MIT textbook that uses Oz. "This book follows in the fine tradition of Abelson/Sussman and Kamin's book on interpreters, but goes well beyond them..." --Peter Norvig
Agile Development, in particular, eXtreme Programming (XP), has been gaining a lot of momentum because it can effectively address the problems plaguing software development such as mis-understanding customers' requirements, missing deadlines, over-budget,
If you are starting with Neural Networks you should check out my online book on the subject. It contains over 300 pages of information on Neural Network Programming in Java. You can access it here.