Software Engineering – Then, Now, and Next
Mary Poppendieck,
Apr 15, 2022
Software engineering perhaps isn't the first think to spring to mind as new or exciting or relevant, but the history traced in this very good article is the history of a series of key developments both in the field of ed tech and in the field of information technology generally. A lot of today's really important new tools are the result of developers trying to solve persistent issues over time - server virtualization, for example, developed to create Amazon Web Services, which was in turn created to address the company's data management needs. The same with things like dev-ops and distributed databases. So even if you're not excited by the title of the article, have a look.
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