Joining the front-end and back-end in a full-stack application is essential in providing a seamless user experience and a smooth deployment process. Learn how to connect the two to gain a powerful skill, become a better web developer, and improve your understanding of how web apps work. In this course, you’ll learn about the various methods for rendering a website, how to structure a REST API, and how to design apps using the Model, View, Controller (MVC) pattern. You’ll also practice what you’ve learned by building a client-side rendered app using React and Node.js.

Necessary preparation

• A strong foundation in Web Development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Node.js, and React are prerequisites for this course. We also recommend taking a look at the Design Databases with PostgreSQL course before getting started.

The Program

1. Welcome to Connecting Front-End to Back-End.
2. Connecting Front-End to Back-End.
3. How to Structure Your Apps.
4. Next Steps.

What will you learn

• The difference between client-side rendering and server-side rendering and when each is most appropriate.
• How to write code that enables the front-end and back-end of your web application to communicate with each other.
• How to design a RESTful API.
• How to use React and Node to build a cleanly structured, client-side rendered application.
• How to implement MVC architecture in a full-stack application.