Coderspeak The Language of Computer Programmers
Coderspeak The Language of Computer Programmers by Guilherme Orlandini Heurich, published by UCL Press on April 22, 2024, is a 184-page exploration of the coder community’s influence on the digital landscape. This book delves into the often-overlooked world of software development, combining anthropological insights with technical analysis to reveal the perceptions and practices of those who write software. It addresses the significance of coders in our daily interactions with technology and examines how their collaborative efforts shape the applications we use.
Readers will find a critical examination of the digital transformation through the lens of the Ruby programming language and its community. Coderspeak presents ethnographic research conducted at a London company, alongside conversations with Ruby community members across Europe, the Americas, and Japan. The book emphasizes the importance of understanding the social dynamics within the coding community, highlighting how the environment, language, and shared narratives contribute to the broader implications of programming in contemporary society.
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Coderspeak delves into the hidden world of software development, offering a combined anthropological and technical approach that explores the coder community’s impact on our digital landscape.
Software applications have taken over our lives. We use and are used by software many times a day. Nevertheless, we know very little about the invisibly ubiquitous workers who write software. Who are they and how do they perceive their practice? How does that shape how they collaborate to build the myriad of apps that we use every day? And how does that impact the users of apps?
Coderspeak provides a critical approach to the digital transformation of our world through an engaging and thoughtful analysis of the people who write software applications. It is a focused and in-depth look at one programming language and its community, Ruby, based on ethnographic research at a London company and conversations with members of the wider Ruby community in Europe, the Americas, and Japan.
This book shows that the place where people write code, the language they write it in, and the stories shared by that community are crucial in questioning and unpacking what it means to be a coder. Understanding this social group is essential if we are to grasp a future (and a present) in which computer programming increasingly dominates our lives.
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