# Should we add our own backend server to Square?

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**Created:** [June 6, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/should-we-add-our-own-backend-server-to-square/6135 "2022-06-06T12:33:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![atish.paul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@atish.paul](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/atish.paul)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/should-we-add-our-own-backend-server-to-square/6135/1 "2022-06-06T12:33:46Z")

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**Should we add our own backend server to Square?**

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/should-we-add-our-own-backend-server-to-square/6135/2 "2022-06-06T18:43:06Z")

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👋 A typical application with Square will have a frontend (client component) and a backend (server component).

- The frontend refers to the user interface that receives user input. It is built using technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for web applications and Objective-C, Swift, Java, or Kotlin for iOS and Android applications.
- The backend works behind the scenes. It receives user input, pulls the necessary data, and sends the data back to the frontend. 🙂