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    Coderspeak

    The language of computer programmers

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    Orlandini Heurich, Guilherme
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    English
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    Abstract
    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 own practice? How does that shape the ways in which they collaborate to build the myriad of apps that we use every day? Coderspeak provides a critical approach to the digital transformation of our world through an engaging and thoughtful analysis of the people who write software. 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 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. Praise for Coderspeak 'Heurich perfectly captures the generous camaraderie, quirky spirit and intellectual curiosity at the heart of the Ruby world. Packed with tidbits of Ruby history, code snippets, and fascinating conversations, this book has something to teach every Rubyist.' Jemma Issroff, Ruby Core Team
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/88274
    Keywords
    Computer Programming;Anthropology;Digital Anthropology;Linguistic Anthropology;Language;Language Ideologies;Programming Languages;Ruby;Social Studies;Technology;STS;London tech;Start ups;Ruby on rails;ethnography;digital culture;internet studies;software community;web devs;coders
    DOI
    10.14324/111.9781800085985
    ISBN
    9781800085992, 9781800086005, 9781800086012, 9781800086067, 9781800085985
    Publisher
    UCL Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.uclpress.co.uk/
    Publication date and place
    London, 2024
    Classification
    Social and cultural anthropology
    Programming and scripting languages: general
    Pages
    214
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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