As most computer users know, a computer requires software to run and do the jobs and play the games for which it is used. That software, called programs, must be written and created from source code which is a collection of commands created to carry out the procedures that its creator seeks to have the computer do. That creator is called a computer programmer because he, or she, programs the software that runs on the computer.
Programmers require training in the use of software and the creation of applications.
There are many sources of such training including most colleges, many high schools and many private schools devoted to computer training. Allison could not think what to get her younger brother for his birthday. Her parents bought him a bicycle. She could have got him a shirt or a toy but her funds were limited and she had little to spare. After much thought and consideration, Allison decided to create a computer game for him.