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Who is developer?

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tux0r

I am, I am!

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Ben

Why do you say your developer?

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tux0r

Because I don't just write code - I develop applications.

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Ben

How do you develop application?

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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.
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Thomas Junkツ

I am developist.

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Ben

What do this mean?

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Thomas Junkツ

develop

develop-er

develop-ist

a pun actually, a play with grammar XD

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John Alcher
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Ben

Why do you say your developer?

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Jochem Stoel
code = output // work
development = progress // good or bad
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Ben • Edited

How about developer?

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Ben Halpern

Developer here 🙋‍♂️

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Ben • Edited

Why do you say you are developer?

You know what I mean. 😂

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Ross Henderson

I am a developer! I do the full-stack, so not just write the code for the thing, but create the dependencies etc.

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Ben

Why a person who create dependencies is “developer”