Front End

The front end is what your visitors see and interact with when they come to your website, such as bu.edu. It is the portion of your website that is visible to users—typically described as your “liveLive is how we refer to the environment that holds our live ... More site.” In comparison, the back end is the portion of your site that controls settings, contentContent consists of text, images, headings, and other inform... More, and what appears on the front endThe front end is what your visitors see and interact with wh... More. When you work with our development teamThe development team builds and maintains the back end, incl... More, you’ll typically hear of two types of developers: a frontend developer and a backend developer. These developers specialize in creating the frontend (design, user-facing) portion of the site and the backend (contentContent consists of text, images, headings, and other inform... More, functionalityFunctionality is a very general term we use to describe any ... More, administrative-facing) portion of your site.