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Date posted
18 April 2019
Reading time
7 Minutes
Mark Bonar
Software Engineering / Development What is it?
Welcome back! As we roll on to episode two of my blogging series we delve into the often-quoted technical titles of 'Software Engineering' or 'Software Development'. These functions/roles in essence cover the foundation on which most technology companies are built on, the level of which varies between firms. Are you an engineer, programmer or developer? Are you all three!? I'm going to attempt to demystify this in the next few paragraphs for you!
But what does it mean?
Well, the actual engineers or developers are the creative minds behind computer programs. Some develop the applications that allow people to do specific tasks on a computer or another device. Others develop the underlying systems that run the devices or that control networks.
Software engineering / software development is an art form; it's the magical art of creating a program which can perform a required task following a set of processes. Software development includes numerous steps such as thinking of an idea, designing a rough idea, implementation of the blueprint, testing, bug fixing and many more: