The Art of Code • Dylan Beattie • YOW! 2022

This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2022. #GOTOcon #YOW Dylan Beattie - Consultant, Software Developer & Creator of the Rockstar Programming Language @DylanBeattie RESOURCES Dylan ABSTRACT Software and technology have changed every aspect of the world we live in. At one extreme are the ‘mission critical’ applications - the code that runs our banks, our hospitals, our airports and phone networks. Then there’s the code we all use every day to browse the web, watch movies, create spreadsheets… not quite so critical, but still code that solves problems and delivers services. But what about the code that only exists because somebody wanted to write it? Code created just to make people smile, laugh, maybe even dance? Maybe even code that does nothing at all? Code that was created just to see if it was possible? Join Dylan Beattie - programmer, musician, and creator of the Rockstar programming language - for an entertaining look at the art of code. We’ll look at the origins of programming as an art form, from Conway’s Game of Life to the 1970s demoscene and the earliest Obfuscated C competitions. We’ll learn about esoteric languages and quines - how DO you create a program that prints its own source code? We’ll discover quine relays, code golf and generative art, and we’ll explore the phenomenon of live coding as performance - from the pioneers of electronic music to modern algoraves and live coding platforms like Sonic Pi. [...] Read the full abstract here: RECOMMENDED BOOKS Kevlin Henney & Trisha Gee • 97 Things Every Java Programmer Should Know • Kevlin Henney • 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know • Henney & Monson-Haefel • 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know • Henney, Buschmann & Schmidt • Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture Volume 5 • Gamma, Helm, Johnson & Booch • Design Patterns (Gang of Four) • David Farley • Modern Software Engineering • #RockstarLang #RockstarProgramming #DylanBeattie #Linebreakers #SonicPi #SoftwareEngineering #Programming #ArtOfCode #Coding #Amstrad Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at Sign up for updates and specials at SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily.