--- title: 2024’s Tech Trend: Frontend for Backend | daily.dev description: Frontend for Backend (FFB) is a development approach that integrates admin panels into web applications to make backend management more efficient and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2024-s-tech-trend-frontend-for-backend-30xjamaah twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 2024’s Tech Trend: Frontend for Backend | daily.dev og:description: Frontend for Backend (FFB) is a development approach that integrates admin panels into web applications to make backend management more efficient and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/2024-s-tech-trend-frontend-for-backend-30xjamaah og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/30xjAMAaH.png og:image:alt: 2024’s Tech Trend: Frontend for Backend og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 2024’s Tech Trend: Frontend for Backend **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 2 min read · 281 upvotes · 19 comments ## Summary Frontend for Backend (FFB) is a development approach that integrates admin panels into web applications to make backend management more efficient and user-friendly. It simplifies the development process for frontend developers and allows for quick and easy adjustments through the frontend. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@mgaebler** · 3 upvotes > The whole article gives me no concrete hint about 'the thing'. They call it FFB (Frontend for Backend) but if you follow the link it's called webcrumbs. Then it's called the 'wordpress for node.js'? It's hard for me to grasp what the guys doing and it feels like buzzwording some artificial trend. Maybe someone can enlighten me. **@arsalanmalik** · 2 upvotes > good job **@sebconejo** · 1 upvotes > We're also conducting a survey to better understand how front-end developers see back-end development. If you're a front-end developer, you can take the survey here : https://forms.gle/MTz1yXSjg7S6z1tQ9 > > Our approach behind this survey is to validate a hypothesis. We're currently working on a backend solution for front-end developers. > > Thanks devs **@eyalc4** · 1 upvotes > Well written. Remind me of the frontend cloud statement from [Vercel](https://vercel.com/resources/the-frontend-cloud-ecosystem): > > "A frontend cloud is an open platform providing the developer workflow and global infrastructure required to develop, ship, and scale your composable application. As today's websites shift toward decoupled, composable architectures, businesses are turning to the frontend cloud as the global scaffolding for their applications." **@eighteyes** · 1 upvotes > Isn't this just Platform architecture with a different name? not trying to be glib, genuinely curious ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/2024-s-tech-trend-frontend-for-backend-30xjamaah) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"2024’s Tech Trend: Frontend for Backend","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/2024-s-tech-trend-frontend-for-backend-30xjamaah","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/2024-s-tech-trend-frontend-for-backend-30xjamaah"},"datePublished":"2023-12-29T21:12:56.946Z","dateModified":"2023-12-29T21:12:55.055Z","description":"Frontend for Backend (FFB) is a development approach that integrates admin panels into web applications to make backend management more efficient and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/72d1d3e8fabd226cf7fcd613a84f8138?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/72d1d3e8fabd226cf7fcd613a84f8138?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":19,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/2024-s-tech-trend-frontend-for-backend-30xjamaah","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":281},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":19}],"keywords":"webdev,nodejs","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"2024’s Tech Trend: Frontend for Backend"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/2024-s-tech-trend-frontend-for-backend-30xjamaah","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"The whole article gives me no concrete hint about ‘the thing’. 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