Full Stack Development Roadmap for Beginners

Overview

This guide provides a structured learning path divided into 7 major milestones. Each milestone builds upon previous knowledge while introducing new concepts and technologies.

• GitHub & Version Control
• Frontend Styling
• React Development
• Next.js Framework
• SQL & Database Management
• Nest.js Backend
• Backend Tools & Services

Milestone 1: GitHub

Basic Git Operations

1. Clone: Learn how to clone repositories from GitHub to your local machine.
2. Push: Understand how to push changes from your local repository to the remote GitHub repository.
3. Pull: Learn how to pull the latest changes from the remote repository.
4. PR (Pull Request): Practice creating pull requests to contribute changes to a repository.

Advanced Git Concepts

1. Stash: Learn how to save work-in-progress changes temporarily using git stash.
2. Squash: Understand how to squash commits by combining multiple commit messages into one.
3. Cherry-pick: Learn how to apply a specific commit from one branch to another.
4. Merge/Rebase: Master the differences between merging and rebasing in Git.
5. Conflict Resolution: Learn how to resolve merge conflicts.
6. Fork & PR: Practice forking a repository and creating pull requests to contribute to open-source projects.

To learn more, visit this link: https://books.goalkicker.com/GitBook/

Milestone 2: Tailwind/Flowrite/Tailwind UI

• Tailwind CSS Full Course for Beginners
• Tailwind CSS Crash Course
• Should You Use Tailwind CSS?
• Official Screencasts

Tailwind CSS (Practice assignments)

1. A1 - Grid & Flex Layout: Learn how to create responsive grid and flex layouts using Tailwind CSS.
2. A2 - Tables: Understand how to style tables effectively with Tailwind CSS.
3. A3 - Dropdown, Search, Checkbox: Create and style dropdowns, search inputs, and checkboxes using Tailwind CSS.
4. A4 - Navigation Bars (Side, Top, Responsive): Design and implement navigation bars in different styles (side, top) and make them responsive.
5. A5 - Modal (Form, Confirmation): Learn how to create modal dialogs for forms and confirmation prompts.
6. A6 - Form Errors (Alert, Pop-Up, Text Input): Handle and display form validation errors using alerts, pop-ups, and styled text inputs.
7. A7 - Rich Text: Work on creating and styling rich text editors.

Visit the following resources to learn more: Tailwind Website

Milestone 3: React

React Fundamentals

1. Basic React Concepts: Get familiar with the foundational concepts of React (components, JSX, state, props).
2. Formik: Learn how to manage forms in React using Formik.
3. React-Query: Understand how to manage server-state using React-Query.
4. Redux: Dive into state management in React applications using Redux.
5. Tailwind + Flowbite + React Components: Learn how to integrate Tailwind and Flowbite with React components.
6. Architecture: Understand how to structure and architect React applications.
7. JSON & Fetch: Practice fetching data from APIs and working with JSON in React applications.

You can use our React roadmap to learn more: React Roadmap

Milestone 4: Next.js

1. TypeScript: Get familiar with TypeScript and how to integrate it into your Next.js applications.
2. Explore Next.js: Study topics related to Next.js on the official website and in the documentation.
3. Vercel: Learn how to deploy applications using Vercel, the platform designed for Next.js. These topics are must which one should be covered:
   • Routing
   • Data Fetching
   • Styling
   • Rendering
   • Optimizations

Visit the following resources to learn more: Next

Milestone 5: SQL

Core SQL Concepts

1. Create Table: Learn how to define and create new tables in a database.
2. Drop-Table: Understand how to remove tables from a database.
3. Add, Update, Delete: Practice basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations in SQL.
4. Search: Learn how to perform queries to search for data within tables.
5. Joins: Master different types of joins (INNER, LEFT, RIGHT) to retrieve data from multiple related tables.
6. Constraints

You can visit our Relational Roadmap to learn more: Roadmap

Milestone 6: Nest.js

Nest.js with Databases

1. Introductions
2. Learn the architecture of the NestJs.
3. Rest API concepts.
4. Use the boilerplate from Brocoders to learn the following things:
   • controllers, providers, modules, class validators for dto and pipes
   • Database connection with typeorm
   • Authentication and authorization
   • Custom decorators, Guards and Exception filters
   • File upload techniques(local, s3 and pre-signed)
   • Email(node mailer) and SMS service
   • Sign in through social links.
5. TypeORM & Prisma ORM: Understand how to integrate and work with TypeORM and Prisma ORM to manage database connections, models, and queries within Nest.js applications.

Milestone 7: Advanced Backend Concepts

User Authentication and Settings

1. Login/Signup: Implement secure login and signup functionality in backend applications.
2. Settings (CORS): Learn how to configure CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) for backend applications.

Additional Backend Tools and Services

1. Swagger: Implement Swagger to document APIs for backend applications.
2. Postman: Use Postman to test APIs and create test cases for backend services.
3. ENV: Learn how to use environment variables to securely store configuration data (like API keys and database credentials).
4. Deploy: Understand how to deploy backend applications to production environments (e.g., using cloud platforms like Vercel, AWS, Heroku, or DigitalOcean).