What is the frontend?
Frontend and backend are two levels of a page or a program. The former is referred to as a “front end” or “superstructure” that user interface or that graphic user interfacethat users see and use. This includes all fonts, texts, colors, images and graphics that are available on a website. The user interface should appealingly and uncluttered be as well as easy to operate. In concrete terms, this means that users have everything intuitively can find and the colors and font are well coordinated and unitary are.
The surface is therefore composed of the web design and the Development together. It communicates with the backend to reconcile data and to reflect changes. In addition to end users, developers also have access to this, of course. They build the landing pages through which users contribute Call-to-action (CTA) buttons navigate become. In content management systems (CMS), the backend often means the administrator area. The frontend is then called the generated website.
What is the backend?
The backend in contrast, is everything that happens in the background. This applies to the code and all processes that end users do not see. Here will databases entered and the appropriate technical basis for the user interface created. This also includes APIs, i.e. interfaces that allow users to access, for example, Shop be able to access the respective page.
Another difference is also the programming language, because for the frontend rather HTML, CSS or JavaScript is used. Selection menus, input fields, and buttons, for example, are often based on HTML forms. In backend On the other hand, is more likely to Java, Python, or C++ resorted to. The backend ensures the Functionality of the website, the frontend for an appealing user experience.
