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Ask HN: What is a 'full stack' website?

by greyfox on 4/10/18, 3:50 PM with 5 comments

Hi i was browsing a separate ASK HN question and saw someone mention a full stack website, and i've heard of full stack devs but never a 'full stack website'

is there a single composition of the components of a full stack website? Or does it vary?

Ask thread that mentions a full stack website: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16800510

  • by smt88 on 4/10/18, 4:29 PM

    That term is unusual enough that I've never seen it.

    So-called full-stack developers are people who build the back-end (server side) as well as the user-facing front-end (client side). As far as I know, it only refers to web development, so the client will usually be a browser or native app.

    Based on context, it seems like "full-stack website" means a website that has some business logic on the back-end. This would be distinct from a static site.

    (A "static" site does technically have a back-end, but it would just be serving flat HTML/JS/CSS files that are unmodified.)

  • by tylerhou on 4/10/18, 3:55 PM

    Do you have a link to provide context?