Coder Vs Programmer

[hirak1984]

this is an age old debate,who is more effective==>a coder or a programmer...
the definitions of these two terms are also are overloaded multiple times.
lets start with these in TSDN.
when should we be called a programmer and when a coder?
and what do you think is the difference between the terms?

[r035198x]

this is an age old debate,who is more effective==>a coder or a programmer...
the definitions of these two terms are also are overloaded multiple times.
lets start with these in TSDN.
when should we be called a programmer and when a coder?
and what do you think is the difference between the terms?

I don't see the difference.

This discussion is best continued in the software development platform, so I'll move it there.

[drhowarddrfine]

I agree they are the same thing. When talking about creating web pages, though, I tend to call people who "markup" pages with html/css, 'coders', to differentiate them from those who use programming languages.

[hirak1984]

[font=Verdana][size=2]do you mean that coders are for simple jobs,and programmers for a more high risk jobs?[/size][/font]

I agree they are the same thing. When talking about creating web pages, though, I tend to call people who "markup" pages with html/css, 'coders', to differentiate them from those who use programming languages.

[drhowarddrfine]

Not at all. A programmer creates a program. When you write html/css, for instance, you are placing elements in a textual page which is interpreted by a program. Sort of like taking photographs and putting them on a wall for display; but that doesn't mean you are a photographer.

[DeMan]

I think coders are starting to disappear. I think the essential difference, is that a coder is someone who simply writes code (and there was a time when that was more likely a hobbyist than a formally qualified "engineer/developer/etc").

A programmer, on the otherhand, is someone who is more closely involved with the whole SDLC, and is probably becoming increasingly closer to the role of an analyst.
That is, a programmer works on a project to some result, while a coder just implements solutions leaving much of the planning/documentation to someone else.

[Motoma]

I think coders are starting to disappear. I think the essential difference, is that a coder is someone who simply writes code (and there was a time when that was more likely a hobbyist than a formally qualified "engineer/developer/etc").

A programmer, on the otherhand, is someone who is more closely involved with the whole SDLC, and is probably becoming increasingly closer to the role of an analyst.
That is, a programmer works on a project to some result, while a coder just implements solutions leaving much of the planning/documentation to someone else.

I concur with this assesment, with the following stipulation:
A programmer understands the necessity of the mathmatical analysis of programs, as well as the provability of one.

[hirak1984]

WELL,DeMan makes sense

[r035198x]

I think coders are starting to disappear. I think the essential difference, is that a coder is someone who simply writes code (and there was a time when that was more likely a hobbyist than a formally qualified "engineer/developer/etc").

A programmer, on the otherhand, is someone who is more closely involved with the whole SDLC, and is probably becoming increasingly closer to the role of an analyst.
That is, a programmer works on a project to some result, while a coder just implements solutions leaving much of the planning/documentation to someone else.

I disagree to some extent. I just take them literally. Coders write code programmers write programs. You cannot write a program without writing code. So all programmers are coders. When you write code you are putting together a program so coders are also programmers.

[hariharanmca]

I disagree to some extent. I just take them literally. Coders write code programmers write programs. You cannot write a program without writing code. So all programmers are coders. When you write code you are putting together a program so coders are also programmers.

Programmer -> who write code and system design (Common Name)
( Program is a set of events).
Coders -> who write only code for problem.

i think you guys got it