Quick review: "Dreaming in Code" and why isn't Programming taught like Creative Writing?
I finally finished "Dreaming in Code" by Scott Rosenberg last week. I absolutely loved it! (BTW, it was brought to my attention that I seem to "absolutely love" everything I review/watch. The person who pointed this out believes its a personality trait/problem.) The book chronicles the development of "Chandler" , an open-source Personal Information Manager whose development was sponsored by Mitch Kapor . However what makes the book so great its use of this story as a way to frame explanations and discussions about the development, design and process of software. While reading it, I found myself smiling and nodding in agreement with so many issues and situations I recognized from work, and from school; issues fundamental to writing software, issues unavoidable in managing large software projects and frankly so many things I thought we did so well at work (when I say "we" here I really mean my managers.:)) I also ended up learning a lot: about th...