täisstack

Täisstack, or full-stack in Estonian usage, refers to a software development approach in which a developer or team works across all layers of a web application, from the client-side user interface to the server, application logic, databases, and deployment. The term emphasizes breadth of skills across the stack, rather than specialization in a single layer.

A typical full-stack scope includes front-end development (HTML, CSS, JavaScript and frameworks such as React, Vue, or Angular), back-end development (server-side languages and frameworks like Node.js, Python, Java, Ruby, PHP), databases (SQL and NoSQL), APIs and integration (REST or GraphQL), and deployment/DevOps aspects such as version control, containerization, and cloud services.

Benefits of a täisstack approach include faster development cycles, greater flexibility, and reduced coordination costs in small teams, as a single person or a small group can design, implement, and deploy features end-to-end. Challenges include maintaining depth across multiple domains, keeping up with rapidly evolving technologies, and potential trade-offs in architecture quality or performance if not managed carefully.

Common stacks described as full-stack variants include LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP), MEAN/MERN (MongoDB, Express, Angular/React, Node.js), and Python-based stacks with Django or Flask plus front-end frameworks. However, täisstack is not tied to a single technology; it denotes a capability to handle the entire application stack.

Skills and education: foundational web technologies, one or more back-end languages, database knowledge, APIs, version control, and basic DevOps.