When I worked on full-stack projects, I'd always start by understanding what the frontend needed to display but not necessarily how, which translated well into

When I worked on full-stack projects, I'd always start by understanding what the frontend needed to display but not necessarily how, which translated well into a database schema and some type definitions. I would then mock these out so I could start prototyping the rest of the frontend. This usually involved setting up UI components, pages, and linking them up with actions. The goal of the prototype was to demonstrate a few end-to-end (albeit mocked) flows to the user. With the flows and data types in place, it was trivial to design a set of API endpoints and build out the backend.