Backend is the server side of a website. It is part of the website that users cannot see and interact with. It is the portion of software that does not come in direct contact with the users. It is used to store and arrange data.
Backend Development Roadmap
- Knowledge of Web Server
- Programming Languages and Their Frameworks
- Version Control System (Git)
- Knowledge of Web Security
- APIs (Application Programming Interface)
- Containerization & Testing
- Deployment
- Cloud Providers
Popular Backend Technologies
- PHP: PHP is a server-side scripting language designed specifically for web development.
- Java: Java is one of the most popular and widely used programming languages. It is highly scalable.
- Python: Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more efficiently.
- Node.js: Node.js is an open source and cross-platform runtime environment for executing JavaScript code outside a browser.
1. Knowledge of Web Server
The web server runs websites, it stores, processes, and delivers (response) web pages to the user’s request. When the user makes a request by the web server, it is accepted by an HTTP server which finds and sends back the content to the browser through HTTP. Some examples of web servers are Apache and NGINX which are open-source platforms used to deliver content as per requests made.
2. Programming Languages and Their Frameworks
Choose and Learn any of the Programming languages and its frameworks.
- JS+NodeJS – With JavaScript being the most demanding programming language, you can explore various new concepts and build a very amazing website. It is used to build interactive and dynamic websites. For JS, we have a framework which is NodeJS, which is designed with real-time, push-based architectures, the single-threaded model used for backend API services. NodeJS allows you to run JavaScript on the server.
- Python+Django – Python is the easiest of all programming languages and with Django, it plays a perfect combination to build a website. With less code, you can build better and more easy web applications. Python is most commonly used for developing websites and it performs quicker implementations. Django is the most secure and scalable framework one should work with.
- PHP+Laravel – PHP (HyperText Preprocessor) is a general-purpose scripting language well suited for web development. It is a fast, flexible, and pragmatic language which powers everything from blogs to the most popular websites. Laravel is an open-source framework used to build a wide range of web applications. It is purely a server-side framework that manages data and uses MVC (Model View Controller) to break an application’s back-end architecture into logical parts making it easier to build.
3. Version Control System (Git)
Version control system helps in maintaining and tracking changes in code changes to be used for future implementations. They are software tools that help in managing changes in source code over time. Git which is free and open-source can be the best choice as a version control system because of its secure, flexible, and easy-to-edit features.
Why Git?
- It is the most commonly used version control system
- It tracks changes made in files.
- Git branches are cheap and easy to merge.
- You can move to specific versions whenever you want to.
- Demo change to check working of sync.php