hello house, issues like coding and programming has always been an issue of controversy on this forum, but i want to ask and i know this will be useful for the young minds out there who are just coming into the world of software programming. what is the difference between "programming" and "coding" ?. Are they not the same thing? if not then what is the relationship,

Programming means to program
Coding means to code.
Their relationship is English,




Both words can be used interchangeably. I doubt this will be useful to the young minds out there coming into the world of 'programming/coding'

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@Poster, what is your profession? Programming and coding are not d same though they might hav some similarity.

Programming means creating of computer programs while coding is a system of symbols, numbers, or signals that conveys information to a computer.
make una elaborate more on this.

musKeeto:

Programming means to program
Coding means to code.
Their relationship is English,



Both words can be used interchangeably. I doubt this will be useful to the young minds out there coming into the world of 'programming/coding'

dude you are interestingly funny.

I am no programmer, to me both words are the same, can be used interchangeably. Coding/program means to write a computer program

In the computer programming/computer science/IT world, they are used interchangeably and mean pretty much the same thing. In the dictionary, they probably do not mean the same thing.

Bossman:

In the computer programming/computer science/IT world, they are used interchangeably and mean pretty much the same thing. It the dictionary, they probably do not mean the same thing.

True talk

Now, lemme show you how to code, here i go:

dim s as string;
int i;
float x;
var x2;

setTimeout("alert('Idiot')",1000);
Screen 1
on error gosub 10

i=msgbox("Are you stupid",vbYesNoCancel)

if(i=vbYes) then
i=file_get_contents("http://www.wiki-edia.com/stupid");
end if

Well, that technically is coding - iite guys? Comprised of different programming langs.
It wont work in any compiler though, but it is still coding.

But to solve a problem, such as a task to do payroll or bubblesort or fibonacci sequence,
now that will be a program - which means codes that are used to solve a problem iite?

So you do the jargons algorithm et al, and finally code the program and test it at the end of the day.
Now, that will be a program.

Lets move to the business world, a client will pay you to create a solution for them - such as a school
application. They dont pay you to just write a bunch of codes to impress them.

Oya, where are the leggit computer science students?

dhtml .:

Now, lemme show you how to code, here i go:
Well, that technically is coding - iite guys? Comprised of different programming langs.
It wont work in any compiler though, but it is still coding.

But to solve a problem, such as a task to do payroll or bubblesort or fibonacci sequence,
now that will be a program - which means codes that are used to solve a problem iite?

So you do the jargons algorithm et al, and finally code the program and test it at the end of the day.
Now, that will be a program.

Lets move to the business world, a client will pay you to create a solution for them - such as a school
application. They dont pay you to just write a bunch of codes to impress them.

Oya, where are the leggit computer science students?

So there's a difference between PROGRAM and CODE, programming and coding are basically the same thing.
To solve a program might actually be referred to as program design.
Can you detach coding from programming or programming from coding?

dhtml .:

Now, lemme show you how to code, here i go:
Well, that technically is coding - iite guys? Comprised of different programming langs.
It wont work in any compiler though, but it is still coding.

But to solve a problem, such as a task to do payroll or bubblesort or fibonacci sequence,
now that will be a program - which means codes that are used to solve a problem iite?

So you do the jargons algorithm et al, and finally code the program and test it at the end of the day.
Now, that will be a program.

Lets move to the business world, a client will pay you to create a solution for them - such as a school
application. They dont pay you to just write a bunch of codes to impress them.

Oya, where are the leggit computer science students?

see confusion.
Essentially, you are saying that:
Programing is a way of coding a program code.

Here's the way I see it.

BOTH are "languages". Both are codes

A code may be telling a story or reporting an event. It may not be issuing out step by step instructions.
While a computer program is almost always issuing SPECIFIC sets of instructions (STEP BY STEP).

Every computer program "speaks" a "language".
Every code also "speaks" a language too.

Programming is coding, but coding MAY NOT be programming.

Something like this will not even come up for discussion in most other application development forums, since it's a known fact that they are the same thing.

Caramba! I just poured petrol inside fire.

Bossman:

Something like this will not even come up for discussion in most other application development forums, since it's a known fact that they are the same thing.

Or lets reverse it like this:
Can you program without writing codes?
Can you say you are a programmer and you cannot code in at least one computer lang? Even if na machine language? or simple H-T-M-L (i don start wahala)?

[sidetalk]
If all you know is HTML (HyperText Markup Language) - are you a programmer?
If all you know is how to use wordpress - are you a programmer? - we have seen such instances in webmasters.
[/sidetalk]

Programmer / Coder are used interchangeable as far as i know. . .

kaboninc:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding

shut the f** up Just kidding. ~But seriously, that does not solve the problem here.

none

coding - act of writing in code or cipher
programming - creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something

actually, you need d codes to write the programs

the silly write-ups are called codes. u can;t right-click on a piece of code and click Open. Impossible. except "Open with", then maybe an particular editor or compilier, u dig?

but u can actually right-click on a program, and click Open, u dont need a compiler or environment or classpath or watsoever to run a program

after a job well done,

the PC screams:  a wonderful piece of code in a coding environment

and your client screams:   waaaooow, a masterpiece of code for a programmer.

so, aint we saying d same tin, ?

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please, which one should i choose to learn next and then after that and so on.,.,

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Now, i will not call someone that learnt qbasic a programmer, i will merely say: He can code in qbasic. But someone that codes in JAVA is a different story.
But all that one na politics sha.

Yes, after qbasic, you can chose to remain redundant by learning:
Pascal (Use Lazarus Compiler for that or Turbo Pascal),
Fortran (There is a new GUI that works in windows environs),
Assemble language

Or, you can come to the world of real-programmers:
Get your Gear into Java, or follow Visual Basic .NET / C#

For me, i started with all the above i have mentioned inc: c,c++ and old school visual basic 6.
But when it was time to start doing real business, i rushed off to the world of website development,
and i am doing fine.
It is only when i get real software programming jobs (very rarely - i dont look for it) that i do softwares,
most times i stick to website development (which i prefer).

You can look up these stuffs on google. Or seek advise from other guys here.

i am not sure, but the first thing that comes to mind is, programming is the process of developing the whole system i.e methodology, paradigm, and system architecture. while coding is the main codes you write and codes will determine the relationships between objects and their behaviour in the programme.

Aho, i have been waiting for someone to mention paradigm and sys architecture. . .now those are important factors to the computer scientists.
But to end-users and customers. . . .??

Hi Danyl,
Well, to me this is more like asking:
"What is the difference between soccer and football?"
Depending on where the person answering is from(a common wealth/europe state or the US of A) you'll get different responses-In 9ja they are the same.
To a layman the words coding and programming are different due to their dictionary definition,but to us programmers,its like football and soccer in 9ja!

You can write a line of code but you cant write a line of program.
You may have to code for weeks and compile before you come up with a program.


In a program, there are several lines of sql codes and vb.net codes.

I can write a code here:

xyz = document.getElementById('abc').innerHTML;

but i cant write a program here.
I can develop a program by writing several lines of codes. The end user sees and uses the program but cannot see the codes.

sweet-pawn:

Well, to me this is more like asking:
"What is the difference between soccer and football?"

No, its more like asking:
Whats the difference between soccer and first half.

lojik:

You can write a line of code but you cant write a line of program.
You may have to code for weeks and compile before you come up with a program.

In a program, there are several lines of sql codes and vb.net codes.

Nah, the simplest of functions is a program, so u may be able to squeeze such into a line. eg:

int main(){cout <<"hello world";}

executes a statement, is a function & thus a program.
code is simply a language(system of meaningful symbols), programming is using code to perform task(s).

@sweet-pawn,it seems u understand what d problem is,to me everyone has hs/her own idea of wat d differences are,to me coding is just an essential part of programming whc can never be done away with,cos after definning all the sys. Architecture nd algorithm,coding is the actually writing phase of the programme "instructions",it all depends on the context within which the two is used eg,"programming codes" n "program codes" can mean 2 different things based on context. I only asked ds question to see different opinions from NLers. Thanx

Dude, a programmer is  the same as a coder. In your context, a collection of codes can make a program, but u are asking in terms of the verb , so u can use both interchangeably in my opinion. I think a better question would have been " What is the difference between a developer and a programmer?". Now that is the question.

To code is simply arranging the sequence in which you want a programme to run. In all cases, coding always comes first b4 programming.
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