The players

Typically, the backend and the frontend are created by different teams, though, of course, you can have one developer creating it all. We’re also going to restrict our backend to a simple database, though any source of data can be a backend. Finally, we’re not going to build a full frontend (that would be a distraction from the point of this book) but, rather, we’re going to use a tool, Postman, to mimic a frontend. There will be more on Postman throughout this book.