@Murigi, code re-use will not make programmers. Yes, an average 101 can re-use code and get the apps/web going ( amatuers the likes of me...... ) . Unfortunately, if this is the reality then we are in more difficulties that I thought. 

 

Here is a funny part. You tell people that you want to use an IDE to develop, they say a BIG no,no...such is for amatuers. Then the same people go about reusing code, templates, scripts.... what can one call this?

 

To me the other interesting part in that BD story is that Alex Gakuru mentioned ERPs. I just hope that he is not talking about things that exist on open source that will be customized and badged Kenyan. Then it basically means what we are encouraging is dependency and we may as well forget anything called software development in kenya.

 

Ok, correction time :  Maybe its just me who thinks this way and I could be completely wrong so to all the code, web and development gurus on the list, what can we say about software/web development/programming in kenya? Re-use code, scripts etc and call it kenyan? 

 

Rgds.

 

Me thots...