The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master (ISBN 0-201-61622-X) is a book about software engineering by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas, published in October, 1999. The book is the first in a series of books under the The Pragmatic Bookshelf label. Characteristics of a pragmatic programmer: * Early adopter / fast adapter * Inquisitive * Critical thinker * Realistic * Jack-of-all-trades In the book, the idea of code katas is introduced which are small exercises. The exercises are used to practice programming skills.