On a most basic level, a computer programmer writes, well, programs. Programmers will also rewrite, debug, maintain, and test (and retest) software and programs that instruct the computer to ...

Coronavirus pandemic exposes urgent need for programmers of a very old computer language It dates back to the 1960s and powers a lot of banking transactions.

Have computer programmers innovated themselves out of a job? That’s the fear driving theories that AI will remove the need for humans who can write computer code.