Harrison 
What is software development? Is it engineering, science, or art? Software Craftsmanship The movement considers it to be a profession similar to carpenter or blacksmith.they mark their community He drew maps with coats of arms, published books with photographs of old tools on the cover, “Secretary’s Oath” at the conference.Their ideas influenced the entire industry, but why? Do many developers embrace the ideals and image appropriate to Renaissance Faire? The movement has grown in popularity over the past two decades, and its striking similarities to A 150-year-old art movement tells a story about how we see ourselves as developers and how we do so. Our relationship with our work shapes the technology industry.
The 1980s and ’90s were the first time people tried to create software at scale and quickly. No one was entirely sure how to do it. So the industry arrived at the following industrial technology: Over the past 200 years, the world has become very good at producing physical objects. Businesses began to organize their armies by applying the principles of scientific management. coders who create something similar to a software assembly line. Products shipped from this list are The software factory was crappy, but that didn’t really matter. In the competition for market share, Shipping quickly is more important than producing high quality products.
However, developers lost something in this scramble for productivity. It’s pride and emotion. That they were doing a good job, doing the right thing. In the 21st century, There was growing dissatisfaction with the culture in some parts of the development community. Mark Zuckerberg later described it as “moving fast and breaking things.”they started thinking It’s a different story about their profession.Universal best practices in software have been difficult to identify Great developers relied heavily on their experience and intuition.perhaps Software development was a craft, not engineering.
Books such as The Pragmatic Programmer by Hunt and Thomas and Software by Pete McBreen Craftsmanship described software development in terms of traditional trades such as carpentry Or blacksmithing. A few years later, the Agile movement arose with similar motivations. Rethink the relationship between developers and the businesses they serve.Agile is It was originally conceived as a way to build things that were better and more responsive, allowing creators to get more out of it. Agency to what they were creating. Companies adopted this as a way to speed up development, but It failed to address the underlying problem. For many developers, building software was more than just a problem. Just productivity.
Some of the early founders of Agile abandoned Agile in the late 2000s; The ideal of a craftsman 10 years ago.they wore a middle class style We consider ourselves inheritors of ancient craft traditions. Their online manifesto is It has over 34,000 signatures at the time of writing and is styled like a medieval charter. That’s always the case when I interview leaders and thinkers in the software craftsmanship movement. It’s more of a morality than a methodology, and it’s clearly a way for software developers to find something personal. They value their work and have a sense of belonging to their professional community.
movement gives developers have a sense of professional ethics because they work in an increasingly maligned industry. But we’ve been here before. In the late 19th century, rapid industrialization progressed in Britain and the United States, In the United States and Japan, a whole generation of manufacturers are wondering what their profession actually is. What it means and how it fits into a world of mass production. The Arts and Crafts movement It was born to bring a sense, focusing on historical craftsmen and using similar medieval imagery. Individuality and the satisfaction that comes from creating something of high quality in a one-of-a-kind world. It seemed like they were focused on efficiency. While forming a small artist community in the countryside, New technology made them one of the most popular decorative styles of the time. People in the early 20th century began to rethink what their work meant to them. Looking back on the past of software craftsmanship and the Arts and Crafts movement, It’s almost entirely imaginary, but that’s not the point.That imaginary past expresses what they want Their working lives will be confronted by a business culture that seeks to commodify their skills. As the movement has matured, software craftsmanship has shed some of its more obvious parts. medieval image. When you ask the early founders of this movement why they decided to embrace it? Modern professions like software development have such antique styles, and they are often understated. “that It was a “cheap” way to differentiate from other groups.” Enrique Comba Riepenhausen said. Bob Martin believes this was an early branding effort.
But brands work because they resonate with their audience.tens of thousands of developers They signed the digital parchment because it meant something to them, just like the artists. And artisans of the late 19th century flocked to Arts and Crafts. Neither were Luddites, but used the past as a way to assert professional dignity and identity in the era. Rapid technological progress. The 21st century digital blacksmith has potential To shape our profession and industry for the better.
