{"id":1117,"date":"2014-11-26T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2015.itakeunconf.com\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2014-11-26T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T15:38:00","slug":"putting-science-computer-science-felienne-hermans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itakeunconf.com\/announcements\/putting-science-computer-science-felienne-hermans\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Science in Computer Science with Felienne Hermans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most conversations about best practices in software development focus on personal preferences: Vim versus emacs, static versus dynamic typing, Java versus C#. Other domains use research to settle such questions. <strong>Couldn&#8217;t software development benefit from science as well<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Felienne\">Felienne Hermans<\/a>, assistant professor at Delft University of Technology, had a very engaging talk at <strong>I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2014<\/strong> about experiments designed and run to answer questions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the <strong>best programming language<\/strong>?<\/li>\n<li>Do <strong>design patterns<\/strong> help in any way?<\/li>\n<li>Is <strong>Linus&#8217; law<\/strong> correct?<\/li>\n<li>Are <strong>spreadsheets<\/strong> code?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Watch her talk @ I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2014 edition to find out the results.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7feA58p8rFc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; height: 1em;\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/35294700' width='500' height='410' sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nCheck out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/2015.itakeunconf.com\/\">I T.A.K.E. Unconference 2015<\/a>\u00a0or see directly the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/2015.itakeunconf.com\/schedule\/\">Schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most conversations about best practices in software development focus on personal preferences: Vim versus emacs, static versus dynamic typing, Java versus C#. Other domains use research to settle such questions. 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