Re:Ask HN: Does pure Front End still exist?
by dalmo3 on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @04:12PM
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The technologies you listed are used to build, deploy and maintain frontend applications.
Even if you build a pure frontend app with no backend whatsoever, not a single api call, you still need some infrastructure.
So I understand when FE job ads require some devops.
That being said, I did google the first ad and it is in fact ridiculous to call that position FE. The second list from your post is much more sensible.
> Before when i used to apply for jobs, i would get some kind of html/css test. Now when i apply i get a hacker-rank test to deal with some algorithms, and i have to choose from js,ts,python,c++ etc. I think it says it all.
It says that you'll be writing business logic on the frontend, and you can't do that with just html/css.
Even if you build a pure frontend app with no backend whatsoever, not a single api call, you still need some infrastructure.
So I understand when FE job ads require some devops.
That being said, I did google the first ad and it is in fact ridiculous to call that position FE. The second list from your post is much more sensible.
> Before when i used to apply for jobs, i would get some kind of html/css test. Now when i apply i get a hacker-rank test to deal with some algorithms, and i have to choose from js,ts,python,c++ etc. I think it says it all.
It says that you'll be writing business logic on the frontend, and you can't do that with just html/css.