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Programmer vs Developer

Hi All,

Just wondering whats the difference between a Programmer and a Developer?


Thanx

cancer10
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A programmer is nothing but a coder , He just codes accordingly to the specification or design . Whereas a developer developes the software/module from understanding the requirement, then design the solution,code it and then test the same.

" Its Good to be a developer then a programmer"
--Its better to be a fox head then to be a lions tail :cool: ----

Aashath
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These days the term 'Programmer' and 'Developer' is been used inter-changeably.

Here is the difference between programmer and developer...

Programmer:
One who write codes and do some amount of documentation and maintanence.

Developer: One who does analysis, design, implementation, coding, testing , maintanence and documentation.

Rajith Cherian
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>Just wondering whats the difference between a Programmer and a Developer?
The difference is how you label them. In theory a programmer doesn't do any of the designing for a project; he's strictly a code monkey. A developer is active in all stages of the development of software. In reality they're both the same thing unless you work at a huge conglomerate that breaks teams down into the tiniest units.

Narue
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True. The difference appears when the project is TOO large and has to be divided into sections like graphics, sound, logic etc. There is a lead programmer for each section and there are coders that work under them. Ultmately, all the lead programmers are selected by the designer, who visualizes the entire project as a single entity. Otherwise for minor projects, these are similiar terms.

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And another term I've seen floating around is " software engineer".

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