Software is key to a computers’ functionality and in fact, a system can’t operate without it. As we continually become more reliant on computers, the demand for software and application developers will increase - by 27 per cent from 2021 to 2026.1 From the late 1940s through the 1970s, the concept of software development has its’ origins in simplistic terms - via code written on manual punch cards and then fed into big computer mainframes for execution. Ada Lovelace, the pioneer of computer programming recognised the potential of machines in the mid-19th century and created the first algorithm. Grace Hopper, known as the ‘Queen of Code’ also played a pivotal role to develop programming languages. Their ...