RESTful APIs

In full stack development, nailing down the API design early on is important. The API design itself is closely correlated with how your data contract will look. You may create RESTful endpoints or use the next-gen GraphQL technology. In designing your API, frontend and backend developers should collaborate closely to achieve shared design goals. Some high-level goals are listed as follows:

• Minimize data transmitted between the client and server
• Stick to well-established design patterns (in other words, data pagination)
• Design to reduce business logic present in the client
• Flatten data structures
• Do not expose database keys or relationships
• Version endpoints from the get-go
• Design around major data entities

You should aim to implement the business logic in your RESTful API. Ideally, your frontend shouldn't contain anything more than presentation logic. Any if statement implemented by the frontend should...