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Software developers, also known as computer programmers or software engineers, design, write, test and maintain computer software applications.
Software developers' responsibilities range from those working solo, who will undertake all aspects of software development, to those working as part of a large development team where they will work alongside specialists such as systems
analysts, interface designers, graphic artists, technical writers and software test engineers.
The range of programming languages in use is now very wide. They range from low level machine code and assembler languages (mostly used for one-off programming of dedicated microprocessor control systems) through to modern high-level
languages. The advent of object oriented programming languages has fostered the development of large libraries of reusable software components such as the Microsoft .NET Framework. The bulk of new applications are written in languages which can use these libraries,
such as C# (pronounced C sharp), Visual Basic .NET, C++ (pronounced C plus plus) or Java.
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