Learn what frontend, backend and API means in simple words

Опубликовано: 19 Май 2026
на канале: Leonard Thiele

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We have all been in situations where we listened to software engineers and didn’t understand what they were talking about. In this video, you will learn what the Frontend, Backend, and API are, and I will explain the most used terms around them in a simple way.

Further reading:

Backend/Frontend
The difference between frontend and backend:
https://www.conceptatech.com/blog/dif...

Frontend vs. Backend:
https://www.pluralsight.com/blog/soft...

API
Amazon: What is an API?
https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/api/

Mulesoft: What is an API?
https://www.mulesoft.com/resources/ap...

Outline
00:00 - Introduction
00:39 - Frontend
01:07 - Web applications
02:14 - Backend
03:23 - Database
03:47 - API
05:19 - Summary
05:41 - Outro