Cheat sheet: Front and back
The 34 terms of this lesson, part by part, with the French word a team in France would use.
1. Three places where a website runs
- Front endfront-end
- the part of a website that runs in the visitor's browser, such as the page, its buttons and its forms.
- Back endback-end
- the part of a site that runs on a server, such as accounts, data and rules, which visitors never see.
- Outside serviceservice tiers, service externe
- a service from another company that does one job for a site, such as payments, sending emails or maps.
- HTMLHTML
- the language that holds a page's content and labels what each part is, such as a heading, a link or a list.
- CSSCSS
- the language of style rules that decide how each part of a page looks and where it is placed on the screen.
- JavaScriptJavaScript
- the programming language that browsers run to add behaviour to a page, such as a menu that opens.
- Quotedevis
- a firm written offer with the price, the dates and the work included, signed before the work starts.
2. A check in the page is only a suggestion
- Developer toolsoutils de développement
- the panels built into every browser, opened with F12, that show a page's code, style rules and errors.
- Client-side checkvalidation côté client
- a check that runs in the visitor's browser, which gives a quick answer but can be changed or skipped.
- Server-side checkvalidation côté serveur
- a check that runs on the company's server, which the visitor cannot see or change.
- AI agentagent d'IA
- a program that reads and writes a project's files and runs commands, following your requests in a chat.
3. From pages to a private area
- Static sitesite statique
- a site made of pages built in advance from the data, which the host sends exactly as they are.
- Hostinghébergement
- the service that stores a site's files and sends them to visitors.
- Databasebase de données
- an organised store of data on a server, such as every message left in a guestbook.
- Ready-made servicesolution clé en main, SaaS
- an online tool you subscribe to instead of building one, such as a booking tool or a form service.
- Loginconnexion
- the step where a person proves who they are to a site, usually with an email address and a password.
- Unlisted pagepage non répertoriée
- a page with no link pointing to it, which anyone who has its address can still open.
- Personal datadonnées personnelles
- any information about a person who can be identified, such as a name or an email address.
- GDPRRGPD
- the European law on personal data, which applies as soon as a site collects a name or an email.
4. Placing a tool on the map
- Stackstack technique
- the list of tools behind a site, such as React for the page and Firebase for the data.
- ReactReact
- a popular JavaScript tool that builds only the part of a site that runs in the browser.
- WordPressWordPress
- a popular tool that builds pages on a server, keeps the content in a database and gives an admin screen to edit it.
- WebflowWebflow
- a paid online service that combines a design tool, hosting and content editing in one subscription.
- FirebaseFirebase
- a Google service that rents you a ready-made back end, with a database, logins and file storage.
- SupabaseSupabase
- an online service that rents you a ready-made back end, with a database, logins and file storage.
- Admin screenback-office
- the private pages where a team edits a site's content, such as texts and images, without touching code.
- Lock-indépendance au fournisseur
- the situation where leaving a tool is hard, because your site and data only work inside it.
5. What to ask
- Server-side checkvalidation côté serveur
- a check that runs on the company's server, which the visitor cannot see or change.
- Stackstack technique
- the list of tools behind a site, such as React for the page and Firebase for the data.
- Hostinghébergement
- the service that stores a site's files and sends them to visitors.
- Databasebase de données
- an organised store of data on a server, such as every message left in a guestbook.
- Outside serviceservice tiers, service externe
- a service from another company that does one job for a site, such as payments, sending emails or maps.
- Maintenancemaintenance
- the regular work that keeps a site working after launch, such as updates, fixes and renewals.
- Lock-indépendance au fournisseur
- the situation where leaving a tool is hard, because your site and data only work inside it.
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