In our first recipe, we looked at using Java APIs to build a UI. It often happens that a person who is adept at Java might not be a good UI designer; that is, they may be poor at identifying the best user experience for their app. In the world of web development, we have developers working on the frontend, based on the designs given by the UX designer, and the other set of developers working on the backend, to build services that are consumed by the frontend.
Both developer parties agree to a set of APIs and a common data interchange model. Front-end developers work by using some mock data based on the data interchange model and also integrate the UI with the required APIs. On the other hand, backend developers work on implementing APIs so that they return the data in the interchange model agreed upon. So, both parties work simultaneously...
