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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You can’t really use Word because the way it saves the text in the document is too “formatted” for use as code. You can use something like Notepad that can create basic text files that are just a collection of ASCII characters. However, everyone today uses dedicated code editors like Atom, VS Code, or Sublime because they all have extra features that help a lot with writing code. Do not actually use Notepad to write code it is a horrible experience.
After you write the file, you have to run it through special programs depending on the language you’re using. They can be interpreters (for languages like Python and JavaScript), compilers (for C/C++, Fortran, etc) or assemblers (for assembly). They take the text you wrote and turn it into something computers can understand and run.
Interpreted languages are usually based on compiled language, which are based on assembled languages, which are based on binary, which act directly on your hardware
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