Control system programming: More design time, less implementation time

摘要

Great control system programmers spend more time in design so they can spend far less time in the implementation stage. While this might seem that you need to be lazy to be a great control system programmer, you're just being smart, efficient, and thrifty with programming time and budget. It takes more than just good programming habits to be a great control system programmer. There are multiple skills involved in developing robust, reliable, efficient, and elegant control systems. If you want to become a great control system programmer, it is important to recognize where you have strengths and where you have weaknesses. One of the most common weaknesses that control system programmers have is system design. Many control system programmers are self-taught with little formal software engineering training. Even those with degrees in computer science often focused on software coding and not system design and architecture. However, there are good design habits you can develop to design robust, reliable, and efficient systems.