How To Become A Back-End Developer?

CodeWithWebDevCodeWithWebDev April 22, 2021

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In this blog, we will talk about Back-End Development & how you can become a Back-End Web Developer. We have already seen a blog on How-To Become A Web Developer In 2021 & Becoming A Front-End Developer in 2021, But would be more specific to Back-End Developer Roles.


What we'll see in this blog:


# What is Web Development?

Web Development can be defined as the art of creating, building & maintaining a beautiful website's/webpages with an amazing UI (User Interface) for hosting them on the Internet.

It is basically about creating websites or progressive web apps that run on your web browser and on any screen size.

Website is a collection of multiple webpage's, many web pages put together creates a website.

Progressive web apps mean Applications that will run on your desktop as well as your mobile phone, they are delivered through the web.

Example: Amazon, Facebook, Google, etc.

Web Development involves learning programming languages, frameworks, libraries, databases, and much more. We need to learn all of this because different websites have different functionalities, use different technologies and every client has different requests, so we should be able to meet their needs.


# What is Back-End Development?

Back-End Development mainly focuses on the logic, storage, user information, login data of the user, etc., which communicates between the browser/application and the server.

Most of the websites contain a lot of things that anyone can’t see related to the user data management and the website, and this is the main functionality of any backend Development. Backend functionality is developed using different scripting and programming languages like .NET, Python, Ruby, C++, PHP, Java, etc. to create logical applications that deal with data. Simply backend development uses the input data received from the frontend and manages in databases.

The browser side is known as the client-side (or frontend) and the task related to the webserver (programming the server for getting any particular functionality) and databases (Storing, retrieving, deleting, or updating data) are known as backend.


# Skills Required For A Back-End Developer

The back-end developer is the programming brain behind the scenes. Their back-end code adds utility to everything the front-end developer creates.

Back-end developers work on the server-side. They work with frameworks, databases, and servers. Anything that the back-end developer codes are to make sure that everything in the front end works fine!  Example: Login/Registration.

The back-end developer has to make sure that the website/application, the server & the browser communicate with each other. If the browser does not communicate then it will not send a query, which then will not be fetched by the server thus not delivering results and thus causing failure. So this has to be taken care of by a back-end developer.


A back-end developer's job includes creating, manipulating, managing the database also building server-side software using backend frameworks, developing and deploying content management systems(CMS).

Backend developers are also responsible for debugging any backend elements of a site or an application.

To become a backend developer, you need to learn about the following components:

  • Programming or Scripting languages or Web Programming languages Frameworks
  • Databases and cache
  • Server
  • API (REST & SOAP)
  • Proficient knowledge of the back-end programming language and the framework that is used by the company
  • Understanding of front-end web technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (to communicate with team members on the front-end) 
  • Ability to manage a hosting environment, including database administration as well as scaling applications to handle the load changes
  • Knowledge of accessibility and security compliance 
  • Experience with version control, such as Git


# Languages To Learn

Back-End Languages & Frameworks:

I). Languages: 

-SQL:

Structured Query Language (SQL) is the most common query language. It’s used in relational database servers such as MySQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, and PostgreSQL.

-PHP:

PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. PHP is a server-side scripting language that is used specifically for web development. As PHP cannot be used for front-end development/ client-side development is used as a server-side language.

You can use PHP to perform File operations, handle forms, encrypt data, access databases.

-Python:

Python is also used as a server-side language. It is used to make web applications and is efficient, fast, easy to learn.

It has the most used web development frameworks such as Django, Flask, etc.

This makes Python a useful component in web development.

-Node.js:

Node.js is an open-source and cross-platform runtime environment that is used to run JavaScript outside of the web browser. It is not a Framework or a programming language, it is just a terminal/runtime environment. Node.js is used for building back-end services such as API. It can also perform File Operations, handle forms, access databases.

Other Back-end languages include Go Lang, C#, Java.


II). Famous Frameworks for back-end: 

  • Express
  • Django
  • Spring
  • Rails
  • .Net
  • Laravel

# Platform To Learn These Skills: 

# Free

1. W3Schools



2. MDN Web Docs



3. YouTube



4. CodeCademy



# Paid

1. Udemy

2. Coursera


# Job Opportunities: 

  • Back-End Developer
  • Back-End Engineer (aka JavaScript Developer or Full-stack JavaScript Developer)
  • PHP Developer
  • SQL Developer
  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • .Net Developer
  • C# Developer
  • Java Developer
  • And much more Job Opportunities are present. 

# Companies Hiring Back-End Developers: 

All the Top MNC's (Multinational Companies) hire Back-End Developers. 

A few of those are:

  • IBM,
  • SAP,
  • Apple,
  • Google,
  • Facebook,
  • Netflix,
  • Jio
  • and many more companies

# Conclusion

If you want to become a backend developer, learn all the above-mentioned necessary skills and increase your knowledge to get more benefits. First of all, start to learn any programming language, related frameworks, and databases with necessary quires, server knowledge, rest APIs, and any version control system.

Thanks a lot for keeping calm and reading this.
You know what to do and how to proceed.
You can contact me in case of any doubt or if you need assistance.
Let me know your thoughts in the comment section.




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