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How do programmers deal with complexity?
Push complexity down into modules: Let a few module developers suffer, rather than thousands of users….The Martyr Principle
- Take on hard problems.
- Solve completely.
- Make solution easy for others to use.
- Take more pain for yourself, so that others have less.
How do programmers approach problem solving and coding?
Step 1: understand the problem. Step 2: create a step-by-step plan for how you’ll solve it. Step 3: carry out the plan and write the actual code. Step 4: look back and possibly refactor your solution if it could be better.
How do programmers represent problems?
Programming is the process of taking an algorithm and encoding it into a notation, a programming language, so that it can be executed by a computer. Algorithms describe the solution to a problem in terms of the data needed to represent the problem instance and the set of steps necessary to produce the intended result.
How is complexity measured in programming?
There are several other metrics that can be used to measure programming complexity: Branching complexity (Sneed Metric) Data complexity (Chapin Metric) Data flow complexity (Elshof Metric)
Why do we say software is complex but not complicated?
Complex refers to related parts while complicated refers to different parts which implies they are unrelated conceptually between each other. I think that these adjectives are extremely powerful to represent the status of a codebase.
What is complex programming?
Programming complexity (or software complexity) is a term that includes many properties of a piece of software, all of which affect internal interactions. Complex, on the other hand, describes the interactions between a number of entities.
What is the difference between a programmer and a problem solver?
The difference is the best programmers/problem-solvers are more curious about bugs/errors than irritated. In fact, here are three things to try when facing a whammy: Debug: Go step by step through your solution trying to find where you went wrong. Programmers call this debugging (in fact, this is all a debugger does).
What to do when facing a Whammy in programming?
In fact, here are three things to try when facing a whammy: Debug: Go step by step through your solution trying to find where you went wrong. Programmers call this debugging (in fact, this is all a debugger does). “The art of debugging is figuring out what you really told your program to do rather than what you thought you told it to do.””
How can I get a good plan for programming?
Nothing can help you if you can’t write down the exact steps. In programming, this means don’t start hacking straight away. Give your brain time to analyze the problem and process the information. To get a good plan, answer this question:
Why should you learn to think like a programmer?
“Everyone in this country should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you to think.” — Steve Jobs You probably also wondered what does it mean, exactly, to think like a programmer? And how do you do it?? Essentially, it’s all about a more effective way for problem solving. In this post, my goal is to teach you that way.