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What skills do backend web developers have?

Back-end web developers have a deep understanding of SQL and database architecture, and SQL-based relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redshift. They are able to build scalable developer-friendly APIs that integrate multiple data sources (both internal as well as external APIs) using server-side frameworks, libraries, and tools and develop object-oriented backend services and APIs on a modern web stack. We found the most in-demand developers on Monster and Craigslist have strong software engineering skills in Python server-side development, with the ability to design, implement, test, deploy and monitor API functionality. With a strong understanding of data modeling, good back end developers are able to work proficiently with Linux and Windows based infrastructure systems. They usually have excellent knowledge of code versioning tools, such as Git and Github.

Learn more about Git: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-is-git-and-how-to-use-it-c341b049ae61/

When should I hire a front-end web developer?

When you need to design and prototype the presentation UI layer for websites, you'll need someone who understands how to develop and implement front-end solutions in CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Opposed to backend developers who work on data storage and server-side processes, the front-end web developer controls what you see and interact with on a website in the browser, with languages like HTML5, Angular, React, JavaScript, HTML, CSS to build a responsive design. If you want to build a beautiful website that impresses users, you'll want to hire a front-end specialist familiar with common libraries (jQuery and Angular/Ember/React) and debugging tools (Chrome Dev Tools, etc.). They'll need good knowledge of native DOM (or Document Object Model), a programming interface which controls the structure and content of web page: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document_Object_Model/Introduction.

Front-end web developers usually also understand event APIs and bring a deep understanding of web performance and how browsers and DOM work to give you the best page loading times. Make sure your chosen developer has solid experience with unit testing of frontend components and experience with automated build pipelines, testing software frameworks with good reviews and a verified work history that you can always ask to see if the person's HostJane listing doesn't have enough details.

What's the difference between front-end and back-end development?

In a nutshell, a front-end web developer is concerned with building and developing the areas of a website that you can see in your browser, like Chrome, Firefox and Microsoft Edge, writing in languages like HTML, JavaScript and CSS which is how your users will interact with your website: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Front-end_web_developer

The back-end web developer is primarily concerned with the stuff under your website's hood - the way your website stores data; she or he writes code to control how your website calls the server that it's hosted on. That website architecture, scripting and database technology aren't seen by your users but have a big impact on their experience on your website. Backend developers often described as code "wizards" often have extensive training and college educations in computer science to attain their coding skills: https://bootcamp.cvn.columbia.edu/blog/back-end-developer-skills/

Is PHP good for mobile web development?

With all top PHP frameworks enabling great support for REST and GraphQL API, and having search engine-friendly code; particularly Symfony and Laravel, PHP is a great choice for mobile app development and often cheaper than JavaScript-based Node.js. Your SEO-optimized app can build on the strengths of template engines such as Twig or Blade. Using Symfony, you can quickly prototype a modern PHP mobile app with clean API automation, WebSocket and Microservices integration that can ensure your app performs stably for years.

How do PHP developers create websites?

PHP web developers will usually pick a framework like Laravel or CodeIgniter to translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code. Because Laravel is simpler and more intuitive for beginner web developers, it's often used as the PHP framework of choice to design, build and maintain high performance, reusable, and reliable RESTful Web Services and PHP web applications. Professional PHP developers who build complex web applications will address performance, quality, and responsiveness as priority issues and then identify and correct bottlenecks and fix bugs; which can all be done inside HostJane boards.

What's the best framework for development?

If you have the funds and time, opt to develop your website in a front-end framework like Node.js with Typescript or React (originally created by Facebook), the best web frameworks for top-notch SaaS apps and e-commerce stores and available under an MIT license. You will have a fast, scalable, easy-to-use and cross-browser compatible website that avoids spaghetti code and can accommodate latest APIs for rapid prototyping and great performance. Here are our top picks for best frameworks:

1. React
2. NodeJS (inc Express)
3. Angular
4. Vue.js
5. Django
6. LitElement (JavaScript library made by Google)
7. ASP.NET
8. Ember
9. Laravel
10. jQuery
11. Ruby on Rails
12. CodeIgniter

How do web developers plan and build websites?

Whether they're building a modern React or Angular JS application or using a framework like Bootstrap, jQuery and SASS to building websites from scratch (not templated!) with a UI/UX and front-end dev focus; your developer should involve you in the build process. Writing clean, maintainable and efficient code is guided by the requirements of the client - the process is configured to your tastes, ideas to provide support for not just the functionality you need, but HOW you need it. Should you use MySQL or Postgress? Do you need any message-queueing like RabbitMQ or Kafka? Will you need a JavaScript testing framework such as Jest or use of microservices and containers (which may require Docker)? These can only be answered when the developer has customized the build to your plans, so every website should have a unique planning stage.

How do webservers work?

In its simplest form, a web server is specialized software that websites use to answer calls from web browsers, and then server responses usually as web pages. Web servers "talk" to browsers through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) language, sending images, audio and video and saved files (.html) to respond to browser calls. Every website needs a web server layer, the most popular are Apache, Microsoft IIS, Nginx (pronounced as Engine X) and, LightSpeed Web Server: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/web-servers-work/.

Learn more about web servers: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Common_questions/What_is_a_web_server

What is UX/UI in web design?

UX stands for User Experience and covers the complete journey of a user on your website or app, from how user profiles are created, to how users can navigate across your site from product right through to the checkout and payment pages. Every user creates a story in navigation paths that can be analyzed and learned from to prototype and wireframe better experiences. In most cases this means better revenue, lower bounce rates and better word of mouth, so it's worth taking your time to get this right. UX depends on UI, which is concerned with the User Interface; in other words, what people see on the page from text font to spacing to the colors and visual elements used in a webpage. Striking the right balance of text, logo branding, buttons and navigation elements, customer research has shown has a large bearing on how much users will like your site or app. Here's some examples of websites that do both UI and UX extremely well: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-website-designs-list

Should I use Joomla or WordPress to build my website?

If you hire a WordPress web developer experienced in custom Gutenberg (an ace in PHP, JS, MySQL) and the WordPress API (https://developer.wordpress.org/), you can make enviable static websites and WooCommerce storefronts that hold their own against the world's biggest brands from Ted Blog to The Next Web. Using ACF - Advanced Custom Fields, React and Angular with WordPress API backend and integrating with MailChimp/Mandrill, you'd be surprised how powerful WordPress can be. To an extent the same is true with Joomla web development: the built-in functions like Jfactory, JPlugins and Joomla Components, Joomla Modules and Joomla Plugins can create a rich UI in JavaScript, HTML and SASS, or SCSS (https://developer.joomla.org/coding-standards/scss.html).

A developer said my code needs refactoring. Is that important?

The goal of refactoring is to produce the most secure, high performance, maintainable code version using industry best practices (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring), but the phase in the lifecycle when Software as a service (or SaaS) businesses optimize their code varies by many factors. Specialist refactoring programmers are concern with 1 central question: Can there be a better way to serve code that makes it more comprehensible and less exhaustive on the server? If the answer is yes, then refactoring, or "restructuring" your website or application's code into a rearranged version which preserve the intent of the code (what it actually does) but makes it more stable, easier to build with, maintain or modify in a transformed "refactored" version, then it's worth spending your time doing this tweaking. Remember, refactoring is about making changes for the better not doing major re-writes, so you can do unit tests to have peace of mind the code still works as you want it to.

How do you distinguish 'web design' from 'web development'?

Web design is a subset of web development, which is typically seen as a much deeper group of technical processes and operations (connected to the source code) involved in the bringing of a website or application to working availability on the internet or an intranet. Web development or dev isn't just about creating the site, it's about maintaining the finished build.

To name a few other web development processes in full-stack dev:

- Client-side scripting (Examples: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery)
- Server-side scripting (Examples: ASP.NET, C, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby)
- Database design (Examples: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, IBM DB2, Apache, MongoDB)
- Web content
- Network security
- Cache
- Search Engine Ranking and Optimization

More than CSS and layout of graphical elements or stock images on the page, web design includes a holistic set of values that make an app or site functional and complete.

Good file organization, having a mobile-friendly responsive navigation and security that acknowledges the latest industry protocols is all part of that. Good code etiquette is the keystone to good web design; the web designers we want at HostJane know how to integrate factors such the site's target audience and the business or projects call-to-action goals into the design layout across all devices.

How can I avoid working with an inexperienced web developer?

Like other freelance platforms, HostJane provides reviews for web developers but no actual vetting. So what should buyers look out for when assessing a web developers past work. The best way to decide if you want to work with a developer is to examine their portfolio or ask another developer you trust to examine their work before you hire them. If they don't have a current portfolio on HostJane, ask them to provide samples of previous, recent builds or projects similar to your proposed one.

What kind of schooling does a good web developer have?

Don't rule out a developer without a degree. Some of the best freelance web devs often don't have formal university computer science qualifications or a related degree. It's best to judge on their past work, reviews, how they communicate with you.

For front-end developers, look for an extensive grounding in common programming languages like HTML, PHP, Javascript, ASP.NET, Angular.js and comfort working in XML and implementing CSS. Back-end developers usually have experience in Python, Java or Ruby - depending on the project you will want to assign jobs to people with clear ability. If your project is a React build that should be in the developer's toolkit; don't hire anyone who might be learning on the job.

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