Comments on: Computer Science vs Programming (Software Engineering) http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/ paul's tech rambles Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:27:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: ano http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-799 ano Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:49:33 +0000 http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-799 Is there any grad uni out there that offer software engineering instead of computer science? It seems like computer science is a waste of time if you want to be sucessor of youtube or facebook. Is there any grad uni out there that offer software engineering instead of computer science? It seems like computer science is a waste of time if you want to be sucessor of youtube or facebook.

]]> By: ttre http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-533 ttre Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:13:50 +0000 http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-533 Great tutorial. Great tutorial.

]]> By: Tony http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-9 Tony Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:16:55 +0000 http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-9 So Computer Scientists don't get as much practical experience, while Software Engineers skip out on theory behind the code. You really need both to develop software well. Pick one to study in school, and pick up on the other in practice. Personally if I get a lot of practical programming experience at work, I'm better off studying CS in school. So Computer Scientists don’t get as much practical experience, while Software Engineers skip out on theory behind the code.

You really need both to develop software well. Pick one to study in school, and pick up on the other in practice. Personally if I get a lot of practical programming experience at work, I’m better off studying CS in school.

]]> By: Gasso Wilson Mwaluseke http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-8 Gasso Wilson Mwaluseke Tue, 31 Jul 2007 01:34:04 +0000 http://www.zenperfect.com/2007/07/30/computer-science-vs-programming-software-engineering/#comment-8 I agree with the above comments. However I think it is high time we stopped separating computer science from software engineering and programming especially when it comes to teaching such subjects in schools and universities. Those of us who studied software engineering in the early days of 1970s through 1980s were and are still grounded in both computer science and software engineering because it was inevitable to study computer science and software engineering. There was no way a software engineer could write a program or software without first having devised algorithms from the specifications. But now software engineers want to write software without the knowledge of data structures or discrete mathematics which could have enabled them to solve the problems of ambiguities etc.. In order to develop good software with much precision, we must encourage computer science in schools together with software engineering and programming being in one. Gasso I agree with the above comments. However I think it is high time we stopped separating computer science from software engineering and programming especially when it comes to teaching such subjects in schools and universities. Those of us who studied software engineering in the early days of 1970s through 1980s were and are still grounded in both computer science and software engineering because it was inevitable to study computer science and software engineering. There was no way a software engineer could write a program or software without first having devised algorithms from the specifications. But now software engineers want to write software without the knowledge of data structures or discrete mathematics which could have enabled them to solve the problems of ambiguities etc..
In order to develop good software with much precision, we must encourage computer science in schools together with software engineering and programming being in one.

Gasso

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