One of the places data can be stored is a relational database. Relational databases store data in a table of rows and columns, and are used in traditional business applications such as banking transactions and inventory control. This title concerns strategies for using agile database software.

Describes Agile Modeling Driven Design (AMDD) and Test-Driven Design (TDD) approaches, database refactoring, database encapsulation strategies, and tools that support evolutionary techniques Agile software developers often use object and relational database (RDB) technology together and as a result must overcome the impedance mismatch The author covers techniques for mapping objects to RDBs and for implementing concurrency control, referential integrity, shared business logic, security access control, reports, and XML An agile foundation describes fundamental skills that all agile software developers require, particularly Agile DBAs Includes object modeling, UML data modeling, data normalization, class normalization, and how to deal with legacy databases Scott W. Ambler is author of Agile Modeling (0471202827), a contributing editor with Software Development (www sdmagazine.com), and a featured speaker at software conferences worldwide

Foreword by Jon Kern.Foreword by Douglas K. Barry.Acknowledgments.Introduction.About the Author.Part One: Setting the Foundation.Chapter 1: The Agile Data Method.Chapter 2: From Use Cases to Databases - Real-World UML.Chapter 3: Data Modeling 101.Chapter 4: Data Normalization.Chapter 5: Class Normalization.Chapter 6: Relational Database Technology, Like It or Not.Chapter 7: The Object-Relational Impedance Mismatch.Chapter 8: Legacy Databases - Everything You Need to Know But Are Afraid to Deal With.Part Two: Evolutionary Database Development.Chapter 9: Vive L' Evolution.Chapter 10: Agile Model-Driven Development (AMDD).Chapter 11: Test-Driven Development (TDD).Chapter 12: Database Refactoring.Chapter 13: Database Encapsulation Strategies.Chapter 14: Mapping Objects to Relational Databases.Chapter 15: Performance Tuning.Chapter 16: Tools for Evolutionary Database Development.Part Three: Practical Data-Oriented Development Techniques.Chapter 17: Implementing Concurrency Control.Chapter 18: Finding Objects in Relational Databases.Chapter 19: Implementing Referential Integrity and Shared Business Logic.Chapter 20: Implementing Security Access Control.Chapter 21: Implementing Reports.Chapter 22: Realistic XML.Part Four: Adopting Agile Database Techniques.Chapter 23: How You Can Become Agile.Chapter 24: Bringing Agility into Your Organization.Appendix: Database Refactoring Catalog.References and Suggested Reading.Index.