Full stack development means that you’re going to be working with all parts of the technology stack, from front-end design to server-side programming. It’s an extremely challenging position, especially for junior developers who haven’t yet had the chance to master any one part of the full stack. With that said, it can also be incredibly rewarding once you learn all the different technologies required to create a full-stack web app. In this article, we’ll look at the top 5 technologies you need to know if you want to work on the full stack.
1) React
React is a JavaScript library created by Facebook. React is known for its speed, simplicity, and scalability. It is used by the likes of Netflix and Instagram to power their interfaces.
2) Express.js
Express.js is a lightweight web framework built on top of Node.js and has become the most widely used framework in the MEAN stack. It provides a robust set of features that make it easy to build single-page, multi-page, and hybrid applications with a vast variety of frameworks like AngularJS, Ember.js, React.js, Vue.js, or your own custom framework.
3) NPM
The Node Package Manager (NPM) is a command line tool that allows you to find, share, and manage packages of code as well as build your own. It comes pre-installed with Node.js and is also available as an independent installation if you would like it on another system. NPM is used by developers around the world for installing, saving, and sharing code modules.
4) MongoDB
MongoDB is a document-oriented database and it can be used as a backend data storage system. It is built on a distributed, highly available system that stores all of its data in flexible JSON-like documents. These documents can contain anything from simple strings and numbers to more complex objects, including user-defined data types.
5) Node.js
Node.js is a JavaScript runtime environment that allows you to run JavaScript on the server side. It’s designed for building network applications and can be used to create web servers, or in conjunction with other technologies like Java or Ruby on Rails. Node.js is backed by an open-source community and offers a variety of packages called npm which provide libraries and functionalities related to programming tasks such as data storage, file uploads, parsing HTML, etc.