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Ask HN: To you, what is a 'full-stack developer/engineer'?
- davidw 12y agoA buzzword, mostly. I suppose you could use it to mean someone who knows about web development from the back end to the front end, and all the bits and pieces in between.
- jacquesm 12y agoSomeone who knows how to hold a soldering iron and program in javascript.
- cauterized 12y agoA web developer who can do client side (CSS, JS, HTML), server side, and knows the essentials of relational databases and SQL. Understands HTTP and the request/response cycle. Systems/DevOps and newer protocols like websockets or WebRTC are nice to have but only a dealbreaker for specialized projects. The idea is that they should be able to jump in and help out with any part of a web app, or implement a feature top to bottom without having to hand it off to someone else at a boundary.
- greenyoda 12y agoSomeone asked the same question a few days ago and got lots of replies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9032870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9032870