What are front end and back end programming languages?

Question

i was reading an article about working of social networks and it said it involves front end languages like php and back end languages like c++.what does this means.
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Answer 1

C++ can be either in normal client/server environment. For web environments PHP is processed by a web browser (front end).



Basically, front end is a pretty interface for one person to look at (in the case of social networks being on a web browser, PHP would be ideal) and backend is what those users don't see. The nitty gritty foundation of the software itself. The code that sits on the servers and keeps it all together, serving muliple users, handling privacy, etc.



EDIT

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Answer 2

Back End Languages

Answer 3

Front End Languages

Answer 4

Front end are languages used for user interfaces and the like. PHP is one example. XUL which runs the firefox and seamonkey web browsers (yes I am serious) is another. Usually they are interpreted, which is convenient for developers because it means they don't have to recompile them after every single change. Back end languages are the languages used to write the parts of the program used to interact with the hardware. Thus game engines, browser engines and so forth are often written in C++ because first it is a compiled language which provides straightforward tools for modelling any device logically you don't already have a driver for and because it has many features of data security which make it easier to keep track of many variables.

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What are front end and back end programming languages?

i was reading an article about working of social networks and it said it involves front end languages like php and back end languages like c++.what does this means.

thnxxx.......

Answer 6

Basically the only difference is a frontend lang. does Not have the capabilities to connect to a database a backend does..



Here's some frontend lang. HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, Ajax, Jquery

Here's some backend lang. PHP, ASP.net, Ruby, C#, C++, ColdFusion

Answer 7

The front end is the program that is itself in the web-page, or directly generates the web page. The back end in anything that the front-end program uses in the background. Typically, there are 3 tiers, front end, back end, and database.

Answer 8

Front end languages are the ones the we see as 'end users': Php,Javascript, Html, CSS, Ajax, DHTML, Flash, etc.



Back end is the stuff that you can't see (php includes) c/c#/c++, java (sometimes), pretty much any type of database (mysql, postgresql, mssql, sql, nosql, etc.) Ruby, etc.

Answer 9

Front end is design (i.e) the design r any image visible in front of us in said to be as front end

in vice versa backend is programing or coding.