FRONT-END VS BACK-END: What is the difference?
We consider client-server architecture to distinguish between the front-end and back-end of a website, as well as web development in general.
- Front End Development:
Front-end development refers to everything that occurs within a web browser. As a result, the name front-end refers to the process of planning and developing the final website that will be visible to the user. The basic technologies used by front-end developers are HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, which together make up the front-end technology stack. Many current front-end developers now use React, Angular, Redux, and GraphQL as part of their front-end stack. As a result, these technologies facilitate front-end development. Now we’ll look at the back-end.
- Back End Development:
The back-end of web development refers to everything that occurs on the web server, or everything that is not visible to the end user, hence the name. And, since we’re on the subject of servers, let’s take a moment to define what a server is.
A basic server is simply a computer linked to the internet that stores a website’s data such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and also runs an HTTP server capable of comprehending URLs, requests, and responding to them. This piece of HTTP server software is what sends and receives requests and responses from the browser. As a result, it functions as a link between the front-end and back-end of a website or web application. Because all a simple web server can do is provide static files to clients through HTTP, it’s now known as a static server. If all you need is to host a simple website, this is all you’ll need. However, if you want to take it a step further and construct dynamic web applications that talk to databases and other cool stuff, you’ll need a server that can execute dynamic applications as well. This is referred to as a dynamic server, as it contains an app, an HTTP server, and, of course, files that communicate with one another. And while that may be all we need for some applications, most dynamic websites or apps will also require the use of a database, which we may access directly from applications. The database can be used to store information such as users, application data, or text to populate a website design. A database will always be present in every significant application, and back-end code will interface with it. So, some common tasks handled on the back-end, or server side, include creating user profiles, logging in, sending emails, processing payments, retrieving and sending request data from a database to a client, manipulating data in the database, filling out website templates, and so on.
There are a number of various back-end technologies and stacks to choose from. PHP with a MySQL database, Python with a PostgreSQL database, and Ruby on Rails are just a few examples.
- Full Stack Development:
You may have heard the term “full-stack,” which simply refers to the front-end and back-end stacks combined. As a result, a full-stack developer is someone who works on both the front-end and the back-end of a website. However, full-stack developers are becoming increasingly rare, especially as the front-end is becoming more complex.
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