Software developers are Programmers.
The Association for Competitive Technology , now known as ACT | The App Association is a trade association representing over 5,000 application software developers and small and mid-sized technology companies in the United States and Europe . A programmer , computer programmer , developer , dev , coder , or software engineer is a person who creates computer software . A range of occupations , including : software developer , web developer , mobile applications developer , embedded firmware developer , software engineer , computer scientist , or software analyst , while they do involve programming , also require a range of other skills .