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Subject:Re: The technologically challenged? From:jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:32:51 -0400
Sorry, Richard.
You just made an invalid?logical jump, trying to make "solid code" = "solid solution." The phrases describe two different things.
I remember a post (maybe on another list, maybe on this one) that made the useful distinction between coders (program writers) and developers (problem solvers/system creators).
Jim Shaeffer
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From: Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com>; TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:54 am
Subject: Re: The technologically challenged?
Chris Borokowski <athloi -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
Of the programmers I know who are good, they do an excellent job of
what it is they are supposed to be doing, which is make solid code. But
they're going to need someone else to make the interface workable, and
then figure out if the application as a whole works toward any real
goal.
Richard Lewis responds:
I have to disagree with you here Chris. Effective design is based on having
a comprehensive, integrated understanding of the end-users goal's, the essential
tasks that need to be performed to accomplish those goals, and, most
importantly, the interrelationships between those tasks. If the interface is
poor, it is because the designers did not have this understanding. Without
such understanding, the overall design is poor; and if the overall design is
poor, the structure of the code is going to relatively primitive. A solid
solution (i.e., code) can not be done without a solid understanding of the
problem (i.e., what the system is supposed to do).
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