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Discussion on: What's the difference between Front-end and Back-end development?

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Edward Tam

front-end and back-end development are still very broad terms, even within each category there are multiple domains that can be very different from each other.

But let's say in terms of feeling, I think the biggest difference is that front-end in general produces a lot more code and you get instant gratification (like a artist painting a picture) vs backend is more logical and computational oriented (like a mathematician). Obviously, front-end logics can be complicated, but I think in general you spend more time trying to visualize things comparing to backend.