what's the difference between a software developer and a programmer?

[zleppelin]

Can someone explain to me the difference? Both of them involve programming, right? So what exactly makes them different?

 

[kirovman]

I think they're pretty much synonomous. And it depends which company you're talking about.

 

[Vegeta897]

In my opinion "software developer" sounds more like an entire company that makes software, unless ofcourse a single person can make the whole software but that's less common. Programmer just does the programming aspect.

 

[-Psy-]

Developing is to create anything to do with it.

Programming is the coding aspect.

 

[kirovman]

Yeah... development has aspects to do with the software lifecycle and project management, I think. It's a broader description, which encompasses programming.

 

[The Brick]

Basically, the programmer doesn't always make software.

 

[Dan]

what about software engineer?
code monkey?
square head?
computer jockey?

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Software developers develop software...Programmers....Program?

...........

MIND RAPE!

 

[PvtRyan]

A software developer implies that he develops software, so he designs it (UML) programs, tests it and implements it. A programmer implies nothing else than spewing out chunks of code.

 

[Gorgon]

dEVELOPING means you create it from ground up, UML diagrams, then paper work, then sudeo code, then coding it,

programmer means, you code only.

 

[Puzzlemaker]

A coder is a software developer.

Code isn't the only thing in software. There are graphics and other things.

A coder is a specific type of software developer.