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An important thing happened in 2009: Node.js was announced, and for the first time in history, web developers could write serious back-end code with Javascript, which was previously only used for the front-end. It was a big thing, not only because Node.js is an excellent tool but also because it opened the door for unifying front-end and back-end development, at least at the language level. As a result, it’s much easier (both psychologically and practically) for front-end developers to start messing with back-end code when they don’t need to switch to another language (and corresponding tools).
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Take Next.js, one of the most popular front-end frameworks, as an example: Next.js allows you to create API endpoints for executing code on the server-side. This makes it possible to do backend-ish things — like querying a database or validating users — right within the front-end framework. In some cases, you can now implement a full-fledged application entirely with one framework and one language (if we could HTML/CSS/Javascript as one).
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SurveyJS
Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
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Server-side programming has its own nasty intricacies. Fortunately, new generation startups are building solutions to ease the pain. For instance, user authentication and authorization are notoriously hard to implement correctly, and Auth0 is dedicated to hiding the complexity by offering a set of plug-and-play APIs. So instead of thinking of technical details, you can now focus on high-level workflows. There’re more examples of such trends in other domains, like payment systems, CMS, e-commerce, etc.
