Programmer

A computer programmer, sometimes referred to as a software developer, a software engineer, a programmer, or more recently a coder (especially in more informal contexts), is a person who creates computer software.

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Computer programmer
Occupation
Betty Jennings and Fran Bilas, part of the first ENIAC programming team
Names	Computer Programmer
Occupation type	Profession
Activity sectors	Information technology, Software industry
Description
Competencies	Writing and debugging computer code
Education required	Varies from apprenticeship to bachelor's degree

A programmer's most often-used computer language (e.g., Assembly, C, C++, C#, JavaScript, Lisp, Python, Java) may be prefixed to the aforementioned terms. Some who work with web programming languages may also prefix their titles with web.

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