Programmer vs Developer

[cancer10]

Hi All,

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

Thanx

[Aashath]

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: ----

[Rajith Cherian]

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.

[Narue]

>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.

[Jishnu]

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.

[Ancient Dragon]

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