The Art of Programming - Codeland 2020

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2. A Brief Story
   

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6. Programming
   Is it Science or is it Art ?
   

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7. Let's go back to
   the early days
   

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8. "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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9. What is Art?
   

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10. "Works produced by human
    creative skill and
    imagination."
    Oxford Dictionary
    

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

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12. Key Aspects of Art
    ● Creativity and Imagination
    ● Individual Expression
    ● Depicts an alternative reality
    

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13. Demystifying Art
    ● Not an adjective
    ● Doesn't need to be good
    ● Doesn't need to be beautiful
    

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14. Now back to
    Software
    

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15. "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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16. Software Engineering: the truth
    ● Still very young
    ● Strongly based on trial-and-error
    ● Tests can't be considered mathematical proof
    

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17. Programming Languages
    are Building Blocks
    

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18. Going Vanilla
    

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19. Using a Framework
    

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20. The Rest is Up to You!
    

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21. Programming is Art
    Built on top of Logic.
    

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23. “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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24. Thanks!
    @erikaheidi | eheidi.dev
    

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