What is Full-stack?
Also called: Full-stack developer
The short answer
Full-stack describes work, or a developer, that covers both the front-end a visitor sees and the back-end that stores data and runs the logic.
Full-stack, explained
A full-stack developer can take a feature from database to button. Frameworks like Next.js blur the line further by running both sides in one codebase.
Questions people ask about Full-stack
What is Full-stack?
Full-stack describes work, or a developer, that covers both the front-end a visitor sees and the back-end that stores data and runs the logic.
Related terms
The front-end is everything that runs in the visitor's browser: the layout, styling, content and interactions of a website or app.
Back-endThe back-end is the server-side part of a site that visitors never see: databases, logins, payments, business logic and the APIs the front-end calls.
Next.jsNext.js is a React framework for building websites and web apps, adding routing, server rendering, static generation and API routes on top of React.
WebsiteA website is a collection of linked web pages published under one domain name, stored on a server and viewed in a web browser.
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