> I understand that ASP.net 2.0 (Whidbey) is going to reduce coding by
70%.
Surely this is going to de-skill or dumb down the developer's task and
open up the task of web development to less qualified and trained
staff.
I do not believe so.
ASP.Net 2.0 is like adding an innovation in the building trades... like
prebuilt cabinets.
So we get prebuilt cabinets when designing a home. Sure, now we don't need
as many clever carpenters putting in cabinets to build a kitchen. On the
other hand, more houses will end up with more cabinets because they are
easier to put in and less expensive to do well.
The hard stuff is not the cabinets, or the plumbing, or the electrical. The
hard stuff is the architecture, the design, the internal spaces that people
live in.
Same thing goes for computing. We get one more tool, and it takes away a
little more of the grunt work. A real architect will use this code when it
works, and ignore it when it doesn't, without complaint. No one cares if
the design deviates from the "average every-day design" if the results are
beautiful in their own way. On the other hand, with more of the grunt work
done, we can focus on the hard stuff, the elegant stuff, the opportunity to
make something truly great.
So, those folks who can move closer to elegant design will continue to do
so. The folks who can do "sturdy cabinets", but nothing else, will go work
in RPG until they retire. If anything, the average IQ of the .Net developer
community goes up... not down.
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--- Nick Malik [Microsoft]
MCSD, CFPS, Certified Scrummaster
http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this forum are my own, and not
representative of my employer.
I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
programmer helping programmers.
