Developing in the server
Now that you know the basics of application development in the browser, you can expand your knowledge into the server side. When working on the server, you have different challenges to solve and because of that, you will have to approach them differently.
It's not that it's more difficult to work in the server compared to the browser, but the approach of those solutions may not be appropriate for all use cases. You may also find that security is more paramount in server environments as they interface with databases that can store private data, secrets, and sensitive or personal information.
Understanding the server environment
In general, when working on the server, you have application code that serves requests over a port (TCP, UDP, or other protocol). A typical case is with an HTTP server but it can be anything in between from internal microservices to internal tools, daemons, and so on. We can identify the following key considerations...
