I don’t understand what the starting point is. Do they just open a word document and start creating lines of code or is there some type of program that’s specifically used?
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Yes, a programmer just writes a bunch of text in a plain text file. Word doesn’t edit plain text files as far as I know, but you can use Notepad. Most programmers use fancier text editors with special features to help them, but they’re still just text editors.
Once you have a text editor you can use a program called an “interpreter” that will read the text file and do what it says (so long as it’s written correctly). Or you can use a program called a “compiler” which will turn your text file into binary gibberish that can be run by the processor. All executables on your computer are composed of this same binary gibberish.
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