A front-end developer's skill-set lies on a spectrum within UI/UX <--> back-end

[laras126]

I'm thinking something like this:

The point being, there are two ends in the spectrum of front-end development, and most of us lie on either side of the spectrum. I'm not sure if this is the right way to plot it, but it's a start!

[withinsight]

SO great you're working on an interactive version. I wrote this post waaaay back in 2015, if it helps: https://medium.com/@withinsight1/the-front-end-spectrum-c0f30998c9f0

The graphic I created was actually included by Cody Lindley as the cover image for Part III of the Front-End Developer Handbook.

[laras126]

@withinsight Heyyy that's awesome! Thanks for sharing. I'm hoping to hook it into this quiz thing, and it can plot for you https://codepen.io/laras126/pen/gRZMrJ. We shall see!

[j9t]

The graph seems to suggest an order, from “UI/UX” over “frontend” to “backend”. Alas, the graph design (mostly through the elevated “frontend” label) suggests either a triangle “UI”/“frontend”/“backend”, or an affair between UI and backend (I hope you can follow).

Aligning “UI/UX”, “frontend”, and “backend” on one axis (that is, the same horizontal line—perhaps all at the bottom, or at the top) could make the intent more clear, as might going from “frontend” on the left to “backend” on the right, if the discussion proposes that focus on the technical attributes (frontend and backend work) suffices.