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There is More Than One Way to Become a Good Programmer
A recent Communications of the ACM article casts aspersions on the innovative concept of code academy, a fast-developing approach to teaching programming. The analysis...
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Are My Requirements Complete?
Knowing the notion of sufficient completeness and the theory of abstract data types helps practitioners produce better requirements.
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The Shortest Possible Schedule Theorem: Yes, You Can Throw Money at Software Deadlines
As close as we have to a universal law of software engineering management.
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Soundness and Completeness: Defined With Precision
The two key properties of program analysis are dual of each other.
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The Formal Picnic Approach to Requirements
A mathematical excursion will improve your requirements.
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Discussing Empirical Answers to Questions of Software Engineering
Focusing on what helps software developers.
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When Will We Learn?
Massive software failure once again, with no lesson from past occurrences and no lesson for future systems.
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Empirical Answers to Important Software Engineering Questions (Part 1 of 2)
Beyond the lamppost
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The End of Software Engineering and the Last Methodologist
Let's all do deep learning now.
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The Mythical Brooks Law
Yes, you can make a project less late by adding manpower. If you are a good manager.
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Null-Pointer Crashes, No More
Void safety is a guarantee that no code will ever catch a reference with its pants down.
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A Jolt or Two (Part 1)
You cannot learn something if you think you already know it, and don't.
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The Robots Are Taking Over! (Perhaps Not Quite Yet)
Programs fix themselves! Today! It's scary!
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