Taking the “Arg” out of Jargon

Abstract

e’ve now looked extensively at what it is that developers work on when they’re working on building software, both in terms of the code itself and its various tests, which may also take up a significant portion of a developer’s attention. Armed with all of this information, you would be forgiven for expecting that you’d now be fully conversant in developer-speak. You’d also most likely be wrong. Ask any of your technical colleagues what they’re working on today, and tell them not to translate it into non-tech language, and you will almost certainly be inundated by a torrent of jargon that leaves you mystified. It turns out there’s an entire language that coders use, and each new technology and tool adds a splurge of new terminology.