Software Engineer Vs Program Developer. Software Engineer is a team activity while Software Developer is primarily a solitary activity. Developer debate remains largely unresolved.
Thats the applying of engineering to software. An engineer can assume the developer role but an engineers core focus lies within the architecture designing and planning. In the business the terms software engineer and software developer are used interchangeably.
Software engineering means applying engineering principles to software creation.
While a full stack developer focuses on web applications a software engineer focuses on native apps that you might download on your system. Some people even use programmer or coder etc etc. Lets start with programmer. Software engineering means applying engineering principles to software creation.