Front-end development is the craft of building the parts of a website or app that users see and interact with — the visuals, buttons, animations, and layout.
The term comes from the idea that every app or website has two sides: the front end (what users experience directly) and the back end (what happens behind the scenes, like databases and servers). Front-end developers use languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to turn design ideas into interactive, working websites. They make sure everything looks good, loads fast, and works smoothly on different devices.
Imagine you open a travel site. Everything from the search bar to the dropdown menus, to the photos that fade in and the button that books your flight — that’s front-end development in action. A front-end dev takes the designer’s mockup and makes it real, interactive, and usable.
But it’s not just about pretty pixels. Front-end devs also handle logic, state, accessibility, responsiveness, performance, and (increasingly) frameworks like React, Vue, or Svelte. It’s a blend of code and creativity — where engineering meets design.
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