1-Year Full Stack Web Development Roadmap
Months 1-2: Web Development Fundamentals
- HTML5: Elements, forms, semantic tags
- CSS3: Flexbox, Grid, animations, responsive design (media queries)
- Basic Git & GitHub: Commits, branches, pull requests, using GitHub Pages
- Project Ideas: Portfolio site, landing page, personal blog layout
Months 3-4: Programming with JavaScript
- JavaScript (ES6+): Variables, loops, functions, arrays, objects
- DOM Manipulation: Events, selectors, dynamic content
- Fetch API & JSON
- Debugging tools, DevTools, and best practices
- Project Ideas: To-do list app, weather app, quiz game
Months 5-6: Frontend Framework - React
- React Basics: JSX, components, props, state, useEffect
- React Router
- Forms and Validation
- Hooks (useState, useEffect, custom hooks)
- State Management (Redux or Context API)
- Project Ideas: Movie app, task manager, e-commerce frontend
Months 7-8: Backend Development with Node.js
- Node.js & npm
- Express.js: Routing, middleware, REST APIs
- MongoDB: CRUD operations, schema design, Mongoose
- Authentication: JWT, cookies, sessions
- Project Ideas: Blog API, user auth system, product catalog backend
Months 9-10: Full Stack Integration
- Connecting Frontend & Backend
- Authentication (login/signup)
- File uploads, image handling
- Deployment with Vercel/Netlify (frontend), Render/Railway (backend)
- Project Idea: Full-stack e-commerce or job board
Months 11-12: Advanced Topics & Final Projects
- TypeScript (optional but recommended)
- Testing: Unit (Jest), Integration (Supertest)
- CI/CD basics
- Web Security: OWASP top 10 basics, HTTPS, CORS
- Final Capstone Project: End-to-end full-stack app (e.g., marketplace, social media clone)
Tools & Platforms to Learn Along the Way
- Code Editor: VS Code
- Design: Figma basics
- Version Control: Git + GitHub
- APIs: RESTful API basics, use free public APIs