Frontend Developer: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Many of the buttons you tap on a phone were planned by a frontend developer before you ever saw them.
Through history
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Long ago
The first websites were plain pages with only words and simple links. Over time, people learned how to add colors, pictures, and shapes to make them friendlier.
Tools of the trade
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Computer
A frontend developer uses a computer with special programs to write code and see how a website or app will look on the screen.
A day in the job
- MorningThe developer checks messages from designers and teammates. Then they decide which button or picture to work on first.
- AfternoonThe developer tries the app on a phone and a computer. If a button is too small to press, they make it bigger so everyone can tap it easily.
Words to know
- Frontend
- The front part of a website or app, the part you see and touch. It is like the front door of a house that everyone uses.
Quiz time
A frontend developer only works on the parts of a website you can't see.
Frontend developers work with designers who draw how things should look.