BECOMING A FULL STACK DEVELOPER
So many people around the world and Africa in particular are working towards becoming full stack developers but don’t know what it takes to become a full stack developer.
Be Rest assured that, there is no single path to becoming a full stack developer.
By learning one or more of these technologies sighted below, you will become familiar with each development layer and be up-to-speed on the most in-demand programming languages
A full stack developer is a programmer skilled in coding both the frontend and the backend parts of a web application by the use of different technologies.
The frontend: This is the part of the web application that the user sees and uses.
The backend: These are parts of the application that function behind the scenes and execute the commands issued by the user which usually includes:
- logical processes
- database-related processes
- validation of users
- server configuration
A full stack developer is not expected to be an expert in all areas pertaining to the frontends and backbends. The individual needs to be knowledgeable in all the technologies involved and should be able to understand the processes happening within the entire application.
Programming languages for full stack developers
- html, css
- JavaScript & JQuery
- python
- PHP
- MEAN: Mean is fully used by major tech companies such UBER, Google, PayPal and Netflix (a combination of JavaScript technologies)
- MongoDB for databases
- Js for the web framework
- AngularJS for the front-end framework
- js for server platform
- RUBY on Rails (technology stack for twitter, GitHub, SoundCloud, Shopify and Basecamp)
- Swift (for iOS)
