Beyond Programming: To a New Era of Design (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratories Series in Science and Engineering)

this Book Provides A Unique Examination Of The Software Development Process, Arguing That Discipline, Still Dominated By Methods Conceived In The Framework Of Older Technologies, Must Undergo A Fundamental Reexamination Of Its Guiding Principles In Order For Significant Progress To Take Place. To Gain Fresh Insights Into How We Ought To Direct Future Research, The Author Begins With A Search For First Principles. The Book Begins With An Exploration Of The Scientific Foundations Of Computer Technology, Then Examines Design From The Perspective Of Practitioners. The Book Also Offers A Critique Of The Methods Employed In Software Development And An Evaluation Of An Alternate Paradigm That Has Been Used Successfully For 14 Years. The Concepts Reviewed Here Comprise A Set Of Core Readings For Understanding The Research And Development Challenges That Will Confront Computer Technology In The 21st Century And Will Be Of Great Interest To Computer Science Researchers And Educators, Graduate Students, And Software Engineers. This book provides a unique examination of the software development process, arguing that the discipline, still dominated by methods conceived in the framework of older technologies, must undergo a fundamental re-examination of its guiding principles in order for significant progress to take place. To gain fresh insights into how to direct future research, the book explores the scientific foundations of computer technology and examines design from the perspective of practitioners; it also offers a critique of the methods employed in software development and an evaluation of an alternate paradigm that has been used successfully for 14 years. Comprising a set of core readings for understanding the research and development challenges that will confront computer technology in the 21st century, the concepts reviewed here will be of great interest to computer science researchers and educators, graduate students, and software engineers. 'Beyond Programming' provides a unique examination of the software development process. It brings together a set of core concepts for understanding the research and development challenges that will confront computer technology in the next century. The book is divided into three parts: science and technology, ecological design, and software design. By way of example, the author describes and evaluates fourteen years of experience with an alternative vision of 21st-century software design Providing an examination of the software development process, this book asserts that software development is guided by methods conceived in the framework of an older technology. It explores the history of software development by looking at the scientific foundations of computer technology, the perspectives of the designers, and the methods used.