Connecting Front-End to Back-End

Why Connecting Front-End to Back-End?

Joining the front-end and back-end in a full-stack application is essential in providing a seamless user experience and a smooth deployment process. Learn how to connect the two to gain a powerful skill, become a better web developer, and improve your understanding of how web apps work. In this course, you’ll learn about the various methods for rendering a website, how to structure a REST API, and how to design apps using the Model, View, Controller (MVC) pattern. You’ll also practice what you’ve learned by building a client-side rendered app using React and Node.js.

Take-Away Skills

In this course, you will learn:

The difference between client-side rendering and server-side rendering and when each is most appropriate
How to write code that enables the front-end and back-end of your web application to communicate with each other
How to design a RESTful API
How to use React and Node to build a cleanly structured, client-side rendered application
How to implement MVC architecture in a full-stack application

Note on Prerequisites

A strong foundation in Web Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Node.js, and React are prerequisites for this course. We also recommend taking a look at the Design Databases with PostgreSQL course before getting started.

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Welcome to Connecting Front-End to Back-End
Learn about what the Connecting Front-End to Back-End course has in store!
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Connecting Front-End to Back-End
Learn about client-side and server-side rendering and create REST API endpoints to connect the front-end to the back-end.
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How to Structure Your Apps
Get an introduction to the Model, View, Controller design pattern and create full-stack apps using MVC architecture.
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Next Steps
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How you'll master it

Stress-test your knowledge with quizzes that help commit syntax to memory

— Madelyn, Pinterest

I know from first-hand experience that you can go in knowing zero, nothing, and just get a grasp on everything as you go and start building right away.