Re:Dividing front end from back end is an antipattern
by bryanrasmussen on Saturday July 25, 2020 @01:57AM
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I doubt that they take different mindsets, many frontend engineers make extremely complex applications that need to maintain state and queue tasks.
That said when I say I'm full-stack I say there are parts of the stack I am more comfortable with than others.
I think I'm equally good at the frontend and middle layer, the data layer I am passable, the backend processes - meaning receiving data/pulling data from other sources for insertion in my data repositories, processing data, queuing data, optimizing processes for images, anonymizing data etc. I hack stuff together and it looks pretty ugly to me (unless processing XML where I am very good), but I can get it done. It's not a different mindset that makes me less competent in those areas, in my opinion, just inexperience.
on edit: and of course one will always be less than perfectly competent in every part of the stack, because the stacks cover a lot of ground. I think I'm pretty good at CSS, but really am weak in use of some parts, what I'm better at in CSS than most developers is understanding the cascade rules and when things will conflict.
That said when I say I'm full-stack I say there are parts of the stack I am more comfortable with than others.
I think I'm equally good at the frontend and middle layer, the data layer I am passable, the backend processes - meaning receiving data/pulling data from other sources for insertion in my data repositories, processing data, queuing data, optimizing processes for images, anonymizing data etc. I hack stuff together and it looks pretty ugly to me (unless processing XML where I am very good), but I can get it done. It's not a different mindset that makes me less competent in those areas, in my opinion, just inexperience.
on edit: and of course one will always be less than perfectly competent in every part of the stack, because the stacks cover a lot of ground. I think I'm pretty good at CSS, but really am weak in use of some parts, what I'm better at in CSS than most developers is understanding the cascade rules and when things will conflict.