There is an issue that may at some point begin to loom large for software developers everywhere: In the future, how will we code our computer programs?<\/p>\n
Right now I am typing this on a MacBook keyboard. I find it to be a convenient and comfortable way to enter all sorts of text and data.<\/p>\n
When I am walking around, I can still continue to “type” emails and text messages. I just switch to Google’s speech-to-text, which is usually highly reliable if you speak in unaccented American English (as I do).<\/p>\n
So for natural language text, going keyboard-less doesn’t seem like it is going to be a show stopper. But coding is a different thing entirely.<\/p>\n
There is no good way, in current frameworks, to create a computer program by “speaking” it. Also, coding is a highly non-linear process. Having written something, you tend to go back over it many times. Most computer programs are created by a process of highly iterative editing.<\/p>\n
So how are we going to deal with this when we are all wearing those future extended reality glasses? Will we create software through a combination of speech and hand gestures?<\/p>\n
Or in the future will we still continue to write our programs using old fashioned QWERTY keyboards? I guess we will find out soon enough. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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