Rochdev: A Humanistic Development Approach

Given the difference in culture of developers in different regions of the world and in order to allow a coexistence of these cultures at the same time as a contribution of all these developers in development projects which may consist of collaboration in the same project or cooperation in separate projects, this article presents the Rochdev development approach, which proposes a theoretical, horizontal, common development culture shared by all vertical, specific and alternative development cultures. Rochdev stands out for its humanism which consists of respecting the different cultures of IoT (Internet of Things) development without preventing co-development based on the sharing of a super-culture made up of a collection of abstract concepts which is not there to replace the different cultures but which allows us to understand the culture of the other which represents an alternative to its culture good to know and why not learn to enrich its own. This collection of high-level concepts is grouped in a meta-model called “MODIDO”. Rochdev is based on an IoT language called “LIDO”. “LIDO” have “MODIDO” as an abstract syntax and a textual notation called “NTIDO”. This article describes the theorical aspect of the approach. The application of Rochdev to the KIWI cultivation area in Italy is an example of the practice of this approach in a specific agricultural field.