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Most of the work a front-end developer does can be done through a visual application, right up until it cannot. Installing a build tool, checking what a server is doing, or moving two hundred files into a new folder structure are all faster typed than clicked.
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Editing files directly on a live server is fast until the moment it is catastrophic. A local environment means every change is tested somewhere private first, and a mistake costs a page refresh rather than a public outage.
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Install a valid certificate covering every hostname the site actually answers on, including the www variant if it resolves. A certificate that covers the apex but not the subdomain produces a warning that is more alarming to visitors than no encryption at all.
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