How to make a Stack Full!

Hi Digital Lovers,

These days, the majority of developers have "FullStack Developer" as their titles on LinkedIn and in their online portfolios. What does it actually mean, though? This article is more about the extent of the field than it is about the fundamental characteristics of a #fullstackdeveloper . Let's start by introducing this phrase.

?A Full Stack Developer is Who/What?

The term "Full Stack" describes a group of technologies, including #design , front end, back end, and server management, that are needed to create an application. The term "stack" here refers to the layers of #software — the programming language, #database , and framework—that were utilized to create the application, not the #data structure itself.

?Modern Full Stack Developer's Specialties

The software engineer of today needs to grasp a whole lot of things like

Design

?We must create the user interface or draw out a prototype before beginning any work. It is crucial for front end developers to visualise the product before putting it into use, for instance, with HTML and CSS. You can use several different design programmes, such as #figma , #dribble , or #adobephotoshop .

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Front End

A competent full stack developer should be functionally knowledgeable in front-end issues. The #frontend of your #application can be created using a variety of programming languages, #frameworks , APIs, and #libraries .

?Approximately 10-15 years ago, front end programming was rather simple because it used a combination of HTML and CSS. Javascript's massive entry into the front end scene altered the game.

Without having to reload the page, we can now play videos, embed other #websites , etc. So what skills must a front end developer possess?

Programming languages — These include #javascript for interaction, #css for styling, and #html5 to organise the webpage.

Frameworks include the powerful #rubyonrails on Rails, the simple-to-learn and-integrate #vuejs .js, the cross-platform #angular from Google, and the Facebook-developed #react framework.

?Back End

?On the backend, there are many factors to take into account. The preferred language comes first. Instead of delving into the necessary programming languages, I'll concentrate more on the principles required on the #backend . The majority of the action takes place on the server side, hence it is essentially referred to as "server-side" #programming that powers the features implemented on the frontend.

?Integrating APIs

?As backend developers, you should provide #api that any client may call and that evolve independently of client apps because many contemporary applications expose APIs that clients can utilize to communicate with the #app .

Dependency control

You work with #npm , gradle, composer, etc. here. You must steer clear of conflict and be well-aware of your surroundings.

Cache and a database

It is crucial to have knowledge of different DBMS, like #mysql , #mongodb, #oracle , etc.

Web hosts

Nginx, Apache, and other web servers, but we'll talk about this in the #devops section.

Although there are still many things to think about, these include:

How to make your app secure.

Using language-specific frameworks like #django , #Laravel, Spring, etc.

Writing unit- and integration-specific #code tests.

DevOps

Dev Ops is a combination of the terms "Developer" and "Operations," and it emphasises the cooperation and integration of operations staff and systems, particularly during production. This entails deployment and code automation as well as ongoing application monitoring.

Cloud

A developer also needs to be aware of the best cloud platform on which to host the application in addition to all of the above. You can pick from a wide range of providers, including #heroku , #googlecloud , #aws , and #microsoftazure .

Mobile

We also couldn't forget about #mobiledesign , of course. This decade has seen the overwhelming rise of Progressive #webapps (PWAs), which function just as well as #nativeapps .

Join me tomorrow as i break it down to make it easier for implementation because this is a whole lot of information.

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