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2. All Developers are Programmers, but
not All Programmers are Developers
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3. Programming
is a transferring to the computer instructions for performing
certain actions with some input data to obtain some output.
It’s really easy to teach anyone to program - almost anyone can
write simple programs that work for certain people on specific
machines. But no one guarantees that the same programs will
work in other conditions.
Software development
consists of the designing, writing, testing and supporting computer
programs to solve problems for many users.
Software developers thoroughly study the tasks to be solved,
understand how their solutions work to the full, their limits and
parameters in the context of data handling and security.
4. A Decision-Oriented
Approach
Software developers do not consider their work as simply
coding software - they reason from the viewpoint of meeting
needs and solving problems. And this is important, as far not
any task requires writing a certain apps: in some cases, it is
enough to use an already existing software or to combine
several programs.
When a developer writes a program, he checks that it works
on a variety of situations, on different devices as well as
browsers and platforms and in different time zones. It should
work on screens of various sizes and orientations, with
limited memory and low processing power.
5. Cost and Efficiency
THE MORE EXPERIENCED THE DEVELOPER IS, THE
FASTER HE WILL CREATE THE WHOLE FUNCTIONAL,
ACCURATE, RELIABLE SOLUTION THAT WILL BE EASY
TO MANAGE.
6. Ease of Use
GOOD SOFTWARE IS DEVELOPED IN REGARD TO USER
EXPERIENCE, AND THIS IS QUITE AN EXTENSIVE TOPIC, ON WHICH
A LOT OF RESEARCH HAS BEEN CONDUCTED.
7. Here are Explanations:
Well-designed software with the data-entry form will not take
into consideration the character case in the email field and will
remove leading and trailing spaces.
If the user needs to be redirected somewhere, a good program
will remember the entry point and, after performing necessary
actions, will return him back there.
Good software is developed bearing in mind real users’
scenarios. You cannot integrate some functions just so - you
have to put yourself in the user's place.
8. Reliability and Security
Perhaps the most important aspect that
distinguishes professional developers from amateur
programmers is that professionals know that they
are responsible for creating secure solutions.
The software component must be resistant to "bad"
data, invalid system states and incorrect
interaction. To achieve such stability is VERY
difficult.
9. How to protect your users from cross-site scripts and
counterfeits of cross-site requests, attacks by
"intruders –in-the-middle" and simple social
phishing?
How to develop a backup operation strategy in the
case of a DDoS attack on the server?
10. The application can go to an error status, and
it should be fixed: even in the best programs
meet unexpected issues.
If you do not keep this in mind when planning,
you are not a professional developer, but
simply an encoder with unsafe programs.
11. Software developers value good tools that help to
write the correct code and create secure software.
For example, a lot of our IT clients preferred LS
Intranet to build strong communication between
developers and provide secure space for the whole
programming process.
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