Comment on Ask HN: Are front-end developers really "developers"?Comments−redmondbarry13yWrite code that solves problems? Check. Full-fledged programming language? Check.I don't see how the fact that this code runs in a browser would somehow make front-end people "not developers".Is coding up GUI's for native mobile or traditional desktop apps also "not development"?−saiko-chriskun13yAgreed. This question is ridiculous :/.−willthefirstOP13yI think my question comes from the fact that FED's need to engage less than backenders with strict compsci concepts, unless we're writing JS. I think I meant to ask whether HTML/CSS and all the variants and elaborations count as "programming".
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Write code that solves problems? Check. Full-fledged programming language? Check.
I don't see how the fact that this code runs in a browser would somehow make front-end people "not developers".
Is coding up GUI's for native mobile or traditional desktop apps also "not development"?
Agreed. This question is ridiculous :/.
I think my question comes from the fact that FED's need to engage less than backenders with strict compsci concepts, unless we're writing JS. I think I meant to ask whether HTML/CSS and all the variants and elaborations count as "programming".