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Role of a full-stack developer
A full-stack developer is a programmer who has the basic knowledge for all layers of an application. Each layer is made using a different technology needed to complete the development of an application, which is often termed as “stack”.
A Full Stack developer is responsible for front and back-end web development. They need to understand how to work with several languages databases including PHP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and everything in between. Writing a good job description for a full stack developer will require you to understand the skills and responsibilities needed for the specific project and ongoing work
Let’s understand the job description of a full stack developer
Design overall architecture of the web application.
Maintain quality and ensure responsiveness of applications.
Collaborate with the rest of the engineering team to design and launch new features.
Maintain code integrity and organization.
Experience working with graphic designers and converting designs to visual elements.
Understanding and implementation of security and data protection.
Highly experienced with back-end programming languages {{Ex: PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, JavaScript etc}}
Proficient experience using {{Ex: advanced JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as AngularJS, KnockoutJS, BackboneJS, ReactJS, DurandalJS etc.}}.
Development experience for both mobile and desktop.
Understanding of server-side languages including {{such-as Jade, EJS, Jinja, etc.}}.
Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications.
Knowledge of code versioning tools {{such as Git, Mercurial or SVN}}.
The above clearly states the vitality of the role of a full stack developer to an organization.
Full stack developer : Front End developer + Backend developer
Building a web application typically involves the following sections
The front-end layer involves designing and developing the user interface. This involves using HTML, CSS and JavaScript fundamentally. In practice, it involves using frameworks and libraries like Sass along with CSS and AngularJS, jQuery, React or Backbone along with JavaScript. A developer in this area is called Front End developer
The backend layer involves writing server side code that uses at least one language and framework like Ruby (framework is Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, etc.), Python (Django, Flask or Bottle), Node.js (Express JS), PHP (Laravel), Java and Scala (Play Framework) etc. This layer receives requests from the client (The front end that we wrote previously or mobile apps) and eventually responds. A developer in this section is calledBackend developer.
Then there is the database layer which includes databases like MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB etc. This may require a developer to know SQL or MongoDB query language, etc. To summarise, building a practical application needs a minimum of one from each. Thus a full stack developer can contribute and build an end-to-end application
Full stack web developer simply means one who works on storage(db/cache generally), application/business logic(models, controllers) and the presentation(view, templates, front-end, JS/CSS/HTML).
In general, web development has 3 parts:
Storage - Database usually, sometimes file systems and extremely optimized search engines like Elastic Search/Solr less frequently.
Application/Business logic - Creating models to interact with database, writing business logic to filter or manipulate data, managing application states, developing APIs for consumption if needed and delivering data to the presentation layer.
Presentation - Using templates and the data delivered from the previous section to create html pages, writing JS, CSS to enable interactivity in the browser and present the data in appropriate layouts and designs, collect data from user and pass that to the application layer for processing.
Front-end developers get to work on the Presentation layer only. They deal with JS/CSS/HTML - design and interactivity.
Backend developers get to work on the Storage and Application layer. They write logic to handle and store data from the presentation layer and also decide what data needs to be provided to the user.
Front End developer + Backend developer = Full Stack developer