I am a backend girl because I love optimizing code performance and dealing with data. How about you? What draws you to a particular section of the stack?
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I am a backend girl because I love optimizing code performance and dealing with data. How about you? What draws you to a particular section of the stack?
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Ex creative-coder turned into passionate backender. I've followed a strange path from flash to interactive installations to web frontend to backend / ops. When I started programming I didn't understand how someone could be coding without the output being visual. And now I'm at my happiest when I don't need to even open a browser.
YES! I have never been a very visual person. Some people can look at a webpage and lay all the pieces down, I struggle so much with that so the backend came easier to me. Also when I started I felt like the logic flow of the backend and Ruby was easy for me to understand than the frontend.
I am backend developer for about 12 years. I love it so much. Thanks to Ruby which keeps me happy all the time.
I am amazed by front end designs and SPA. I keep on collecting great designs and clever CSS hacks but I use them for reference to get it done from frontend designers and developers.
Copy/Paste frontend snippets FTW!!!
I often refer to frontend people as Wizards, bc I literally feel like they wave their hands and beautiful things suddenly appear on the page. SO much respect for that ability!
THIS! It blows my mind what people can do with CSS.
In my first job, I started as a Java Backend Developer (Java EE with Tomcat and JBoss).
I really liked the opportunities and different approaches which backend development offered to me (APIs, databases, Spring Framework).
In the last years I do not spend much time writing Java code. My primary language for backend work is now TypeScript and / or JavaScript (which - in my opinion - makes developing faster).
In my current job I am also doing some DevOps stuff with Kubernetes and Docker, which I also like very much.
As I am now working in a smaller company I also have to do some Frontend work with React and Angular, which is totally okay for me and I also find it enjoyable.
So at the moment I would call myself a Fullstack / DevOps Engineer, but I still prefer Backend work, because I am a terrible designer.
If I am forced to put some numbers in here, I would say 75% backend and 25% frontend.
The only drawback in Backend development: Your work is not as present as Frontend stuff.
Backend!
My initial days in web programming were as a frontend but having to deal every hour with CSS and browsers was unappealing.
Then came this day I had the chance to do a migration of about 20 wordpress sites. I did manually for every site but learn a lot and promised myself to learn bash to automate things.
Also, I had started to relearn Ruby on Rails(I had been introduced to the framework in that same place), got a job as a RoR backend developer(in a another company) and from that day on, I've been a backend.
In fact, I'm a fullstack but I consider fullstacking as a myth but yeah, have to believe it from time to time :D
hmmm.... backend been building APIs for a while so still prefer to focus on the backend but will be able to build something in the front-end using bootstrap or other prebuilt templates that I could modify myself.
I'm a frontend person because I like to see my work - former artist/graphic designer here, so I'm definitely a visual person and frontend appeals to that.
But I like backend sometimes too, because it's cool to be actually working on the things that make the frontend run well.
So ... full stack?
I think I prefer backend so I don’t see my work 😅
The similarities and differences between frontend and backend get washed up. See Chris Coyiers blog post about The Great Divide (css-tricks.com/the-great-divide/)
I think it's more about a Design/UX focus or a logical/programming focus (don't pin me down on wording here, please. I do consider CSS as programming).
That being said, I come from a visual background and feel most comfortable with CSS, but I came to enjoy writing business logic in JS as well. So... frontend full stack?
I am both, thou most people prefer me to work on the front-end side because i work swiftly like an hour for an estimated 8 hours of work. I also like dealing with data / API integration / SQL stored procs as they are fun to work with thou easy if the framework you are working on is organized (component-based).
I'm backend. I like data structures, transactions, databases. In fact, I could say without blushing that my perfect job would be creating and maintaining APIs for others to consume.
I've only been coding for over a year and haven't yet landed a job, but I really prefer backend.
When I first got into coding, I thought I wanted to go into frontend but then I learned Ruby on Rails and fell in love with the backend.
I only learned frontend at my bootcamp and have exclusively worked in that since. I really love seeing what I build come to life which is why I’ve always been drawn to the frontend. Lately, I’ve been thinking about diving into more backend development though!