From Craft to Science

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From Craft to Science

• By Koni Buhrer
• Discussion for EEE493B
• 1 March 2004

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Software Development Craft or Engineering?

• he argues that software development is not, and
  cannot, be an engineering discipline
• OR
• how to bring software development from a craft
  to an engineering discipline.

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Trial and Error vs. First Principles

• medieval architects experience from trial and
  error ! scientific foundation
• the scientific method is a systematic way of
  approaching trial and error
• Are we to believe that there is a cut off point
  when understanding makes something engineering?

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Software Pure design and art?

• Buhrer sayssoftware is all art (or craft), and
  the quality of the software system depends solely
  on the artistic capabilities of a software
  developer.
• He believes that software development is based
  solely on design and very little on construction
  or manufacturingHow interesting that it is
  designed but never really built.

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Universal Design Pattern and other languages

• He also assumes an OO environment when he
  describes his design elements, particularly his
  Data Entity, which means that it is not truly
  universal.
• Finally, I would like to know how much Ada
  groups paid him.

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DONE