QUORA - my answered Questions

Q008: What is the true essence of programming?

1. Truly understand the problem. Don?t guess, ask the customer.
2. Avoid complexity. This statement alone might fill a book. There is almost no concerns about this topic, which is bewildering me. No need for memory management, GC, namespace, (direct) files etc., only to name some.
3. Facorize the code. Make functions small (one or two lines) and simple and give them well thought out names. The code will look like prose then.