Start Over Coder

Finally starting to understand backend programming and how it all comes together with the front end! Since it’s still pretty new to me, here’s an explanation in the simplest terms possible. If you missed episode 20 you can go back and listen to my first introduction to the backend..it was a major FAIL! So why is the backend necessary? It basically comes down to what your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc.) can and can't do. It can process HTML to put content on the page. It can process CSS to style the content and make it look interesting. And it can process JavaScript to make things a little bit more dynamic. What it can't do is process information from the user in a permanent way (like if they fill out a form for example), or pull existing information from a database (like if you want their name, photos, or personalized content to show). That's where the server comes in. The server can process all of this information (and more) and then translate it into the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that you