Change the group name from "Programmers" to "Scripters"

Ty_Scripts · January 1, 2021, 1:39pm

Edit: Solution gives a reason not to change the name. I’ve changed my mind, but I’ll leave the poll open just in case.

Now this is pretty small, but I still see it as a big enough request to write about.

The community generally calls us “Scripters”, not “Programmers”. Evidence in Recruitment:

People calling us “Scripters” in past day:
People calling us “Programmers” (or both scripters and programmers) in past day:

Shouldn’t we use the term that the community tends to call us by?

As always, I’ll leave a poll here.

Should we change the name to “Scripter”?

Yes
No

0 voters

Kostiskat · January 1, 2021, 1:41pm

Although it’s pretty small since the majority of the community calls you scripters I wouldn’t mind if they changed it. It’s practically the same word, but I wouldn’t mind if it got changed.

Operatik · January 1, 2021, 1:43pm

Apparently they are the same terminology:

kja071305_1 · January 1, 2021, 1:49pm

They are the same I just find programmers more professional.

CAP7A1N · January 1, 2021, 2:18pm

Scripter is a term that can be used to specifically refer to anyone who codes in Lua on roblox, as it is a scripting language, while programmer usually refers to other languages as mentioned in the post above.

Currently this group allows both Lua and non-Lua programmers to have a title, as changing it to Scripters would not represent all of us developers who code in languages other than the main scripting languages (Python, Ruby, and on roblox Lua).

blitzahon · January 1, 2021, 2:40pm

I can’t see much of a difference between scripter and programmer, imo scripter is a colloquial word of programmer, which is easier to type, but other than that, it’s no use.

kingpen_notch · January 1, 2021, 4:50pm

I don’t think it matters whatsoever ngl.

Ty_Scripts · January 1, 2021, 4:52pm

Doesn’t web developer cover other languages than what you wrote (and yes I know smaller non-web languages exist, but…)?

LuaBearyGood · January 1, 2021, 4:53pm

Scripter is not actually recognised as a word, whereas programmer is. This change would honestly make the role more informal and less accurate.

Ty_Scripts · January 1, 2021, 4:54pm

You seem to be right. Searching define:scripter returns no official blurb.

Bac_Stab · January 1, 2021, 4:56pm

No, because only Lua isn’t the only programming language people use on the forum-people use JS for bots and things like that. Programmer is a much more general term and a better term.

Ty_Scripts · January 1, 2021, 4:57pm

Although I have changed my mind, technically JS bots fall under the “Web Developer” category (since they are run on he web–correct me if I’m wrong)

Bac_Stab · January 1, 2021, 4:58pm

I guess that could be classified with both actually.
But web development is mostly the designs of websites, correct me if I’m wrong.

Ty_Scripts · January 1, 2021, 4:59pm

It really does depend, some people see it as any front-end and back-end development involving the Internet, some people see it as websites only.

Bac_Stab · January 1, 2021, 5:01pm

Yeah, I guess you’re right. I haven’t looked at groups in a while (If you had a link it would be helpful if you sent it-).

Ty_Scripts · January 1, 2021, 5:02pm

http://devforum.roblox.com/g/Web_Developer

Note the description, this seems to fall into place perfectly with your JS bot example.

posatta · January 1, 2021, 6:39pm

Says who? Plenty of people recognize it as a word.

Vulkarin · January 1, 2021, 6:41pm

That’s referring to writing story/plot, not programming.

posatta · January 1, 2021, 6:43pm

Read the underlined example; I don’t think Ubisoft is a play company. Other sources are more explicit if you need.

JedDevs · January 1, 2021, 6:48pm