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Does anyone know of a conference that takes a wider view of the job of programming? It has always felt to me like the focus is all about our tools, because tools can look cool, but I'm interested in the process of starting with a messy list of requirements and getting to a completed project in the most successful way, which is often the real challenge in my work.
Shouldn't programmers be polyglot by default . It's like saying there is a conference for golfers who play with more than one club!
Programmers should obviously be polyglots to some extent, but the question here is if conferences should be. Basically do you want 14 high level introductions to 14 different languages or 14 presentations digging deeper and deeper in to one specific language? I can certainly see advantages to both. I'm sure even your golfer might be interested in attending a masterclass that only covered putting.
Can someone help me understand how is the polyglot approach to software development different from normal software development?
Does anyone know of a conference that takes a wider view of the job of programming? It has always felt to me like the focus is all about our tools, because tools can look cool, but I'm interested in the process of starting with a messy list of requirements and getting to a completed project in the most successful way, which is often the real challenge in my work.
What is a Polyglot programmer? A programmer who speaks more than his native language (e.g., for me it's German, English, Chinese)? A programmer who codes in more than one language?
I don't think we needed an example in order to understand "speaks more than his native language".
I'm not knocking Poland, but it seems strange to have an English-language conference there and not offer anything in the way of explanation for the choice.
I mean, I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation (central location, picturesque setting, low costs, fits the ethos of a polyglot conference, offers the possibility of both a conference and a vacation) but I find it strange that the explanation isn't more visible.
Can someone help me understand how is the polyglot approach to software development different from normal software development?
Using the right language (and technology say, NoSQL vs SQL) for the job: polyglot shouldn't differ from normal software development - it should be the norm. No one language is the right tool for all tasks.
Did anybody else read through the (English language) conference website for the (presumably English language) conference, and wonder to themselves, "Why ... Poland?" I'm not knocking Poland, but it seems strange to have an English-language conference there and not offer anything in the way of explanation for the choice. I mean, I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation (central location, picturesque setting, low cos…
Alternative, glib answer: because computing shouldn't be confined to the US, or I guess places like London in this case.
Did anybody else read through the (English language) conference website for the (presumably English language) conference, and wonder to themselves, "Why ... Poland?" I'm not knocking Poland, but it seems strange to have an English-language conference there and not offer anything in the way of explanation for the choice. I mean, I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation (central location, picturesque setting, low cos…
Did anybody else read through the (English language) conference website for the (presumably English language) conference, and wonder to themselves, "Why ... Poland?" I'm not knocking Poland, but it seems strange to have an English-language conference there and not offer anything in the way of explanation for the choice. I mean, I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation (central location, picturesque setting, low cos…