Programming as if People Mattered Friendly Programs, Software Engineering, and Other Noble Delusions
Borenstein, Nathaniel S. (Author)
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, 2016
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- Title
- Programming as if People Mattered Friendly Programs, Software Engineering, and Other Noble Delusions
- Author
- Borenstein, Nathaniel S. (Author)
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691636400
- ISBN 13
- 9780691636405
- Item weight
- 0.46 kilograms
Through a set of lively anecdotes and essays, Nathaniel Borenstein traces the divergence between the fields of software engineering and user-centered software design, and attempts to reconcile the needs of people in both camps.
Originally published in 1991.
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"The book provides a stimulating read, with a fair sprinkling of controversial opinions from which intelligent readers . . . will draw their own conclusions."---J. Dodd, Information and Science Technology
"This book's great glory is the author's implicit, but pervasive, notion that the human interface extends through software; and that programs are just ways that people tell computers what they should be doing. . . . [A] book filled with points to think about well before you start coding menus or screens." (UnixWorld)
"A witty look at the foibles of software engineering, based on real examples. . . . This voice of experience offers a good dose of humility to arrogant young programmers." (American Mathematical Monthly)
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