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How to make software do your bidding, even if you aren’t a software engineer

Learn how to control software like a pro, even if you're not a software engineer. Discover practical tips and tricks to navigate the coding world with confidence.

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How to make software do your bidding, even if you aren’t a software engineer

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  1. How to make software do your bidding, even if you aren’t a software engineer especially Jordan Wirfs-Brock The Piton Foundation @jordanwb NNIP Ignite May 12, 2011

  2. My name is Jordan, and I am not a programmer. By 2012, there will be and estimated: 3 million professional software developers 13 million “end-user” programmers – people who program, but aren’t software engineers (Source: Scaffidi, Shaw and Myers http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1092394)

  3. = COMPUTER GEEK Image credit: Slideshow Bruce (http://www.flickr.com/photos/springfieldhomer/) = COMPUTER GEEK

  4. COMPUTER GEEK COMPUTER GEEK COMPUTER GEEK COMPUTER GEEK

  5. Tip #1: It pays to have a friend on the inside.

  6. We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers We can, we can, we can, we can, demolish forty beers Drink rum, drink rum, drink rum all day, and come along with us 'Cause we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us!

  7. Tip #2: Be a tinkerer and a designer.

  8. Tip #3: Read The (F***ing) Manual

  9. http://code.google.com/

  10. Tip #4: Do things multiple ways. multiple multiple multiple multiple multiple multiple multiple multiple

  11. Image credit: ALA – American Library Association, shared with a Creative Commons license.

  12. Too hot… …JUST RIGHT. …too cold…

  13. Tip #5: Learn new tricks. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons user Chrkl, shared with a Creative Commons license.

  14. “…end-user programmers don't know a lot about computer science, and that lack of knowledge hurts them. …They mostly learn to program through . …Not knowing much about computer science means that they're inefficient at searching. ” Source: Mark Guzdial, “What do Scientists and Engineers Need to Know About Computer Science?” referring to Dorn and Guzdial, 2010, “Learning on the Job: Characterizing the Programming Knowledge and Learning Strategies of Web Designers”

  15. http://software-carpentry.org/

  16. http://ocw.mit.edu/

  17. Tip #6: E d C Image credits: Galio, Hannes Grobe, THOR

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