Learning notes from this episode:

  • The bit of an app or site you interact with is called a front end. If you can touch it, swipe it or speak to it, it is a front end. The front end is a computer that speaks to humans.
  • The front end is like your sensory organs: eyes, ears and mouth.
  • The back end (the server side) is the bit of the app that you cannot interact with yourself: it is a computer that only talks to computers.
  • The server is the brain of your operation: it enables communication and stores data.

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Resources mentioned in the episode:

  • Article The Non-Techies Guide to Servers by Hackernoon
  • TFNT Podcast ep 37 APIs: Why Uber Uses Google Maps
  • TFNT Podcast ep 32 What Developers Do: Front End vs Back End

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