Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programmers
The podcast for programmers who want to become software engineers. Software engineering analysis and reflection from Graham Lee, a software engineering educator, practitioner and researcher with two decades of field experience. Coming to you from https://www.sicpers.info.
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Episode 64: Using Pattern Languages for Object-Oriented Programs (opens the original)
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This episode looks at the origin of design patterns in software, their development, and the limited exposure many software engineers have to the idea. The episode is supported by members of the Chiron Codex Patreon (use this gift link for your first … Continue reading →
Episode 63: The NATO Software Engineering Conferences, Part 7 (opens the original)
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This episode discusses the final section of the 1969 software engineering techniques conference report…eventually, after discussing how statistics does or doesn’t work. I also reflect on both conferences, and what it means that the experts in 1968-1969 told us how … Continue reading →
Episode 62: The NATO Software Engineering Conferences, Part 6 (opens the original)
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This episode continues a review of the 1969 conference on software engineering techniques looking at software adaptability, large software projects, and software engineering education. The episode is supported by members of the Chiron Codex Patreon (use this gift link for your first … Continue reading →
Episode 61: The NATO Software Engineering Conferences, Part 5 (opens the original)
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This episode is the first to discuss the 1969 NATO conference on Software Engineering Techniques. We find out that there isn’t a NATO-sponsored international institute of software engineering, though only a little about why; that computer scientists and software engineers … Continue reading →
Episode 60: The NATO Software Engineering Conferences, Part 4 (opens the original)
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This episode reaches the end of the 1968 conference, discussing Alan Perlis’s keynote address and submitted papers by Doug McIlroy, Edgser Dijkstra, and more. I summarise the impact of the conference on software engineering, and get ready to investigate the … Continue reading →
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