this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2020
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Meta comment, but I like how this 3 year old post somehow ended up in Hot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

It's like those ancient 10 second YouTube videos.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah, this is the third or so post that's super old and suddenly resurfaced… kind of funny haha, but I don't find it bad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yes, this seems to be super common here in Lemmy...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Kind magical in its own way. Reminds me of the old internet days where you'd bump into a site from 1990 or someplace entirely by chance.

Maybe using or .

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Same for me. Still getting used to Lemmy and it’s quirks.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Actually it's Programing, although that's not really much better.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That brings the question to mind, what's the difference between coding, computer programming or programming and software engineering? Is there actually a difference at all?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

coding, computer programming or programming [...]

I think these are pretty much the same thing: producing code based on a predefined/predetermined spec or design.

and software engineering?

This, I think, includes the design of the (architecture) of a system as a whole.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Coding and programming is about writing the code. You get on a computer and type away.

Writing code is just one part of a bigger whole. It takes more than writing code to make software. Someone needs to think about the architecture, infrastructure, planning, management, maintenance, deployment, r&d... That's software engineering. It's a much broader concept than just editing text files.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The aspect of software engineering makes sense per your definition. That brings the question of who a software developer is but... Coding and computer programming are entirely different though interrelated. One is an integral part of the other with the other being the bigger picture

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I prefer the term Software Engineererer, myself

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Software engineering is not only the programming part, though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Not about preference. More of terminologies and their right appropriation