Comment by Emanuele Tuttolani on "What is your favorite part about programming?"

CommentWhat is your favorite part about programming?

Emanuele Tuttolani

Freelance Software Developer specialized in Angular and NodeJS (Typescript)

Feb 10, 2017

My favourite thing about programming is that when I do it I'm feeling like an artisan that is bringing his creation to life, but it isn't the finished product itself that gives me joy of programming, it's the process: deciding how it should look like and why, which tools would be more appropriate, and see if my ideas would solve perfectly the purpose of the product, otherwise I'll enjoy spending some more time in the process of refining it.

Todd

Software Security TechLead

Feb 10, 2017

That's awesome. Thanks for sharing! I have to admit that I sometimes get impatient with "getting a working product" and strive for that rather than enjoy the actual process, which is not a good way to live life in general! I've been trying to make sure that I focus on enjoying the process itself more lately. This seems like it has definitely worked for you!

Emanuele Tuttolani

Freelance Software Developer specialized in Angular and NodeJS (Typescript)

Feb 10, 2017

Yes it works pretty good indeed, or at least it works for me because when I later look at the whole product I actually don't look at it as a whole because it's like if you're creating uhm.. a clock: you can appreciate a masterwork clock because (if you know how it's done) you know every piece of it had a meticulous craft process that could be appreciated alone.

So when I'm building something, I make myself sure that every part could make me proud of it, rather than have placed a piece into a puzzle built just because :)

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