Explain the difference between javascript developer and frontend developer?

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GGatsby2017-09-12 10:17:45

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GGatsby, 2017-09-12 10:17:45

Explain the difference between these two directions. In my understanding, this is one and the same.

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Egor Zhivagin, 2017-09-12
@GGatsby

javascript !== frontend
Frontend does all the visual stuff. He can use JS, maybe typeScript or CoffeeScript, or maybe, alas, he doesn’t know JS at all and uses some kind of jQuery. In addition, most often it is he who is engaged in the layout of templates and styles.
JS dev can take on Frontend responsibilities, but in general this position is wider. This includes backend - NodeJS. That is, ideally, he does not know about layout at all, his task is to quickly and in an adequate form accept data --> do something with them --> give data. But if it's also front , then it's usually React/Angular in the project.

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Maxim Fedorov, 2017-09-12
@Maksclub

micro-differences, just
don't bother for smart people with a beer - learn js, make a front-end :)
such differences are only in very large teams (not companies, but teams), even in large companies, project teams may not be large ... this as in design - there is a creator, illustrator, editor, copywriter, technologist, project manager, what does a designer do? :)

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Andrey Perov, 2017-09-12
@SnaIP

javascript is still on the backend, like node.js. Well, basically, the frontend developer also writes on node, but in detail, it all depends on the tasks and skills

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Vladimir, 2017-09-12
@Casufi

I haven't seen a project that had two vacancies for JS and Frontend, so the question is rather in the title. Even if you are all such a front-end and disdain the node, all the same, when you reach a certain level, you will have to delve into at least the project builder, and this is just a node.

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Ilya Gerasimov, 2017-09-12
@Omashu

The front works with markup and ready-made data, with api.
Back works with databases and data, thinks through the main logistics. In most cases, their work overlaps a lot, and both developers need to understand what each of them is doing. There is no difference in writing the code (syntax), but the work of the back is more complicated and some experience is needed, as it turned out, the node has a lot of its own squiggles ;(

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Coder321, 2017-09-12
@Coder321

Personally, I write js developer in my resume, since I work with both the node and js on the front, but I don’t type up a single gram