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
2. what even is software?
3. programming
4. magento wordpress
5. ruby on rails django grails
6. Models Views Controllers
7. JSON or XML HTML Ruby or Java or C# or Groovy or PHP or Python or… c. 2004
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
9. JSON API JavaScript c. 2012
10. Only two kinds of configuration.
11. data logic {…} -­‐>
12. logic (imperative  code)
13. drive  to  store get  milk go  through  checkout  and  pay drive  home put  milk  in  refrigerator
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
15. drive  to  store get  milk drive  home put  milk  in  refrigerator go  through  checkout  and  pay try  { } catch  (e)  {  …  }
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
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
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
19. gotos subroutines functions
20. parallel universes at each step
21. abstract syntax tree (AST)
22. No more plugins.
23. Every function should just “plug in”. function    //  …   }
24. A standardized interface for JavaScript functions. node-machine.org
25. interoperability
26. accessibility
27. evolution
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
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
34. treeline.io
35. for a beta invite tweet at @treelinehq with hashtag #platziconf
36. #platziconf