Who's are building application web developers or programmers

Question

I mean if I want to build my own application should I learn programming or web development?

Answer 1

It depend on which kind of application you want to make.

Deskstop app development:
-For Windows app development, you can start by learning C# to build Windows app with WPF framework from .NET/Dotnet.
-For MacOS app development use Cocoa framework, it can be used with Python, Perl, and Ruby languages.

Mobile app development:
-Android native app development use Android Studio, this require you to learn Kotlin or Java language.
-Ios native app development use Xcode with Swift language.
-For cross-platform mobile app development the two most popular framework are React Native with JavaScript and Flutter with Dart. There is more cross-platform framework like Xamarin with C#, Ionic with JavaScript.

Website development
I don't know very much about Web dev, but the most commont path to learn web dev is to start learning Html, CSS, and JavaScript for the front end. If you want to become full stack web dev learn Angular or React or VueJs #CMIIW.

Data Science
If you want to become data scientist you can learn Python or R language.

Game Development
If you want to become game developer, here's the list of game engine or framework you can use,

Game Engine (Based on language):
Unity with C#,
Unreal Engine with C++,
Godot with C# C++ GDscript(syntax similar to Python),
Ursina Engine with Python.

Game Framework (Based on language):
PyGame with Python,
MonoGame with C#,
RayLib with C/C++,
Phaser with JavaSscript,
Love2D with Lua,
libGDX with Java,
Bevy with Rust,
Flixel with Haxe,
etc

Think first what kind of app you want to develop, then you can start learning with the right path of your choice with the help of googling.

Answer 2

Programmer is a broad term under which web developers, mobile app developers etc. come into.

If you wish to make web applications, learn a programming language like javascript, which is used in web development.