Software Programming Skill Measure

A Software Programming Skill Measure is an agent skill measure for a software programming task.

• AKA: Programming Capability.
• Context:
  • It can report a Software Programming Skill Level for a programming agent.
  • It can be domain-specific skill, such as Python Programming Skill, R Programming Skill, Scala Programming Skill, Perl Programming Skill, Java Programming Skill, C Programming Skill, ...
• Example(s):
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• See: Verbal Fluency Measure, SQL Skill.

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References

2015

• http://www.techrepublic.com/article/not-everyone-needs-to-learn-to-code/
  • QUOTE: ... I'd argue that I learned just as much from woodshop and programming, two areas that stimulated my interest in problem solving and critical thinking, as I did from those years of calculus -- time that probably would have made me a more effective worker and citizen had they been applied to history, literature, or another discipline.

2009

• http://www.starling-software.com/employment/programmer-competency-matrix.html
  • Computer Science.
    • data structures.
    • algorithms.
    • systems programming.
  • Software Engineering.
    • source code version control.
    • build automation.
    • automated testing.
  • Programming.
    • problem decomposition.
    • systems decomposition.
    • communication.
    • code organization within a file.
    • code organization across files.
    • source tree organization.
    • code readability.
    • defensive coding.
    • error handling.
    • IDE.
    • API.
    • frameworks.
    • requirements.
    • scripting.
    • database.
  • Experience.
    • languages with professional experience.
    • platforms with professional experience.
    • years of professional experience.
    • domain knowledge.
  • Knowledge.
    • tool knowledge.
    • languages exposed to.
    • codebase knowledge.
    • knowledge of upcoming technologies.
    • platform internals.
    • books.
    • blogs.

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