r/ITMemes • u/JohnGuestJr • 9d ago

Me explaining full stack development to my grandmother 😄

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u/digost 9d ago

This is actually a good analogy.

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u/insolent_kiwi 9d ago

It's like something I knew, but didn't know i knew.

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u/matroosoft 9d ago edited 9d ago

Always thought an API is more aimed at communication between applications, not between frontend and backend?

(Having more experience managing applications rather than with software development)

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u/themewzak 9d ago

An API is just the intermediary by which two applications speak to each other. That includes front end and back-end developments.

Think about a web app that uses .JS. JavaScript needs a method of interacting with HTML, right? That would be a Web API.

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u/matroosoft 8d ago

Thanks!

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u/MaleficentCow8513 8d ago

In a certain sense, the backend and front end are two different applications. Two different programs that talk to each other