What even is software?

What even is software?
by @mikermcneil

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZKG7hLhbRs

#platziconf
2 de Mayo - Ciudad de Mexico
https://platzi.com/conf/

also featured Sam Altman (@sama), Andrea Ortega Lee (@manchita) and other amazing speakers who are way cooler than me

Transcript

1. #platziconf
   @mikermcneil
   

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2. what even is software?
   

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3. programming
   

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4. magento wordpress
   

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5. ruby on rails django grails
   

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6. Models
   Views
   Controllers
   

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7. JSON or XML
   HTML
   Ruby or Java or
   C# or Groovy or
   PHP or Python or…
   c. 2004
   

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8. JSON
   HTML or iOS or Android or Windows
   Phone or WebOS or Angular or
   Backbone or Ember or React or toll
   booth or toaster or… or…
   Ruby or Java or C# or
   Groovy or PHP or
   Python or Perl or C++ or
   JavaScript or Go or Dart
   or… or… or…
   c. 2010
   

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9. JSON
   API
   JavaScript
   c. 2012
   

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10. Only two kinds of
    configuration.
    

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11. data logic
    {…} -­‐>
    

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12. logic
    (imperative  code)
    

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13. drive  to  store
    get  milk
    go  through  checkout  and  pay
    drive  home
    put  milk  in  refrigerator
    

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14. drive  to  store
    get  milk
    go  through  checkout  and  pay
    drive  home
    put  milk  in  refrigerator
    1.4.  get  out  of  car
    1.5.  walk  into  store
    1.1.  walk  out  of  house
    1.2.  get  into  car
    1.3.  steer,  push  pedals
    

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15. drive  to  store
    get  milk
    drive  home
    put  milk  in  refrigerator
    go  through  checkout  and  pay
    try  {
    }
    catch  (e)  {  …  }
    

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16. drive  to  store
    get  milk
    go  through  checkout  and  pay
    drive  home
    put  milk  in  refrigerator
    success forgot  wallet? credit  card  expired?
    4
    5
    

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17. drive  to  store
    get  milk
    go  through  checkout  and  pay
    drive  home
    get  wallet
    success forgot  wallet? credit  card  expired?
    4
    5
    put  milk  back
    drive  to  store
    6
    7
    

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18. drive  to  store
    get  milk
    go  through  checkout  and  pay
    drive  home
    cry  a  little  bit
    success forgot  wallet? credit  card  expired?
    4
    5
    put  milk  back
    6
    

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19. gotos subroutines functions
    

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20. parallel universes
    at each step
    

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21. abstract syntax tree (AST)
    

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22. No more plugins.
    

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23. Every function should just “plug in”.
    function
       //  …  
    }
    

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24. A standardized interface for
    JavaScript functions.
    node-machine.org
    

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25. interoperability
    

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26. accessibility
    

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27. evolution
    

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32. write automated tests for code
    write documentation for code
    write code
    manually test code
    deploy code to server
    discover bug
    remember how code works
    fix code
    manually test code
    discover that automated tests fail now
    update automated tests
    update documentation redeploy code to server
    

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33. write automated tests for code
    write documentation for code
    write code
    manually test code
    deploy code to server
    discover bug
    remember how code works
    fix code
    manually test code
    discover that automated tests fail now
    update automated tests
    update documentation redeploy code to server
    design
    

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34. treeline.io
    

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35. for a beta invite
    tweet at @treelinehq with hashtag #platziconf
    

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36. #platziconf
    

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