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• UML Tipps von Ihren Tutoren

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Addison Wesley 1995

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• Kent Beck Extreme Programming Explained.

Addison-Wesley 1999.

• Kent Beck, Martin Fowler: Planning Extreme Programming. Addison-Wesley 2000.

• Cay Horstmann, Gary Cornell: Core Java 2. SUN Microsystems Press, Java Series, 1999. ISBN 0-13-081933-6