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Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development
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Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development

by Scott L. Bain
February 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
448 pages
9h 46m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 3. The Nature of Software Development

To do something well, it helps to understand it. I think we all want to do a good job as software developers, and I think we will have a better chance of doing a good job if we take a little time to investigate the nature of what we are doing.

Once upon a time, I was a Boy Scout. My troop was planning a white-water rafting trip down the Colorado River in the eastern part of California, just above the Imperial Dam. We were given safety training before the trip began, and one thing they emphasized was what to do if we fell out of the raft, which was a distinct possibility in some of the rougher sections.

They said, “If you become separated from the raft:

  1. Keep your life vest on, and
  2. Do not fight the ...
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