Abstract
A look at the history and potential of the software engineering field. Starting from the days of Babbage a model for software work is presented and an argument is made around the impact of software developers in the world at large now and in the future.
Keywords: Software engineering, professionalism, knowing, making, doing.
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James J. Cusick ;The Profession and the Future, Durable Ideas in Software Engineering: Concepts, Methods and Approaches from My Virtual Toolbox (2013) 1: 279. https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608054763113010014
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9781608054763113010014 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |