Re:Ask HN: What is the Holy Grail for Software Engineering?
by aaronblohowiak on Friday December 03, 2010 @08:55PM
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"This is one of the huge advantages of the web over desktop software. Initial delivery to the desktop and subsequent updates cost significant time and headache. Redeploying to a server is just a matter of running a script."
This raises a good point about reuse. You wouldn't try to re-use the same bridge across a different span without modifications, but we require our software to run in different contexts (be it different web browsers, operating systems, versions of the language, et cetera.)
Re:Ask HN: What is the Holy Grail for Software Engineering?
by regularfry on Saturday December 04, 2010 @07:07AM
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Within reason, you definitely can: http://www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers/equipment/704.aspx
I think so. As a rule, when something can be developed incrementally rather than planned and engineered, it should be. This makes mistakes less expensive, allowing you arrive at a satisfactory end result in a fraction of the time.
This is one of the huge advantages of the web over desktop software. Initial delivery to the desktop and subsequent updates cost significant time and headache. Redeploying to the server is just a matter of running a script.