Some questions from a new developer

[Maverick]

Fairly new to web development and there are some things I don’t quite understand. I know that you don’t need a back-end to build a static website, however AFAIK you either need a back end (with node, rails etc) or php to communicate with my own DB. I am looking into some courses and found the one linked bellow, which is about building a large project (already familiar with react, not react routes though). My question is – what back-end does he use/ how does he communicate with a DB? https://www.udemy.com/course/complete-react-developer-zero-to-mastery/ ​ In addition, my goal is to make a portfolio site that communicates with a DB . Want to use React (have to absolutely demonstrate a project with react – plus I like it) and Redux (it’s an overkill but want it for demo purposes). Should I use hooks instead though (not familiar with hooks yet)? And do I have to/would you suggest that I build a back-end too? – by hq overview Generic_Snowflake – –