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I believe I am one of the devs that complain a lot about frontend devs, generally speaking... Don’t get me wrong — being a skilled developer (in the traditiona

by sedeki 7y ago

I believe I am one of the devs that complain a lot about frontend devs, generally speaking... Don’t get me wrong — being a skilled developer (in the traditional sense) with significant competence in frontend development is extremely attractive. But this profile is actually quite uncommon imo. I have to ask, do you really think the problem with frontend development is about performance? That FE is hard because of the code is executed on unknown machines? This does not resonate with my experience.

vcanales 7y ago
Neither are the 'problem' with frontend development, but the reason why it has become a harder thing to do; that, IMO, is not necessarily a problem or a bad thing. FED is now about solving harder, 'more real' problems, and performance is one of those problems. Writing performant code for -potentially- old machines, mobile devices of various kinds and in the end different browsers, requires a different level of expertise. This is why I'm a bit triggered by the 'wandering pixels' and 'cant do css' comments, and I do apologize for getting a bit intense.
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