Synopsis
You sit there, staring at the screen in a moment of quiet reflection, your mind wanders and thinks about what you’re really looking at. You’ve seen it lots of times but until now never thought ‘how does this work?’ and ‘how was this created?’. What is this thing of apparent mystery and magic?
If you’re unfamiliar with ‘code’ and the scientific art form (*1) of ‘programming’ then it can appear to be quite a bit scary and baffling to read the words that orchestrate your computing world. So, let us shed a light and reveal some of the darkness.
*1 Combining the words ‘scientific’ and ‘art’ to describe ‘programming’ can be seen as controversial. However it should be taken as my feeling about programming itself. Programming or more generically ‘Computer’ qualifications are scientific. I have a Master of Science in Computing, something I am really proud of. However the actual style that a programmer has is akin to writing and creativity. That style can be considered beautiful (you can admire somebodies work) and unique to the person to whom it belongs, thus an ‘art form’. The science element comes from the principles that apply to engineering within the subset of computing.
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