What's a specific word for a programmer who has contextual knowledge of a particular programming language, framework, environment, etc?

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This term was used by an old Senior Developer of mine but for the life of me I can't recall it. The context of the conversation was that he wasn't necessarily more skilled than an Intermediate Developer, but he had more knowledge and experience in particular areas. In a sentence, it would be used like, I have more _____.

My brain keeps giving me the terms region knowledge and area knowledge, and I feel like those may be close, but are definitely not it.

"domain knowledge", perhaps? – Hellion Dec 21 '18 at 15:26 — Hellion, Dec 21 '18 at 15:26
@Hellion Looks like we answered at the same time – J. Chris Compton Dec 21 '18 at 15:28 — J. Chris Compton, Dec 21 '18 at 15:28
Subject matter expertise? Commonly abbreviated SME. – Dan Bron Dec 21 '18 at 15:30 — Dan Bron, Dec 21 '18 at 15:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '18 at 15:28

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I have more domain knowledge.

Can refer to more knowledge of either the technical environment or the 'business side'.

answered Dec 21 '18 at 15:28

J. Chris Compton

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Domain knowledge was indeed the term I was looking for! And shoutouts to Hellion for also answering it in the comments. – CGriffin Dec 21 '18 at 15:35

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 15 '20 at 07:40

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Perhaps the words practiced, seasoned or adept could be what you're looking for. Example usage:

He is more practiced in this field of programming.

She is as an adept in functional programming.

He is a seasoned web-developer.

It's used differently than "domain knowledge" or "region knowledge" is but I think it can still be relevant to your question.

edited Jun 15 '20 at 07:40

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answered Dec 21 '18 at 15:53

OreOS

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What's a specific word for a programmer who has contextual knowledge of a particular programming language, framework, environment, etc?

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