Full-Stack Developer (MERN)
Build complete web applications, from the React interface to the Node.js server and MongoDB database.
- Time needed
- 5 to 7 months after the frontend roadmap
- Who it's for
- People who have finished the Frontend Developer roadmap or already know React.
- Steps
- 5
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Step 1: Node.js fundamentals
3 to 4 weeks
Learn how JavaScript runs on a server: modules, npm, the file system, environment variables, and asynchronous code. Build a few command-line tools.
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Step 2: APIs with Express
4 to 5 weeks
Build a REST API with Express: routes, middleware, validation, error handling, and status codes. Test every endpoint with Postman.
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Step 3: MongoDB
3 to 4 weeks
Learn documents, collections, queries, indexes, and data modelling. Connect your Express API to a free MongoDB Atlas database.
- MongoDB University Free official courses.
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Step 4: Authentication and security
3 weeks
Add sign-up and login with hashed passwords and tokens. Learn the most common web security mistakes and how to avoid them: injection, broken access control, and leaked secrets.
- OWASP Top 10 Read the summary of each risk and check your own project against it.
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Step 5: Full-stack project and deployment
5 to 6 weeks
Build one complete app: React frontend, Express API, MongoDB database, login, and deployment. Handle CORS and environment variables properly, and write a README explaining how it works.
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