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Programming

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Win32 API programming.

 

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• The software development cycle / methodology.
• Programming techniques (such as algorithms, data structures, genericity).
• Object orientation.
• Tools and languages.
• Architectures, frameworks and API´s.
• User interaction design.
• Etc.

Thus, to me programming is far more than just banging away on the keyboard, producing code.  Since I´m an expert programmer (why be modest?) I can spend much time apparently just coding, but my mind is not on this menial task: it´s concerned with structure, elegance, the user´s view, the trade-off between perfection and what´s practical in a team setting (which is a perpetual headache, having to dumb down one´s work!), how to visualize things in the documentation, and so on.  Programming is a craft; as for other crafts there is a huge difference between true craftsmanship, based on pride in one´s work, and the dabbler who knows the basic moves, and can produce things quickly, but who cannot differentiate quality work from its opposite.

Last updated Wednesday, February 03, 1999