What is the Difference between Coding & Programming?

 

Difference between Coding & Programming

 

In this post, I'm going to answer a question: what's the difference between coding and programming.

      This was asked by one of my students, that guy what the difference is between coding and programming and this question was also asked in one of the interviews. Sometimes the interviewer also asked these types of questions the basic questions well, it is not that you have to dive deep into the difference between coding and programming, you just have the knowledge of the fundamental difference between coding and programming.

          So I'm going to tell you the fundamental difference with a real life example, or I'd rather say you have to understand the difference it's not just to mock Google's definition or some other book that this is the difference is between coding and this is programming, you actually need to understand the difference in the logic behind these two terms.

                  when someone or sometimes during an interview or you ask these kinds of questions so that you can explain with examples. They would appreciate that the interviewer would appreciate your answer with case studies, not just the difference, just the definition or the book-like definition.

       Using these terms in general interchangeably to us means that there is no difference between coding and programming, both are the same. Sometimes we use coding, sometimes we use programming.

     But yes, there is a difference between these two terms. so the first thing you see of course everyone is using some kind of remotes suppose you can say see remote control or TV remote so in that case if you use tv remote what happens if you need to change channels you just do something you do if you know the you know the channel numbering like 3,11 so just press 3, 11 and that channel would be on your TV or if you just want to increase the volume then use the volume button if you just want to decrease the volume, just press the volume down button.

        This is what this is what programming means that remote has been programmed in such a way that it can accept the human inputs and it can synchronize those inputs with machine outputs with the outputs. Obviously we want that when we want to increase the volume or when we press the up volume button then the volume of TV should be increased.

         What a programming but so everybody you can see everybody is using some kind of programming everybody is interacting with some kind of programming every day. Behind that what happened behind that button that when you press that button then volume would be increased there would be some logic some code right it's not like that coding and programming is only.

           Specifically the terms for your C programming or when you write down the code on your laptop that complex code and the C programming,C++, Java and Python. These kinds of programming languages behind that button what can be a code may be some you know a memory unit may be there or switch can be there or maybe some you know passing of the voltage like a zero and one ended after that passing of that voltage that button is you know working that kind of. Behind that thing there is some code there is some logic.

            What coding and the complete functioning is what that is programming so you can say that programming is a broader term and coding is what coding is just a subset of programming.

           You can say tree versus forest. Tree is what a subset of forests in forests I have many trees you can relate it something like this, coding is subset of programming fine, or you can say that coding is what just translate the set of instructions into codes. Down the codes or you can say just translate the set of instructions into a language that computer can understand or you can say machine can understand.

            programming is not just writing the course it includes coding plus many more activities like let us take a simple example when you are building any project or suppose any app you are developing any app or you are developing any software right let us take a project you will get it better you are building any project you know.

          working on a project in that case what will happen suppose a university management system you are making so there obviously first of all you have to plan what things you are going to include in that project write the requirements planning then you will design you will write down some algorithms some flowcharts right after that according to those specific requirements implementation would be there or coding would be there.

 

             C coding is just a part right and after coding obviously we are going to test compile that implementation we are going to test it we are going to debug it and then we are going to you know deploy it.

Suppose I want when I go to add a button when a new student comes, those students would be registered, those students would be registered, and that item or detail of that student would be placed in the database. when we go to retrieve a student there would be a button that you can retrieve the details, there would be specific that you know buttons or some functionalities for faculties both for courses and for departments.

      First of all, you will think that the outline of that thing the project approves the requirements, and then you are going to do the coding according to the specific requirements.

         The complete project, the fully functional product or the project that programming and coding is related to, you only know a simple part of the project or you can say a simple part of the product.

                Here for coding what you need to do just the programming language, or you can see the structure of the programming language, the syntax of the programming language, or how to write the code. That programming language it is, but for programming you have to do what you have to do, because programming is a broader meaning, no it is not just the coding for implementation.

        You have some programming that the programmer must have some analytical skills. You will be using a number of analytical tools, including the implementation tools or many types of tools.

          Programmer must have the knowledge of the data structure and the algorithm concept he can write down the complex algorithms he can know you solve the complex problems he can figure out how to solve those problems it is not like just writing the code you are just writing the code and you program it.

       suppose you know a subject that you know a subject, suppose you have subject C and in the lab you should know it if - you are asked to return a program, such as find out the number is palindrome or not and you have written the code, means you're just coding is not programming.

         It's not that you are a programmer now you are just coding but when you create a project or app development or software development and when you do all the kind of things designing the requirements analysis and all implementation then testing , compile and all implementation and when you get the desired result known as programming.

                  a programmer does that generally programmers are more you know you can say that expert than coders. Generally you know when the junior you know the coders are considered as you can say junior software developer. fine

                  what you can say that this coding is just the ability to understand the syntax and structure of the language just by writing down the codes.

                    You can say process, you know a process of writing the set of instructions in a language that a machine can understand, but what programming and programming is the ability to translate a thought or idea into a language to create.

      To solve a particular problem, so that you can say that coders are less X than programmers, you know much more professional than coders. For coding necessary tools you can say text editor or you can say ID you just have to write down the code that's it, for this the main tools needed are analyzing tools code generators where you can say modelling tools or you can testing say frameworks too.