တကယ်ကောင်းတဲ့ အဖြေလေးပဲ သဘောကျလို့ ကူးထားလိုက်တာ။

Programming is the act of writing, compiling, testing and debugging source code.

Software development includes other activities like:

• Requirements definition
• Specification writing
• Project planning
• Creating an installation package
• Troubleshooting problems during installation
• and, and, and…

Therefore a programmer is a person who produces code, usually after some sort of specification. This is focused on a specific functionality.

A software developer is producing a solution for the customer, with a big focus on customer satisfaction.

copy from : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/653770/software-developer-vs-programmer-why-the-difference