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in fact they had never been taught about programming style because the department “taught computer science; not programming.” That is, programming was seen as a lowly skill that students either did not need or could easily pick up on their own.

I have seen the result of that attitude in new graduate students: It is rare that anyone thinks about the structure of their code or the implications for scaling and maintenance – those are not academic subjects. Students are taught good practical and essential topics, such as algorithms, data structures, machine architecture, programming languages, and “systems,” but only rarely do they “connect the dots” to see how it all fits together in a maintainable program.

private List<Data.ONSection> SelectSections(XElement xml)
{
    List<Data.ONSection> sections =
        (from section in xml.Elements()
         where 
             (section.Name == oneNS + "SectionGroup") ||
             (section.Name == oneNS + "Section")
         // orderby section.Value
         select new Data.ONSection
         {
             Name = section.Attribute("name").Value,
             ID = section.Attribute("ID").Value,
             SubSections = SelectSections(section),
             Pages = SelectPages(section),
         }).ToList();
    return sections;
}

// Get page information out of XML

private List<Data.ONPage> SelectPages(XElement xml)
{
    List<Data.ONPage> pages =
        (from page in xml.Elements(oneNS + "Page")
         // orderby section.Value
         select new Data.ONPage
         {
             Name = page.Attribute("name").Value,
             ID = page.Attribute("ID").Value,
         }).ToList();
    return pages;
}