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Re:Front-End Developer Handbook by NullPrefix on Saturday April 14, 2018 @08:33AM (#16837040)
Technically you're correct, but... web browser is the default front end.

Technically command line programs are also front end.

Re:Front-End Developer Handbook by stevehawk on Saturday April 14, 2018 @08:37AM (#16837052)
And many infotainment and desktop frontends are just web UIs...
Re:Front-End Developer Handbook by pjmlp on Saturday April 14, 2018 @10:32AM (#16837453)
It is surely not the default frontend on many business that still rely on native apps, on mobile devices, device displays, air gaped networks, factory automation and robot control systems, ....
Re:Front-End Developer Handbook by always_good on Saturday April 14, 2018 @11:54AM (#16837839)
Yes, but the web browser is ubiquitous so it's naturally going to sponge up defaults.

If someone's mad that people don't auto-assume they design robot neural interfaces when they call their self a front-end designer, then they're just fighting their own ego.

Re:Front-End Developer Handbook by pjmlp on Saturday April 14, 2018 @12:26PM (#16838017)
That is just like saying that we should all start calling our compilers transpilers, given that the word misuse is so ubiquitous among JS devs.