frontend, front-end or front end ?

Luanderson Alves — Sat, 20 May 2023 02:52:18 +0000

Whenever I create a new social network it's a challenge to build a bio when there's the question "what's your job?".

The question that remains is: After all, which one to use in general?
If you, like me, have this same doubt, come with me and I'll help solve it.

According to a poll made by Chris Coyier on CSS-Tricks where he had the options:

frontend

front end

front-end

Front end

Front-end

Front End

Front-End

after more than 56 thousand votes, the result was:

frontend = 22%
front-end = 20%
front end = 7%

So we hit the hammer saying that frontend is the right one? Not yet.

According to a survey by Sam Deering at sitepoint most of the searches he did point, most of the time, to front-end. Whether searching for job openings on linkedin, topics on stackoverflow and other things. Now yes, is the correct front-end? Not yet.

Yeah, but anyway, what's the answer? And the answer is: it depends.

Ivan Stevkovski made a great explanation on the Medium website. It uses as a base the compound noun that ends up confusing since it can be written in three ways and the correct one ends up being frontend but no, the end of the post, according to the Cambridge dictionary, states the following:

“front end” — the parts of a computer, piece of software, or website that are seen and directly used by the user
“front-end” — used as a compound adjective to describe another noun.
Therefore, based on the Cambridge dictionary, you should use “Front end” (as a compound noun) and “Front-end” (as a compound adjective).
Compound noun ex: There are some issues on the front end.
Compound adjective ex: I am a front-end developer.

Thank's for you attention.

References

New Poll: "front" "end" ughck. | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks

I don't think it causes confusion, but there doesn't seem to be any consensus on how we write out the word front end. I had to make a choice right there. My

css-tricks.com

Poll Results: "front-end" and "front end" | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks

The latest poll around here kicked off asking how you prefer spell this job we all do around here: frontend? front end? Front-End?

css-tricks.com

sitepoint.com

Is it… Front-end or Front end or Frontend? | by Ivan Stevkovski | Medium

“Front-end” — a compound adjective vs. “Front end” — a compound noun

medium.com

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frontend, front-end or front end ?

New Poll: "front" "end" ughck. | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks

Poll Results: "front-end" and "front end" | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks

Is it… Front-end or Front end or Frontend? | by Ivan Stevkovski | Medium