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A Brief Story

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Programming Is it Art or is it Science?

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Back to the Early Days

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"Software during the early days of this project was treated like a stepchild and not taken as seriously as other engineering disciplines, such as hardware engineering; and it was regarded as an art and as magic, not a science." Margaret Hamilton

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What is Art?

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"the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power." - Google

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"the word art may refer to several things: (i) a study of a creative skill, (ii) a process of using the creative skill, (iii) a product of the creative skill, or (iv) the audience's experience with the creative skill." - Wikipedia

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“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” - Alberto Giacometti

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“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” - Oscar Wilde

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Keys to Art Expression Creativity Individualism Audience Experience

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"the expression of human creative skill and imagination, generating an output that can be possibly experienced by someone other than you."

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Art Not an adjective Doesn't need to be good Doesn't need to be beautiful Artist is not an adjective either

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Now Back to Software

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"I began to use the term 'software engineering' to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. They liked to kid me about my radical ideas" Margaret Hamilton

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Software Engineering Let's face the truth Still very young compared to other engineering fields Strongly based on trial-and-error Tests can't be considered mathematical proof

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Programming languages are building blocks

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Going Vanilla

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Using a Framework

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The rest is up to you

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ART&SCIENCE Programming is art built on top of logic.

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The Creativity Myth

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“It lives on because it appeals to romantic prejudices about invention. There is a myth about how something new comes to be.” - Kevin Ashton, The Creativity Myth

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“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” - Andy Warhol

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