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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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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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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.