One of the major goals that I have with researching software design is the hope that we can take people who are “bad programmers” or mediocre programmers and, with some simple education and only a little experience, bring them into being good programmers or great programmers. I want to know–what are the fundamental things you have to teach somebody to make them into a great programmer? What if somebody’s been programming for years and hasn’t gotten any better–how can you help them...
