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32 : What is the difference between a frontend developer and a frontend Engineer?

Seonyoung Chloe (she/they) on April 29, 2020

Frontend developer just implements the GUI, using the provided design, specification and consultations with colleagues/client for additional infor...
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allnulled • Edited

A coder is an implementator.
An engineer is a designer.
But both reason their code, do not make us coders dumb, thank you.

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Seonyoung Chloe (she/they) • Edited

Thanks for your perception, I wanted to compare both roles and figure out what to focus, by the way, I am a coder, too.

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allnulled

Coders reason their code too.

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Seonyoung Chloe (she/they)

Of course, Writers reason their sentences.

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Then, paragraph 4, line 2.

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Seonyoung Chloe (she/they) • Edited

Therefore, I think there needs a reasoning code, does not necessarily define one category, either coder or programmer, personally, coding as it is an artwork, thus, I was curious why I have to know the engineering part, that is the point I posted in terms of the difference.

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Most of the time, engineers rely on software whose engineering part is completely unknown for them.

You only need to know the state of the art, to not lose time in things that are already working. And even that usually takes a looooooot of time currently, sadly... I never learnt assembly language, but I am fine with my algorythms anyway.

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Seonyoung Chloe (she/they)

Good to know, I am going to work on my project, and figure out what is right for me.

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Sure.

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Alexander Mayorga

This looks like it came from here

quora.com/What-is-the-difference-b...

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Seonyoung Chloe (she/they)

I collected the information from the link!

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Artem

Don't make up nonsense of yourself.
Engineer - is a person with higher education and a diploma to prove it.
Coders and others are those without a higher education.
Both of them are developers.