# What Is a Full-Stack Framework? Backend-First and Frontend-First Approaches

DevFeed: [What Is a Full-Stack Framework? Backend-First and Frontend-First Approaches](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-is-a-full-stack-framework-34914.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://frontendfocus.substack.com/p/what-is-a-full-stack-framework>)

Author: Mads Brodt

Published: 2024-05-30T15:01:38Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Front-End Focus](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-end-focus.md>)

Topics: [Full-Stack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/full-stack.md>), [Frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frameworks.md>), [Server-side rendering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server-side-rendering.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/laravel.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [Django](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/django.md>), [Nuxt.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nuxt.md>), [Remix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remix.md>)

Tags: [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [django](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/django.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [frontend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frontend.md>), [full-stack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/full-stack.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [nuxt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nuxt.md>), [rails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rails.md>), [remix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remix.md>), [ssr](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssr.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The article compares traditional backend-first full-stack frameworks such as Laravel, Ruby on Rails, and Django with frontend-first JavaScript frameworks such as NextJS, NuxtJS, and Remix. It explains their differing approaches to server-side work, databases, authentication, templating, and client-side interactivity, noting that each has advantages and disadvantages.

## Source excerpt

There's been a lot of discussion in the web space lately on what a full-stack framework actually is.