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Full Stack Web Development

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Full Stack Web Development

Frontend Development

 

  • HTML5 and CSS3 fundamentals including semantic markup, responsive design, flexbox, and grid layouts
  • JavaScript programming covering ES6+ features, DOM manipulation, event handling, and asynchronous programming
  • Modern frontend frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js including component-based architecture and state management
  • Version control with Git and GitHub for collaborative development and code management

Backend Development

 

  • Server-side programming with Node.js and Express.js or alternatives like Python/Django or Ruby on Rails
  • RESTful API design and implementation including HTTP methods, status codes, and best practices
  • Database management covering both SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB) databases
  • Authentication and authorization implementation using JWT tokens, OAuth, and session management

Full Stack Integration

 

  • Connecting frontend and backend through API calls and handling CORS issues
  • Deployment and hosting using platforms like Heroku, AWS, or Netlify
  • DevOps basics including CI/CD pipelines, containerization with Docker, and cloud services
  • Testing methodologies including unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing

Things to Cover in Frontend

  1. Introduction to Frontend Development
  • Understanding the role of a frontend developer
  • Overview of web technologies (Browsers, DOM, Client-Server model)
  • Setting up the development environment (VS Code, extensions, Node.js, npm)
  1. HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
  • Basic structure of an HTML document
  • Semantic HTML tags (header, nav, article, footer, etc.)
  • Forms and input types
  • Media elements (images, audio, video, iframes)
  • Accessibility fundamentals (alt text, proper semantics)
  1. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
  • CSS selectors, combinators, and specificity
  • The box model: margins, borders, padding
  • Flexbox and CSS Grid for layouts
  • Responsive design with media queries
  • Transitions, animations, and transforms
  • CSS variables and modern features
  • Introduction to pre-processors (SASS/SCSS)
  1. JavaScript Fundamentals
  • Variables (var, let, const) and data types
  • Operators, conditionals, and loops
  • Functions (declaration, expressions, arrow functions)
  • Arrays, objects, and destructuring
  • DOM manipulation and events
  • JavaScript modules and imports/exports
  • ES6+ features (template literals, async/await, promise
  1. Advanced JavaScript Concepts
  • Event bubbling and delegation
  • Scope, hoisting, closures
  • Prototypes and object-oriented programming (OOP)
  • Asynchronous JavaScript (callbacks, promises, async/await)
  • Fetch API and working with external APIs
  • Error handling and debugging
  1. React.js
  • Introduction to component-based architecture
  • Creating and rendering components
  • JSX syntax
  • Props and state management
  • Event handling in React
  • Conditional rendering and list rendering
  • React hooks (useState, useEffect, useContext)
  • Forms and controlled components
  • Context API for global state
  • Routing with React Router
  • Performance optimization in React
  1. Next.js (React Framework)
  • Introduction to Next.js and its advantages
  • Pages and routing in Next.js
  • Static Site Generation (SSG) vs Server-Side Rendering (SSR)
  • Data fetching in Next.js (getStaticProps, getServerSideProps)
  • API routes in Next.js
  • Image optimization and asset management
  • SEO with Next.js (metadata, Head component)
  • Deployment strategies (Vercel, Netlify)
  1. Version Control & Collaboration
  • Git and GitHub basics
  • Branching, merging, and pull requests
  • Collaborative workflows (Git Flow, feature branching)
  1. Project & Best Practices
  • Building a full frontend project with React and Next.js
  • Implementing responsive UI
  • Integrating APIs for real-time data
  • Deployment of the final project
  • Code organization and maintainability

Things to Cover in Backend

  1. Introduction to Backend Development
  • Understanding the client-server model
  • Role of backend in full-stack applications
  • Overview of Node.js and event-driven architecture
  • Setting up development environment (Node.js, npm, Postman/Insomnia)
  1. Node.js Fundamentals
  • js runtime and non-blocking I/O model
  • Modules (built-in and custom)
  • File system operations and path handling
  • Event emitters and streams
  • Working with npm and package.json
  1. Express.js (Web Framework for Node.js)
  • Setting up an Express server
  • Routing basics (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE requests)
  • Middleware (built-in, third-party, custom)
  • Request and response handling
  • Serving static files
  • Error handling best practices
  • Templating engines (e.g., EJS, Handlebars)
  1. Hono Framework (Lightweight Modern Alternative)
  • Introduction to Hono (edge-friendly and lightweight)
  • Creating a minimal API with Hono
  • Routing and middleware in Hono
  • Differences between Express and Hono
  • Context handling and performance considerations
  1. APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
  • Fundamentals of REST APIs
  • Designing RESTful endpoints (resources and routes)
  • Request validation and query parameters
  • CRUD operations with databases
  • API versioning strategies
  • Error handling and status codes
  • Introduction to GraphQL (optional advanced topic)
  1. Working with Databases
  • Introduction to databases
  • Using PostgreSQL with Node.js
  • Database CRUD operations through APIs
  • Indexing, relationships, and performance tuning basics
  1. Authentication & Security
  • User authentication with sessions and cookies
  • JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and role-based access control
  • OAuth2 and social logins (Google, GitHub, etc.)
  • Password hashing (bcrypt) and secure storage
  • Common security issues: SQL injection, XSS, CSRF
  • Applying HTTPS and securing headers
  1. Advanced Backend Topics
  • Environment variables and configuration (dotenv)
  • Logging and monitoring
  • Rate limiting and API throttling
  • File uploads and handling (Multer, Cloud storage)
  • Background jobs and queues (Bull, Redis)
  • WebSockets for real-time communication
  1. Testing & Debugging
  • Unit testing with Jest or Mocha
  • Integration testing for APIs (Supertest)
  • Debugging using Node Inspector and VS Code DevTools
  • Writing testable, modular backend code
  1. Deployment
  • Preparing backend for production
  • Deployment on platforms Vercel
  • Dockerizing Node.js applications
  • CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployment
  • Monitoring and scaling backend services
  1. Project
  • Building a full backend API with Express or Hono
  • Connecting to a real database
  • Adding authentication and authorization
  • Secure deployment to production environment