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tux0r

I open a text editor and I write carefully planned code into it.

Wikipedia, "Software development".

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Ben

That means that coding is development.

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tux0r • Edited

Coding is "typing stuff". Coding is cheap labor. You don't need to have learned anything except typing to be a "coder". That's why I strongly discourage calling software development "coding".

Development includes preparing that stuff, i.e. the algorithms, database models etc. - and then "coding" what you have developed.

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Ben • Edited

It is a great response. 👍

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Michael

I thought programmers are coders and developers who can build an entire application by itself.

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tux0r

All developers are coders. Most coders aren't developers.

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Ben

I have just few question after all.

  • Is a person of original idea a developer?
  • Is a person collecting requirement a developer?
  • Is a person testing an application a developer?
  • Is a person deigning architecture a developer?
  • Is a person resolving conflict a developer?
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tux0r
  • Yes.
  • No.
  • No.
  • Yes.
  • Yes.