Psychology of computer programming. Gerald M. Weinberg

Psychology of computer programming


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Psychology of computer programming Gerald M. Weinberg
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The Psychology of Computer Programming: Silver Anniversary Edition by Gerald M. That question calls forth all of computer science from low-level machine design, through compilers, operating systems, programming and interaction design, to psychology and organisation theory. Computer-Programming I recently read (sort of) Frederick Brooks's The Mythical Man-Month. As I understand it, this book is a cult classic, and I was very curious to read it. A couple of months ago the topic of psychology and computer programming came up in a thread; it was noted there didn't seem to be a lot of work done in the area (iirc). €�No Silver Bullet Essence and Accidents of Software Engineering“, Frederick P. Instead of being focused solely on the code being written, The Psychology of Computer Programming looks at the thought process behind the person actually writing the code. Reduction of computer fears was examined by comparing changes in computer attitudes over a semester among two introductory computer programming classes and one introductory psychology class (N=50). There have been many references to this challenge over the years since the Garmisch conference, from Jerry Weinberg's “Psychology of Computer Programming” through Alistair's “cooperative game” ideas. This article appeared in a 1967 issue of Cosmopolitan and quotes computer scientist Dr. However, the rules note that the skill should only exist in the more "cinematic" games — in a realistic game, the would-be hacker will have to instead learn a bunch of various skills like computer programming, psychology, etc. Humans are strange creatures who behave in odd ways sometimes. Jerry Weinberg was the first researcher to look at this stuff in his classic PSYCHOLOGY OF COMPUTER PROGRAMMING. Programming is a human activity. John Grinder, a linguistics professor at the University of Santa Cruz, and Richard Bandler, a mathematician, computer programmer and psychology student, received a grant to examine the attributes of excellence. €�Psychology of Computer Programming”, Gerald M. Brooks Jr., IEEE Computer, 1987. Sent in an example of the normalization of computer programming as a female occupation, posted at Fog Creek.