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CONTENTS
A rose by any other name – programmer, developer, software engineer, app builder, coder
Skills and competencies, frame of reference
2. OVERVIEW OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IN CONTEXT
Applications, apps, websites, embedded software, operating systems
The world of software development