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Posted by Corey Carter
Corey Carter
21,593 Points

Back-End Development Track

Hi, I have been working through the Front-End development track for 2 weeks. It's great! However, I am wondering if there will be a back-end track? I know that there are tons of language options for back-end development and they don't all tie together like the various technologies on the front-end but was wondering if that was something to come in the future. Thanks!

4 Answers

Ryan Duchene
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Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points
Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

It's pretty much what you said. Backend development is so incredibly varied that it's split into several different tracks. For instance, Rails Development and PHP Development are both back-end tracks that cover different languages. WordPress Development also kinda fits into that category.

There are dozens of other backend systems out there (including Python/Django, Perl, and NodeJS) that Treehouse doesn't cover right now (though I hear Andrew's working on a Node course).

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

It's not called Back-End Track, but I would consider it to be about the back-end:

The PHP Dev Track:

http://teamtreehouse.com/tracks/php-development

It has courses covering PHP, MySQL, JS, and Console usage.

Corey Carter
Corey Carter
21,593 Points
Corey Carter
Corey Carter
21,593 Points

That all makes sense. Thanks for your input!

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

Here's a web development diagram if it helps bring things together. It was originally created by Will Stern on YouTube.

Charlie Mudrick
Charlie Mudrick
9,221 Points

Dustin Matlock, would you please re-post your link to the diagram? The current is not working, and my web searching is coming up blank.