I came up with a lasting analysis some time ago. Programming is an engineering discipline, whereas application development is a blended skill including engineer

I came up with a lasting analysis some time ago. Programming is an engineering discipline, whereas application development is a blended skill including engineering and myriad other disciplines. Don't stare too hard, programming and application development look like the same thing if you do. On the web, I think there's an argument that application development rather than programming is the dominant activity.