As aspiring Software Craftsmen we are raising the bar of professional software development by practicing it and helping others learn the craft. Through this work we have come to value:
Not only working software,
but also well-crafted software
Not only responding to change,
but also steadily adding value
Not only individuals and interactions,
but also a community of professionals
Not only customer collaboration,
but also productive partnerships
That is, in pursuit of the items on the left we have found the items on the right to be indispensable.
发表此宣言的人想提高整个软件工艺的质量来推动其不断的发展。但要想提高一个行业的标准,只提高对自己的要求是不够的,应当带领大家一起学习进步,进而通过提高大家的能力来提高行业的标准。宣言在首句写道“在提升专业软件开发的标准,并帮助他人学习此工艺”便是如此。
他在后面还提出不仅要软件正常运行更要精益求精,不仅要响应变化更要稳步增值,不仅要个体交互更要形成专业社区,不仅要客户合作更要建立卓有成效的伙伴关系。
总而言之,这是一种在精益求精,不断求索的精神,他不仅值得在软件工艺中提倡,也应当在生活中宣扬践行。