Full Stack Developer is a software expert who's equally proficient in frontend (client-side) development and backend (server-side) development. Full Stack Developers are familiar with each layer of tech stacks that go into the making of a web application.
Core markup knowledge to structure web pages and forms.
- Introduction to HTML
- Browsers and HTML
- Editors (Offline & Online)
- Tags, Attributes & Elements
- Doctype, Comments
- Headings, Paragraphs, Formatting
- Lists & Links
- Images & Tables
- Working with Forms (inputs, validation basics)
Client-side scripting to make pages dynamic and interactive.
- Introduction & Syntax
- Internal & External JS usage
- Document & Window objects
- Variables, Operators, Data Types
- Number & String methods
- Objects & Arrays
- Date & Time handling
- Conditional statements & Switch
- Loops & Iteration
- Functions & Event handling
Responsive UI with Bootstrap components and grid system.
- Introduction & Grid System
- Typography & Utilities
- Colors, Images & Tables
- Components: Navbar, Cards, Modals, Carousel
- Forms & Validation classes
Server-side JavaScript — build APIs and backend services.
- Node.js overview: event-driven model and setup
- Express.js basics: routing, middleware, request/response
- Building RESTful APIs: endpoints, verbs (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE)
- Handling JSON requests and responses
- Authentication basics (token-based patterns)
- POSTMAN: API testing, collection, environment variables, automated checks
Styling, layout, responsive design and animations.
- Applying CSS to HTML
- Selectors, properties & specificity
- Colors, Backgrounds, Gradients
- Box model, Margins, Padding, Borders
- Typography & Font handling
- Media Queries and Mobile-first approach
- CSS Animations & Transitions
Modern JS features and React Hooks for stateful functional components.
- ES6 features: let/const, arrow functions, destructuring, spread operator
- Array helpers (.map, .filter, .reduce)
- Promises and async/await (asynchronous flows)
- React Hooks: useState, useEffect, useContext — practical usage and patterns
- Modules & modularization
- Callbacks & Promise-based flows
Build SPAs using React (component-driven, state & props).
- Introduction & JSX templating
- Components, Props & State
- Component lifecycle concepts (class and hook equivalents)
- Rendering lists and conditional rendering
- React Router for SPA navigation
- State management with Context API
NoSQL database concepts and cloud-hosted database (Atlas).
- SQL vs NoSQL concepts
- Local MongoDB basics: create DB, collections
- CRUD operations: insert, find, update, delete
- MongoDB Query API & validation
- MongoDB Atlas: cloud setup, connecting apps securely, clustering basics
- Data migration and backup basics
Essential tooling and deployment workflow for real-world projects.
- Git & GitHub basics: init, clone, commit, branch, merge, pull requests
- Environment variables & .env usage
- Deployment: Vercel for frontend hosting (React) and Render for backend/Node.js services
- Connecting frontend to deployed backend endpoints
- Basic CI considerations (push→deploy workflow)
- Payment Gateway Integration: Razorpay integration, generating payment orders from backend, checkout UI, verifying server-side signatures, handling success & failure callbacks
Build a complete MERN-style web application (e-commerce, marketplace or similar) integrating frontend React app, backend REST API, database on Atlas, authentication, and live deployment.
Learning Takeaways
- Research & requirement gathering
- Detailed documentation & README
- Production-like coding & debugging
- Version control & collaboration using GitHub
- Deployment and monitoring (Vercel + Render)
- Portfolio-ready deliverable