Blog post #3
Winter break reading Hello again! I was having my winter break, so it has been a while since my last post. During my free time, I had time to read some literature and decided to introduce you to one specific chapter. I chose this chapter because I consider myself a pragmatic person and wanted to find out how I could utilize that feature in this field. And after reading that I think that it might be beneficial to you too! In the first chapter of The Pragmatic Programmer (1999), Andrew Hunt and David Thomas emphasize a philosophy of thoughtful, informed, and balanced decision-making in software development. The chapter is titled “A pragmatic philosophy” and sets the basis of the qualities of pragmatic thinking that you can turn in your favor when writing a code. Some main points are the importance of taking responsibility and critical thinking, which I believe are fundamental qualities for anyone with common sense to have in everyday life. In the first chapter they point out ...