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Backend development

Backend development

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Backend development

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- Most sophisticated web applications consist of a front-end, which is the client side of the application, and a back-end, which is the server side of the application. The server side is where the majority of the data for the application is persistent. For example, when a user clicks the Find reservation button, the application must look for that reservation in a database that exists on the server side. A database is simply a structured collection of data. In this case, it holds all of the reservations for the hotel. But how will the application know which reservation to search for? Well, that information was provided within the text fields on the front-end. When the find reservation button is pressed a request is made to the back-end to find the reservation that matches the data entered into the text fields. The request is made via an API call. A API stands for Application Programming Interface and is a way for different…

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