Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 14th Jan 2006 03:26 UTC
What is the best way to think of software development? Is it science? Is it art? Is it craft? Is it something else entirely? Read Steve McConnell's article here.
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Art does not solve a problem, it communicates ideas and feelings. Potentially a computer program could be a work of art but the act of programming it would just be like the engineering involved in constructing a statue.
Science is research and happens in labs. When you write a program to solve a problem, you are an engineer. You should not be thinking about pushing back the boundaries of human knowledge or expressing your innermost feelings. You should be thinking "What's the cheapest, most effective way to do this?".