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A Brief Story
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Programming
Is it Science or is it Art ?
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Let's go 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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"Works produced by human
creative skill and
imagination."
Oxford Dictionary
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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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Key Aspects of Art
● Creativity and Imagination
● Individual Expression
● Depicts an alternative reality
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Demystifying Art
● Not an adjective
● Doesn't need to be good
● Doesn't need to be beautiful
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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: the truth
● Still very young
● 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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Programming is Art
Built on top of Logic.
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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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