Front-End vs. Back-End

When you're at a theater watching an exciting play, everything you see on stage—the actors, the set design, the lights—is carefully crafted to keep you engaged. This is the frontend of the show. But while you’re focused on the stage, there’s an entire crew behind the curtain making sure the show runs smoothly. They control the lighting, sound effects, and manage the props—all invisible to the audience. This behind-the-scenes effort is the backend of the show.

A website works in much the same way. The frontend is what you interact with when you visit a site like Educative.io—the buttons, images, and layout. But behind the scenes, the backend is hard at work, managing the data and processing your requests to ensure that everything runs smoothly.

Let’s dive into what these two parts mean, using Educative.io as an example to understand the roles of the frontend and backend in more detail. ...