Getting started with frontend web development

It's important to acknowledge the relevance of web development, and not only specifically to frontend development. Today, nearly every kind of software we build can be developed using web technologies, and target virtually every platform.

 

It's amazing how JavaScript has penetrated the industry and, it has certainly been a game changer ever since. Using web technologies, you can write complete backend systems, including microservices and serverless architecture styles, while using your preferred protocols and patterns, such as REST, GraphQL, and WebSockets. It doesn't stop there either: web technologies are relevant for IoT, VR, OpenGL, and even databases!

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MongoDb supports implementing stored procedures using JavaScript.

Focusing on frontend web development, what is a web app really? When people hear the term web apps, they usually think about apps that run in the browser. However, that has not been the case for a long time now. Web technologies...