--- title: "What is back-end development?" description: "What is back-end development?" author: "Erick Wilsom" published: 2023-10-21 updated: 2023-10-24 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104344/what-is-back-end-development category: "programming" tags: ["programming language"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is back-end development? ## Answers ### Answer by Saumya Mishra **Back-end [development](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/359/iphone-development-introduction) means working on server-side software, which focuses on everything you can't see on a website. Back-end developers ensure the website performs correctly, focusing on databases, back-end logic, [application](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/59/xaml-extensible-application-markup-language)** [**programming**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104343/what-is-a-programming-framework) **interface (APIs), [architecture](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/249193/top-5-reasons-to-pursue-architecture), and servers.** > The backend (or “server side”) is **the portion of the** [**website**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104337/how-to-create-a-website) **you don't see**. It's responsible for storing and organizing data, and ensuring everything on the client-side actually works. The backend communicates with the frontend, sending and receiving information to be displayed as a web page. > A back-end web developer is **responsible for server-side web application logic and integration of the work front-end developers do**. Back-end developers are usually write the [web services](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/942/basics-of-asp-dot-net-web-services) and APIs used by front-end developers and mobile application developers. > **SQL is the most common backend** [**language**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104340/what-is-html-css-javascript). It is used to interact with databases and to create and maintain relational databases. - Three devices—servers, databases, and application programming interfaces—have their back-ends developed. A back-end developer should frequently be familiar with these systems' [programming languages](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12386/5-up-and-coming-programming-languages-to-know-about). Python, Java, . NET, Haskell, Clojure, [Structured Query Language](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11168/introduction-to-sql) (SQL), RoR, and PHP are some of these languages. - Backend developer skills are **a combination of technical and [soft skills](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/235809/6-soft-skills-all-leaders-need) required to perform all backend developer duties successfully**. As a backend developer, you should have the technical skills to work with server-side scripting languages, APIs and database management tools. - The back end refers to **parts of a computer application or a program's code that allow it to operate and that cannot be accessed by a user**. Most data and operating syntax are stored and accessed in the back end of a computer system. Typically the code is comprised of one or more programming languages. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/104344/what-is-back-end-development Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.