A full stack developer is someone who develops or manages the Back-end and Front-end development of a website or web app. Let’s break this down!
Front-end development: This is the beautiful part of a website you can interact with, everything from the logo, buttons, text, and images. The languages recommended for this are HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Back-end development: This refers to the part of the website users don’t see. It pretty much works as an undercover agent lol. Back-end development covers server-side web application, logic and integration and activities, like writing APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) and working with databases. The recommended languages are JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, and MongoDB.
A full stack developer basically has to do both (Front-end and Back-end development). Most companies now differentiate roles for Front-end and Back-end developers. So don’t let this scare you. You can get a job with knowledge of only Front-end development or Back-end.