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Full-Stack Web Development Master Program

React, Node.js, and databases — from zero to a deployed production product.

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A complete, hands-on curriculum that takes you from HTML/CSS/JavaScript fundamentals through modern React and Next.js, backend engineering with Node.js and Express, SQL and NoSQL databases, authentication, testing, Docker, and production deployment — finishing with full-stack capstone projects deployed live.

Phase 1: Web Foundations

Module 1: HTML, CSS & Responsive Design

  • Semantic HTML5
  • CSS3 fundamentals (Flexbox, Grid)
  • Responsive design & media queries
  • CSS frameworks (Tailwind CSS)
  • Accessibility basics

Hands-on labs

  • Build a responsive multi-page portfolio site
  • Convert a design mockup to pixel-accurate HTML/CSS

Module 2: JavaScript Fundamentals

  • Variables, data types, and operators
  • Functions, scope, and closures
  • Arrays & objects
  • DOM manipulation & events
  • ES6+ features (arrow functions, destructuring, spread)

Hands-on labs

  • Build an interactive to-do list app
  • Build a form validator with vanilla JS

Module 3: Advanced JavaScript & Async Programming

  • Promises & async/await
  • Fetch API & AJAX
  • JSON & working with APIs
  • Error handling
  • Modules & bundling basics

Hands-on labs

  • Consume a public REST API and render data
  • Build a weather app using async/await

Phase 2: Frontend Engineering with React

Module 4: React Fundamentals

  • Components, JSX, and props
  • State & the useState hook
  • Event handling in React
  • Conditional rendering & lists
  • Component composition

Hands-on labs

  • Build a multi-component product catalog UI

Module 5: React Hooks & State Management

  • useEffect & side effects
  • useContext & the Context API
  • Custom hooks
  • State management basics (Zustand/Redux)
  • Form handling & validation

Hands-on labs

  • Build a shopping cart with global state

Module 6: Routing & Next.js

  • Client-side routing with React Router
  • Introduction to Next.js & the App Router
  • Server components vs. client components
  • Static, dynamic & server-side rendering
  • API routes in Next.js

Hands-on labs

  • Convert a React SPA into a Next.js app with routing

Phase 3: Backend Engineering with Node.js

Module 7: Node.js & Express Fundamentals

  • Node.js runtime & event loop
  • npm & package management
  • Building REST APIs with Express
  • Middleware & routing
  • Request/response lifecycle

Hands-on labs

  • Build a REST API for a task-management app

Module 8: Authentication & Authorization

  • Sessions vs. JWT authentication
  • Password hashing (bcrypt)
  • Role-based access control
  • OAuth basics
  • Securing API endpoints

Hands-on labs

  • Implement JWT-based login/signup for an API

Module 9: APIs, Validation & Error Handling

  • RESTful API design principles
  • Input validation
  • Centralized error handling
  • Rate limiting & API security basics
  • API documentation (Postman/Swagger)

Hands-on labs

  • Build and document a fully validated CRUD API

Phase 4: Databases

Module 10: Relational Databases with PostgreSQL

  • SQL fundamentals
  • Schema design & normalization
  • Joins, indexes, and queries
  • Using an ORM (Prisma)
  • Migrations & seeding

Hands-on labs

  • Design and query a relational e-commerce schema

Module 11: NoSQL with MongoDB

  • Document-based data modeling
  • MongoDB CRUD operations
  • Mongoose schemas & relationships
  • Aggregation pipeline basics
  • Choosing SQL vs. NoSQL

Hands-on labs

  • Build a MongoDB-backed blog API

Phase 5: Full-Stack Integration & DevOps

Module 12: Connecting Frontend & Backend

  • Consuming APIs from React/Next.js
  • Environment variables & config
  • CORS & security headers
  • File uploads & media handling
  • State sync between client and server

Hands-on labs

  • Build a full-stack CRUD app (React + Express + MongoDB)

Module 13: Testing & Code Quality

  • Unit testing with Jest
  • API testing with Postman/Supertest
  • Linting & formatting (ESLint, Prettier)
  • Debugging techniques
  • Git workflows & code reviews

Hands-on labs

  • Write a test suite for a full-stack app's API

Module 14: Docker & Deployment

  • Containerizing a full-stack app with Docker
  • Deploying frontend (Vercel/Netlify)
  • Deploying backend (Render/AWS EC2)
  • CI basics with GitHub Actions
  • Environment & secrets management in production

Hands-on labs

  • Deploy a full-stack application to production

Phase 6: Advanced Topics & Capstones

Module 15: Performance & Scalability

  • Caching strategies
  • Lazy loading & code splitting
  • Database query optimization
  • CDN & asset optimization
  • Monitoring basics

Hands-on labs

  • Optimize a slow full-stack app for performance

Module 16: Capstone Projects

  • Apply your knowledge by building comprehensive, production-grade full-stack applications

Capstone Projects

Apply everything you've learned by building comprehensive, production-grade systems.

01Full-Stack E-Commerce Platform (React + Node + PostgreSQL)
02Real-Time Chat Application (Socket.io)
03Blog/CMS Platform with Authentication
04Task & Project Management SaaS App
05Full-Stack Portfolio Deployed to Production

Tools & Technologies

Frontend

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (ES6+), React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS

Backend

Node.js, Express.js, REST APIs

Databases

MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Mongoose

Version Control & Collaboration

Git, GitHub

DevOps & Deployment

Docker, Vercel, Render, AWS EC2

Testing & Quality

Jest, Postman, ESLint, Prettier