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Write code that solves problems? Check. Full-fledged programming language? Check.

I don't see how the fact that this code runs in a browser would somehow make front-end people "not developers".

Is coding up GUI's for native mobile or traditional desktop apps also "not development"?

Agreed. This question is ridiculous :/.

I think my question comes from the fact that FED's need to engage less than backenders with strict compsci concepts, unless we're writing JS. I think I meant to ask whether HTML/CSS and all the variants and elaborations count as "programming".

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