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If by backend you mean web backend. I would say that backend development is slower moving in terms of changes to technologies and frameworks used than front en
by helsinkiandrew 5y ago
If by backend you mean web backend. I would say that backend development is slower moving in terms of changes to technologies and frameworks used than front end.
But you'll need to understand what's going on at a deeper level (Data design/Caching/SQL/scaleability etc) so there will be things to learn - but they are much more transferable across technologies than the front end, and at the start you can rely on tech lead/senior devs to have that knowledge for you.
- mrweasel 5y agoThe part of it being slower moving is definitively true from my point of view. Things I learn 10 years ago is still useful and relevant today, and I can easily build "backend" application knowing what I learn in 2011. Sure there are updates, better patterns, and new feature, but the JavaScript frameworks we used then are obsolete, legacy or unmaintained.