Learning software development — by developing software, by Larry Hardesty

Larry Hardesty discusses MIT’s modern interpretation of the old adage: “learning by doing.” Rather than using a course book and lesson plan for teaching programming, students participate in large, ongoing, open-source software development projects while being mentored by professors and industry professionals. In so doing, students gain more practical knowledge than they could from more traditional courses, and gain more satisfying results by producing tools for the real world.

Larry Hardesty, Learning software development — by developing software, MITnews (April 24, 2013).

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