. Martin (“Uncle Bob”) is founder and president of Object Mentor Inc., in Gurnee, Illinois, an international firm that offers process improvement consulting, object-oriented software design consulting, training, and skill development services to major corporations worldwide. He is also the author of Designing Object Oriented C++ Applications Using the Booch Method and Agile Software Development Principles, Patterns, and Practices (both Prentice Hall), UML for Java Programming (Addison-Wesley), and was the editor-in-chief of C++ Journal from 1996 to 1999. He is a featured speaker at international conferences and trade shows.

Micah Martin works with Object Mentor as a developer, consultant, and mentor on topics ranging from object-oriented principles and patterns to agile software development practices. Micah is the cocreator and lead developer of the open source FitNesse project. He is also a published author and speaks regularly at conferences.