What is front end development?

Posted on: 27 April, 2009

You may have heard people talking about front end and back end web development. What this generally refers to are the two different practices in developing a website. Front end, or client side development is the process of developing with technologies that run on the users computer.

HTML, CSS, Javascript and Flash are all thought of as front end technologies.

You may also be interested in the Jargon Busting article on back end development.

For more detailed information check this page on Wikipedia.