Software Creativity

by Robert L. Glass

This collection of essays explores the role of creativity in the construction of software, with a focus on polarities of viewpoint, such as: discipline versus flexibility, formal methods versus heuristics, quantitative versus qualitative reasoning, process versus product, intellectual versus clerical activity, theory versus practice, and industry versus academe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131473646
• ISBN13: 9780131473645
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Creativity in Software dichotomies

This book really looks at software creativity from a number of dichotomies - Ancient Greek (bring your own hammer) v. Rome (Let's build this together), Discipline v. Flexible, Formal v. Heuristics, extrinsic v. intrinsic motivations, science v. art and a number of others. These topics are all addressed in a series of very easy to read essays that takes the reader through the journey of determining what is best. I found this a very good read and one that I will ponder for sometime.