The term "Front-End" is wrong, but we still use it
In 1998, it was common for all fans of Internet Explorer 4.01 that accompanied the version of Front-Page Express 2.0, alongside Netscape that also had its HTML editor (practically built-in), to make some kind of page and publish in some service accommodation.
It turns out that it was so "easy" to make a website, that it didn't need any knowledge of HTML, of course, except for some elements where I could put custom scripts with JavaScript code or even extending VBScript for front-side, but the big question is that the ease, generated a problem in the name, and many online sites made in these softwares.
A professional who makes a website, should be a "Front-Page Designer", or also "Front-Page Developer", or at most "Front-Side Developer", which would be the most obvious in contrast to "Server-Side Developer" , which is responsible for internal programming not seen on the web.
The term "Front-End" came about by HTML and JavaScript developers who make the code in a professional manner, and who did not accept the comparison of their work with the "Front-Page" existing at the time, brought by "Front-Page Express" , and its successor failure "Microsoft Front-Page 4.0".
That is why, until today, we have the term "Front-End" and, by the way, we do not generally have the term "Server-End", which would sound very strange.
If you are a "Front-End" developer, fine, we know that you do not use Front-Page in your projects, but it would not be more convenient to refer to "Front-Side", since you work on the front side of a site?
Think of the idea. See you.
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