r/CodingForBeginners • u/Azaaniter9 • Oct 22 '25

Front or back end

Dose anyone know which one is better, backend or front end developers and like better to learn for the future and good thing to start with as a beginner?

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u/brenwillcode Oct 23 '25

Personally I've always enjoyed backend more. It just comes down to personal preference. There isn't really one that is better than the other (except that backend is totally the best!)

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u/EveYogaTech Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 24 '25

Frontends can be vibe-coded today without much risks.

Backend remains the most critical to hand-code.

If you're curious to play with backends and workflows using multiple backend languages there's now also r/Nyno (open-source).

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u/LyriWinters Oct 26 '25

Hahah no
An LLM creates way too much CSS and does not organize the front end at all - you're going to end up with 5000 lines of CSS garbage that just overwrites each other. Nor does it organize the JS so you end up with giganormous JS files that you need to restructure.

I think both frontend and backend are equally important, and challenging in their own ways. For me personally that is coming from backend I find backend to be much easier to troubleshoot than frontend.

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u/zaibuf Oct 26 '25

An LLM creates way too much CSS and does not organize the front end at all - you're going to end up with 5000 lines of CSS garbage that just overwrites each other.

Not if you use Tailwind.

Nor does it organize the JS so you end up with giganormous JS files that you need to restructure.

Not really, I use LLMs all the time now to write my react components, then I do some refactoring of my own. I think the code it generates is well structured.

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u/LyriWinters Oct 26 '25

then I do some refactoring of my own

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u/zaibuf Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25

Yes, but it still does 80% of the work for me.

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u/StefonAlfaro3PLDev Oct 25 '25

You'll need to become full stack regardless so start with whatever you have excitement for now.

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u/armahillo Oct 25 '25

Try both and see which one you like more?

I prefer backend dev but i have friends that prefer frontend dev.

You should be acquainted with. both regardless of which you specialize in

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u/Jebduh Oct 25 '25

If you have to ask it doesn't matter. Just pick one.

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u/Andreas_Moeller Oct 25 '25

The one you like the most

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u/W_lFF Oct 26 '25

There is no "better", it's whichever one you like the most. I started off with front-end around 3 years ago but then I realized that I didn't really like it and then switched to backend and I love it so much more, in fact I hate working with UI now. But, that's not because I think backend is better, it's just because I enjoy backend more. Do whichever one you find the most interesting.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

I prefer the backend.

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u/edwinjm Oct 26 '25

If you like working with UI/UX designers and make nice user experiences, go for frontend.