What is Software developer: Definition and 15 Discussions

A computer programmer, sometimes called a software developer, a programmer or more recently a coder (especially in more informal contexts), is a person who creates computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computers, or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software.
A programmer's most often-used computer language (e.g., Assembly, COBOL, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, Lisp, Python, Java) may be prefixed to the term programmer. Some who work with web programming languages also prefix their titles with web.

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    Engineering Software Developer/Engineering Essential Skills

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    Engineering Questions about being a Software Engineering

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