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We defined how our frontend should look like, now it’s time to think about the other side! While the frontend is responsible for interacting with users and making sure they have an amazing experience with the website, the backend is responsible for implementing the business logic as well as making sure that the information is quickly accessible and securely stored.
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APIs can be a quite abstract concept with lots of different meanings depending on the context. I am talking specifically of Web APIs.
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If you want to play around a fun API, check out the API built for returning information about A Song of Ice and Fire book series: https://fdly.li/06-01
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Portella, L. (2023). Backend: What’s Underwater. In: A Friendly Guide to Software Development . Friendly Guides to Technology. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8969-3_6
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