Front End:

  • The parts of the website user can see, interact with
  • Purpose is to interact with user
  • For Web Designers
  • Human friendly
  • Combination of HTML, CSS, Javascript controlled by browser
    • Fonts, Drop-down menus, buttons, transitions, sliders, contact forms, etc.

Back End:

  • 3 parts: Server, Application, Database.
  • For Web Programmers
  • Database is like a giant excel sheet without sorting
  • Back End usually needs PHP, Ruby, Python

Extra Notes:

  • JQuery is a JavaScript library
  • Less is a CSS library
  • Bootstrap is a Front-End framework
    • Framework is kind of like an outline or skeleton needed for building software
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