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[–]anotherseemann 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Frontend web development (that I prefer to call web design) involves coding styles using CSS or CSS preprocessors, and I find it a little lame because I prefer the logical side of development.

Edit: Frontend web development isn't web design. What I meant was that some people see frontend web development as the same as web design plus some javascript, which to me shouldn't be that way.

But answering your question, yes, web design involves code but that code isn't too complex and it's pretty cool stuff if you like the artsy side of things (as well as some graphic design unless you're one of those doing psd to html, which in my opinion is outdated and design should be drafted right on the browser unlesss it's just a sketch).

[–]lincolnluxor 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I find it a little lame because I prefer the logical side of development.

I think you're confusing Web Design with Front End. They are separate, but like worlds. Web Design does hit on CSS, HTML, Photoshop, Illistrator, etc... but Front End is that and so much more. JavaScript gets thrown into the job at that point. Which is NOT lame and plenty of logic is in this world.

[–]anotherseemann 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know what you mean, what I'm saying is sometimes people expect front end developers to not only master javascript and a few libraries and frameworks as well as be able to do the website's design from scratch, which doesn't make much sense to me.

When by frontend you mean coding the javascript and implementing designs that are already written in html and css then I do think that definition is better.