INTRODUCING THE BACKEND PART 2

 

Have you ever thought about the real heroes who have been working behind the scenes for every web based applications that you come up on your daily basis???...What happens when you click on submit or cancel  button in any forms or some registering purposes you came across?? Where does the information go and how??

Well, we will jump into our topic which is backend so that you will come up with the solutions for the above questions. Backend is nothing but the portion of the website which you don’t see. Backend stores, organizes data and ensures working towards client-side requirements. As we have a good knowledge about frontend, backend communicates with front end it sends, receives information which is to be displayed on webpage. At the beginning I have started with a question that how submit or cancel button works?? Yes, here it is. Whenever you fill a form your browser sends a request to the server side that is backend which returns in the form of frontend code so that the browser can interpret and display.

 

SKILLS REQUIRED FOR A BACKEND DEVELOPER:

Backend is much more variant than frontend. Backend deals with quite more skills and we need to be well versed  to become a good backend developer. Don’t panic.. let’s  discuss on it...The essential skills required are:

  •          Programming languages
  •          Database
  •          Server
  •         API

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:

As there are many languages , which would you choose??.. let me tell you the most recommended and top programming languages .

1.     PYTHON -  It has a huge collection of standard libraries which  comparatively easier and efficient.

2.    PHP- It is an interpreted language which works on every operating  system like windows, linux, mac os, unix.  As, a beginner you can opt PHP as a backend.                  

3.   JAVA- It is platform-independent, follows oops concepts and it is used in android, scientific applications.

Additional to this there are RUBY, GOLANG,C# too...So picking out a suitable backend language  and having knowledge about its frameworks depends on your individual aspects, project  requirements and your learning ability.

DATABASE:

Database stores data and makes it simple to recover, alter the required information. A backend developer should have knowledge about various DBMS technologies. The  most important type of database is MySQL. MySQL has its own queries to perform  so that when the developer types the particular query the desired result is obtained. There are other databases such as MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle.. But my suggestion is MySQL which is more efficient and understandable too.

 SERVER  :

Server is nothing but a means of medium which delivers important services. This receives the requests for web based files such as HTML,CSS,JS…and sends these files to client and it  provides resources such has  storage space, security, database. Having exposure to handling  Apache, Nginx, Microsoft IIS is recommended.

 API:

API (Application Programming Interface) is an interface where frontend communicates with backend. It acts as a bridge layer that is it accepts requests to backend and retrieves relevant data and returns as a message. Knowledge of web services such as REST and SOAP is desirable.



 BECOME  A CONFIDENT  WEB DEVELOPER:

Now we have a good idea of what you should learn, so start learning . Learning backend is challenging. Grasp the concepts and build models  on your own so that you come to know how the backend of a web application works. Knowledge of algorithms and data structures is also essential for a proficient full stack developer. Full stack  developer???  Yes, one who handles everything which we came across till now Database, servers, clients and systems and the knowledge you gained in both frontend and backend makes you a full stack developer. Along with this , there are self requirements which are essential  they are :

  •     Creativity
  •     Curiosity
  •     Good communication skills, thinking.
  •     Time management

Well, sometimes the only thing separating you from success or failure is willingness to pursue. Successful developers work smart and achieve better results. Everyone are beginners at some stage, but how you showcase your work to all matters. Build up a good list of projects, websites and expand your network as a confident developer. Hope you all liked this article. Share your ideas, comments and stay engaged for more blogs.


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