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What Is Software Development

Software development refers to the process of creating, designing, deploying, and supporting software. There are three main types of software: system software that provides core functions like operating systems; programming software that gives programmers tools to create code; and application software that helps users perform tasks. Software development is primarily conducted by programmers, software engineers, and software developers, whose roles involve writing source code to program computers for specific tasks.

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What Is Software Development

Software development refers to the process of creating, designing, deploying, and supporting software. There are three main types of software: system software that provides core functions like operating systems; programming software that gives programmers tools to create code; and application software that helps users perform tasks. Software development is primarily conducted by programmers, software engineers, and software developers, whose roles involve writing source code to program computers for specific tasks.

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What is software

development?  
Software development refers to a set of computer science activities dedicated to the process of
creating, designing, deploying and supporting software.

Software itself is the set of instructions or programs that tell a computer what to do. It is
independent of hardware and makes computers programmable. There are three basic types:

System software to provide core functions such as operating systems, disk management,
utilities, hardware management and other operational necessities.
Programming software to give programmers tools such as text editors, compilers, linkers,
debuggers and other tools to create code.
Application software (applications or apps) to help users perform tasks. Office productivity
suites, data management software, media players and security programs are examples.
Applications also refers to web and mobile applications like those used to shop on Amazon.com,
socialize with Facebook or post pictures to Instagram.1
A possible fourth type is embedded software. Embedded systems software is used to control
machines and devices not typically considered computers — telecommunications networks, cars,
industrial robots and more. These devices, and their software, can be connected as part of
the Internet of Things (IoT).2

Software development is primarily conducted by programmers, software engineers and software


developers. These roles interact and overlap, and the dynamics between them vary greatly across
development departments and communities.  

Programmers, or coders, write source code to program computers for specific tasks like
merging databases, processing online orders, routing communications, conducting searches or
displaying text and graphics. Programmers typically interpret instructions from software
developers and engineers and use programming languages like C++ or Java to carry them out.
Software engineers apply engineering principles to build software and systems to solve
problems. They use modeling language and other tools to devise solutions that can often be
applied to problems in a general way, as opposed to merely solving for a specific instance or
client. Software engineering solutions adhere to the scientific method and must work in the real
world, as with bridges or elevators. Their responsibility has grown as products have become
increasingly more intelligent with the addition of microprocessors, sensors and software. Not
only are more products relying on software for market differentiation, but their software
development must be coordinated with the product’s mechanical and electrical development
work.

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