Comments on: Where does the programming effort go? http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:42:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: New programmer’s survival manual — The Endeavour http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-122258 New programmer’s survival manual — The Endeavour Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:06:31 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-122258 [...] Where does programming effort go? Coming full circle Writing software is harder than writing books [...] [...] Where does programming effort go? Coming full circle Writing software is harder than writing books [...]

]]> By: The plumber programmer — The Endeavour http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-115227 The plumber programmer — The Endeavour Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:22:32 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-115227 [...] Where does programming effort go? Your job is trivial (but I couldn’t do it) [...] [...] Where does programming effort go? Your job is trivial (but I couldn’t do it) [...]

]]> By: Derrick http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-36311 Derrick Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:23:06 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-36311 I like this. Somewhat related, I see developers trying to use Database abstraction layers, such as JDO, JPA, or Hibernate, when they could have written nice SQL and something like Spring's JDBCtemplate. The crux of an application is usually not the SQL. Don't get me wrong, ORM tools - and things of this nature - have their place, but some developers think they have to use them for every project. I like this. Somewhat related, I see developers trying to use Database abstraction layers, such as JDO, JPA, or Hibernate, when they could have written nice SQL and something like Spring’s JDBCtemplate. The crux of an application is usually not the SQL. Don’t get me wrong, ORM tools – and things of this nature – have their place, but some developers think they have to use them for every project.

]]> By: just guessing http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-35996 just guessing Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:10:59 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-35996 just guessing, maybe it can help: functional programming in haskell just guessing, maybe it can help:
functional programming in haskell

]]> By: Holly Styles http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-35955 Holly Styles Thu, 08 Apr 2010 07:57:09 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-35955 This is just a software specific definition of the age old phrase: "The devil's in the details." This is just a software specific definition of the age old phrase: “The devil’s in the details.”

]]> By: Pierre Paul Lefebvre http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-35939 Pierre Paul Lefebvre Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:16:54 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-35939 As I gain more experience I actually feel I do more housekeeping than real programming. I learn about more security flaws and keep adding security layer, be it for the input/output or the system itself. As I gain more experience I actually feel I do more housekeeping than real programming. I learn about more security flaws and keep adding security layer, be it for the input/output or the system itself.

]]> By: BasG http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-14691 BasG Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:40:51 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-14691 I agree with you on this. You are rightfully a a bit cynic about the next silver bullet, but in the last decades the abstraction at which programs are encoded and the reusability of components have increased tremendously. I also believe there is a maximum treshold of plumbing that we can code, say a maximum amount of complexity we can keep track of. So as long as we do the same amount of plumbing, but make use of more abstractions and reusable components, we still can achieve better and bigger software than we did a decade ago. I agree with you on this. You are rightfully a a bit cynic about the next silver bullet, but in the last decades the abstraction at which programs are encoded and the reusability of components have increased tremendously. I also believe there is a maximum treshold of plumbing that we can code, say a maximum amount of complexity we can keep track of. So as long as we do the same amount of plumbing, but make use of more abstractions and reusable components, we still can achieve better and bigger software than we did a decade ago.

]]> By: John Moeller http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/18/where-does-the-programming-effort-go/comment-page-1/#comment-14677 John Moeller Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:02:56 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1716#comment-14677 "I don’t know the context of her quote, but she could be talking about any <strike>software</strike> project." Fixed that for ya. :-) I agree completely, though. A lot of people think that I left industry for grad school because of the plumbing. I knew, though, that I was just trading for a different kind. “I don’t know the context of her quote, but she could be talking about any software project.”

Fixed that for ya. :-)

I agree completely, though. A lot of people think that I left industry for grad school because of the plumbing. I knew, though, that I was just trading for a different kind.

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