Backend is the server side of web development which focuses on how a website or web application works. There are several technologies used by backend developers to ensure the backend remains strong, smooth, and scalable however, continuous evolution in technology keeps presenting better options for users. This article is an attempt to look at some of the most used and popular backend technologies. However, which technology will work the best for your business is determined by several factors. Development speed Time required to write the codes and perform specific functions and how easy is to learn Security The security threshold required and time needed to fix issues and breaches and debugging. Flexibility The ability to support multiple paradigms or perform more than just building a database Availability of talent A popular technology will ensure the ready availability of developers with the desired skill set. We are a team of IIT / ISB alumni who are passionate about solving the key problem of starting a career in tech. A lot of smart and hardworking graduates find it difficult to crack high paying tech jobs either because of their background and their college not being able to help them get interviews. Hence, we started this pay after placement boot camp that hand holds people from skilling till employment.

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TOP 10 BACKEND
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INTRO
Backend is the server side of web
development which focuses on how a
website or web application works. There
are several technologies used by
backend developers to ensure the
backend remains strong, smooth, and
scalable however, continuous evolution
in technology keeps presenting better
options for users.

3. LARAVEL
It is an open source PHP based
framework used to create a wide
range of custom web applications. A
server side framework developed by
Taylor Otwell , manages data with the
help of Model View Controller which
allows the back end architecture to be
broken into small logical components.
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4. EXPRESS JS
It is a Node.js framework designed to
build API’s web applications cross-
platform mobile apps quickly and
make node js easy. Founded by TJ
Holowaychuk, it is the backend
component of popular development
stacks like the MEAN, MERN, or MEVN
stack, together with the MongoDB
database software and JavaScript
front-end framework or library.
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5. DJANGO
Django is one single product with
everything a developer needs to
create an application. It works
seamlessly and follows consistent
design principles with extensive up-to-
date documentation.
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6. CAKE PHP
CakePHP is an open-source web
framework. It follows the model–view–
controller (MVC) approach and is
written in PHP, modeled after the
concepts of Ruby on Rails, and
distributed under the MIT License.
CakePHP uses well-known software
engineering concepts and software
design patterns, such as convention
over configuration, model–view–
controller, active record, association
data mapping, and front controller.
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7. RUBY ON RAILS
Ruby was created in the 1990s by
Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto and over
the years has cemented its place as
one of the most popular backend
programming languages. A general-
purpose language like Java, it is best
suited for web programming.
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8. SPRING
Spring is a backend application
framework for Java that came into
existence in 2003, as an addition to
Enterprise JavaBeans and as a
solution to problems faced by
developers while using EJB like
creating the home and remote
interfaces and implementing lifecycle
callback methods which lead to the
complexity of providing code for EJBs
and many others. Spring was
supposed to solve that and it did.
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9. PERL
“Practically Everything Really Likable“,
one of the acronyms Perl goes by
along with “Practical Extraction and
Reporting Language” which processes
text and extracts the required
information from a specified text file
that was originally developed for text
processing like extracting the required
information from a specified text file
and converting the text file into a
different form. It supports both
procedural and object-oriented
programming. It is syntactically similar
to C or C++ and therefore easy to learn.
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10. SCALA
Scala is a type of safe JVM backend
language that supports both object-
oriented and functional programming.
It is concise, logical, and a powerful
language and was first introduced in
2003 with an aim to improve upon
Java and be a language that is
scalable as per the user requirement.
Though Scala provides language
interoperability with Java, it comes
with features that are not present in
Java.
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11. FLASK
Flask is a backend microframework for
web development. It comes with tools,
libraries, and technologies that allow
developers to build a web application
without having to set up many things
to get the web app hosted and
running. It becomes super functional
for small web app development and
helps save a lot of time and cost on
maintenance.
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12. STRAPI
Strapi is an extremely popular open-
source backend content management
system that improves the quality of
content created, managed, and
published to any digital platform or
device. It gives a very consistent
experience and can be integrated with
any technology. The “locale” feature
on Strapi allows users to create,
manage and distribute localized
content in multiple languages.
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