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Type of computer programming

In computer science, automatic programming is a type of computer programming in which some mechanism generates a computer program, to allow human programmers to write the code at a higher abstraction level. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Automatic programmingA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Automated Grading and Feedback Tools for Programming Education: A Systematic ReviewInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Control and Dynamic SystemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Automatic test-based assessment of programmingCited 275 times
  5. Go sideways: Vibe codingA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: AI-assisted software developmentA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The automated derivation of a computer program, or program fragment, from a higher-level representation of requirements, behavior, constraints, examples, or intent, with the objective of reducing the amount of implementation detail that must be explicitly supplied by a human programmer.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Origin
  2. Generative programming
  3. Source-code generation
  4. Low-code applications
  5. Vibe coding

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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