In my previous article I gave an explanation to the terms “web design” and “web development”. Now, it’s time to dig deeper and see what is the difference between front end and back end web development.

Front end web development

Front end web development is part of the web development process. Front end development is web programming (coding) the visual “front” of the website. This visible element of the website is responsible for what you see, graphics, layout, fonts etc. Most used programming languages for this development phase of a website are HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Back end web development

Back end web development is part of the web development process. Back end development is web programming (coding) the invisible “back” of the website. This invisible element of the website is responsible for database actions, registration, upload, calculations etc. Most used programming languages for this development phase of a website are PHP, ASP, C+.

Have your web guy explained this to you?