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Description Along with the invention and advancement of computer technology came computer languages used for programming computers. HTML and Java are two common program languages that currently exist. If you can understand and communicate in Java, you're ready to start your career as a computer programmer. Java, along with Pascal, Visual Basic, and C++, to name a few, are computer languages used by programmers who create, modify, and test the forms, scripts and codes that tell computers what to do. They use the languages to teach the computer how to respond to users and different programs. Most computers or networks will function with one or two languages. Using that language, software programmers develop software. Software is a general term for the various programs used to operated computers. Software programmers combine and adapt existing programs. They may also write new programs in computer code, for daily use and for problem solving. Programmers sometimes test and debug pre-written computer programs or software packages. In order to know what kind of programs are required, they speak with the people who will be using them. They must be good at communicating not only in computer languages, but with real people, as well. They not only develop the programs, but write up descriptions about them, prepare manuals, help screens, or explain the new software to users. They might have to adapt the programs once they're in use, to make them more suitable to the users. Computers are inescapable. They are everywhere. Children use them to research for school projects, adults use them to file their taxes and pay the bills. Computers and their programs connect us in many ways, and nearly all industries require the expertise of a software programmer in order to keep up with the changing world. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2014-15 Edition, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/ Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment Statistics, 2002, http://www.bls.gov/oes/2002/oes_nat.htm |
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