How to become senior Back-End Web Developer 2023

A back-end developer's job is to store and manage website data.  A back-end developer also controls the server-side logic of the website.

Become an expert in Back-End Web Development 

These days back-end web developers are in high demand in the market. That's why many students or beginners want to learn back-end web development.

Many freshers and junior developers become backend developers by learning PHP and Laravel(the framework of PHP), but they can not become senior backend developers with the help of these two languages.

Your future will be more brighter if you become an expert and senior back-end developer. 

PHP is one of the top server-side back-end languages but you can not become a senior back-end developer with only PHP. To become a senior backend developer you will need to learn more back-end programming languages along with PHP.

As we mentioned in my previous article, How to Become a Senior Front-end Developer, there was a question in the minds of many people If we want to become a senior back-end developer, how do we become one.

So in today's article, I will show you a complete guide on how you become a senior back-end developer. Read this article carefully till the end, if you want to become a senior back-end developer.

Become a senior Back-End Web Developer

If you want to become a senior back-end web developer, you need to follow a few steps below a few steps that help you to become a senior back-end developer.

1. Learn Back-end programming languages
2. Learn how to use Database
3. Get Knowledge of how to use the Internet
4. Knowledge about Github
5. Implement back-end logic in front-end project
6. Expert in Back-end language frameworks
7. Learn how APIs work
8. Learn the basics of Front-end languages
9. Learn about Domain & Hosting

1.    Learn Back-End Programming Languages

It is the first and an important step to becoming a senior back-end web developer. You need to learn some extra back-end programming language that help you to become a master in back-end web development.

Below is a list of a few top back-end programming languages that you must learn to become a senior back-end developer.

1. PHP
2. JavaScript
3. Python
4. Ruby

PHP is one of the top back-end languages. Php is a server-side scripting programming language. It is very important to master PHP to become a senior back-end developer.

Mostly beginners become back-end web developers with just PHP but you can never become a senior backend web developer with just PHP. You must also learn JavaScript, Python, and Ruby to become a master in back-end web development. 

2.    Learn how to use Database

To become a back-end developer, you should know how to use a database along with back-end programming languages. If you don't know how to use a database, you're not a back-end developer.

There are two types of databases to manage and store website data, first is a relational database and the second is a non-relational database. 

In the relational database, we can select MySql and MariaDB. MySql and MariaDB. MariaDB is a version of MySql.  

In a non-relational database, we can select MongoDB and CouchDB. MongoDB has more features compared to CouchDB.

3.    Get Knowledge of how to use the Internet

To become a better backend developer you need to be familiar with the internet, along with a high knowledge of how the internet works. 

Nowadays everyone uses the internet but no one knows how the internet works. This is a back-end developer job that should know how the internet works. If you want to become a senior back-end developer you should know what is HTTP, HTTPS, what is internet request, how the server responds to requests, etc.

4.    Knowledge about GitHub

GitHub is an open-source repository that anyone can access. On GitHub, you can upload any of your projects for anyone to view and find mistakes in your project.

GitHub is a website, but it has an open-source atmosphere because anyone can view or access data uploaded to it.

As a back-end web developer, you can upload your project's source code on Git Hub. Any user can view your uploaded code and copy it or find mistakes in your code and tell you in a comment section.

5.    Implement back-end logic in front-end project

It is an important step to become a senior back-end developer. Be sure to implement any backend functionality or logic you learn during your course in any front-end project to become a senior back-end developer.

6.    Expert in Back-end language frameworks

It is important to learn frameworks to become a senior backend developer. Many frameworks are used in back-end web development. But below I will show you top top-used back-end frameworks.

Laravel

Laravel is a top-used and popular PHP framework. Laravel is very easy to learn and understand. Laravel framework allows developers to use back-end facilities simply and easily. It is straightforward to implement Laravel functionality into our project.

7.    Learn how APIs work

API stands for Application Programming Integration. API's used to connect one program with another program, it works like a communication channel. In simple words, API works like a messenger.

It is a back-end developer job that knows what API's,  how API's works, and what API's key is. To become a senior back-end developer you must also know how APIs work.

8.    Learn the basics of Front-end languages

To become a senior backend developer you must know the basics of front-end languages because back-end finalities have to be implemented in your front-end projects.

9.   Learn about Domain & Hosting

 A domain is the website name that people search for. Hosting is a kind of memory or space where we keep our website date. It is important to learn about domain and hosting to become a senior back-end web developer.