Computer programming (often shortened to
programming, sometimes called
coding) is a process that leads from an original formulation of a
computing problem to
executable computer programs. Programming involves activities such as analysis, developing understanding, generating
algorithms, verification of requirements of algorithms including their correctness and resources consumption, and implementation (commonly referred to as coding) of algorithms in a target
programming language.
Source code is written in one or more
programming languages. The purpose of programming is to find a sequence of instructions that will automate performing a specific task or solving a given problem. The process of programming thus often requires expertise in many different subjects, including knowledge of the
application domain, specialized algorithms and
formal logic.