The final word on SKA

[sasguru]

I really wish you could've posted something better than that, I really do.

Ok then, from Wikipedia:

"[software engineering is the]..systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches."

I would imagine very few, if any, on here are software engineers

[Churchill]

Ok then, from Wikipedia:

"[software engineering is the]..systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches."

I would imagine very few, if any, on here are software engineers

And a programmer is?

[sasguru]

And a programmer is?

Someone who hacks some code that "works".

[bogeyman]

Ok then, from Wikipedia:

"[software engineering is the]..systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches."

I would imagine very few, if any, on here are software engineers

Agree actually.

Software development and/or programming isn't Software Engineering.

[Churchill]

Someone who hacks some code that "works".

Right, during the development of "ska", what processes do you think AtW went through from "conception" to the various deliveries of both the distributed client and the server based applications?

[bogeyman]

Right, during the development of "ska", what processes do you think AtW went through from "conception" to the various deliveries of both the distributed client and the server based applications?

The process of 'design and development'?

(no market analysis or profit forecast tho)

[sasguru]

Right, during the development of "ska", what processes do you think AtW went through from "conception" to the various deliveries of both the distributed client and the server based applications?

If you don't understand the difference, I guess you're into programming.
Look up the syllabus of a Software Engineering or Computer Systems Engineering degree as opposed to a Computer Science/Computing syllabus.

And let me tell you you would not get into a plane whose software had been written by "programmers."

[DiscoStu]

Right, during the development of "ska", what processes do you think AtW went through from "conception" to the various deliveries of both the distributed client and the server based applications?

I think he probably went through the Pot Noodling process many, many times.

[Churchill]

The process of 'design and development'?

I would suggest he went through some if not all of the following:-

Requirements Gathering and analysis
High Level Design
Development of prototypes
Purchasing of hardware
Low Level Design
Implementation(Development)
Component testing
Integration testing
Multiple deliveries
Bug fixing
Delivery of updated software to the field
Maintenance of a website to collate field reports and inform his volunteers of progress
Marketing of the various products developed during the project.

In my opinion one hell of an achievement! Even more so when you consider that he's done most of it single-handedly!

[Churchill]

If you don't understand the difference, I guess you're into programming.
Look up the syllabus of a Software Engineering or Computer Systems Engineering degree as opposed to a Computer Science/Computing syllabus.

And let me tell you you would not get into a plane whose software had been written by "programmers."

The day I need a lesson from you regarding software engineering will be a cold day in hell I can assure you!

However, I'm sure you can teach me a few things about belittling others achievements! Particularly when you haven't got a clue about what they've achieved in the first place.