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Does anyone else get peeved by the fact that "front end" is now synonymous with "web front end?"
by banachtarski 9y ago
Does anyone else get peeved by the fact that "front end" is now synonymous with "web front end?"
- TeMPOraL 9y agoNah, that ship sailed a hundred thousand web-years ago. I think non-web "front end" is usually called GUI or Desktop Development (or Mobile Development for mobile platforms)?
- Ensorceled 9y agoIt’s always been synonymous with “web front end”. I was hiring “GUI Developers” in the 80’s and 90’s not “Motif Front End Developers”
- perl4ever 9y agoI was curious so I searched Google Books for the phrase "front end developer". It appears that before 1995, it was used to refer to a software product called "Front End Developer" and it was also used to refer to a tech company (as opposed to an individual) that developed the "front end" for a larger system.