Software Engineering Vs. Programming

A Programmer writes a complete program
- a software engineer writes a software component that will be combined with components written by other software engineers to build a system
- the component one writes may be modified by others
- it may be used by others to build different versions of the system long after one has left the project
Programming is primarily a personal activity
- Software engineering is essentially a team activity
Programming is just one aspect of software development
- Large software systems must be developed similar to other engineering practices