A Coder, a Programmer, a Hacker, a Developer, and a Computer Scientist

Re:A Coder, a Programmer, a Hacker, a Developer, and a Compu... by gaius on Sunday January 12, 2014 @04:44AM (#7045646)

But "coder" is a good signal that they don't know what they're talking about, the term is only used by journalists and politicians.

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Re:A Coder, a Programmer, a Hacker, a Developer, and a Compu... by jheriko on Sunday January 12, 2014 @07:31AM (#7045846)

that's not true, its very popular outside of web development in general day to day use as slang.

in my circle we probably use it much more than 'developer', which is a woolly term that encompasses all kinds of artists, designers, producers, teams and whole companies. although the standard term is definitely 'programmer'.

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Re:A Coder, a Programmer, a Hacker, a Developer, and a Compu... by dfox on Sunday January 12, 2014 @02:37PM (#7047123)

I have always seen 'coder' used for someone who essentially transforms designers intent into HTML/CSS/JS (or other GUI code) and does not especially care about backend code. I have seen it used with this meaning even in job postings (mostly web development related).

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Re:A Coder, a Programmer, a Hacker, a Developer, and a Compu... by jheriko on Sunday January 12, 2014 @08:36PM (#7048338)

i dont have much contact with that part of the programming world (although i work in a web dev office atm) - every time i've heard it used its to refer to a programmer working on performance critical desktop software or AAA games... that's the opposite end of the spectrum pretty much.

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