Full-stack Roadmap
A step-by-step guide to becoming a Full-stack Developer.
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Step 1: Basic Web Development (HTML, CSS, JS)

🕒 Time: 3-4 weeks

This is the basement of your future career. If this part is not solid, nothing else will stand properly.

✦ You will learn:

  • HTML (headings, paragraphs, lists, forms, etc.)
  • CSS (colors, positioning, media queries)
  • JavaScript (variables, loops, conditions, DOM, event handlers)

✦ Small projects you can do:

  • To-do app
  • Calculator
  • Form validation
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Step 2: React.js – Start Modern Frontend

🕒 Time: 3-4 weeks

Before learning Next.js, you must know React. It will level up your frontend skills.

✦ Here you’ll learn:

  • JSX
  • Components & Props
  • State, useState
  • useEffect
  • React Router
  • Form handling

✦ Project ideas:

  • Movie app (with API search)
  • Blog UI
  • Responsive portfolio
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Step 3: From JavaScript to TypeScript

🕒 Time: 1-2 weeks

Learning TypeScript makes your code more stable and reduces bugs in bigger projects.

✦ You’ll learn:

  • Types, Interfaces
  • Optional, Union, Generics
  • Type Guards, Type Inference
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Step 4: Next.js – Frontend + Backend Together

🕒 Time: 3-4 weeks

Now your full stack journey begins! Next.js can handle both frontend and backend.

✦ You need to learn:

  • File-based Routing
  • Pages vs App Router
  • SSR, CSR, ISR
  • API Routes (building servers)
  • Dynamic Routes, Slug Pages
  • SEO Optimization (Meta tags, Open Graph)

✦ Project ideas:

  • Blog app (SSR + Slug)
  • Portfolio with SSR
  • News app with external API
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Step 5: Backend & Database – Prisma + MongoDB

🕒 Time: 2-3 weeks

Full Stack apps need data storage, so you’ll use MongoDB and Prisma.

✦ You’ll learn:

  • MongoDB (NoSQL database)
  • Prisma ORM (Model → Schema → Migration)
  • CRUD Operations
  • Fetching data with Prisma Client

✦ Projects:

  • Contact form → Save to DB
  • Authenticated user → Save profile
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Step 6: Authentication + Authorization

🕒 Time: 2 weeks

✦ Learn:

  • JWT, Cookie-based login
  • Credential login + Google Auth (NextAuth.js)
  • Session handling
  • Route protection (with middleware)

✦ Projects:

  • Sign up / Login page
  • Dashboard accessible only to logged-in users
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Step 7: Admin Panel + Role Based Access

🕒 Time: 1-2 weeks

✦ Learn:

  • Admin vs User access control
  • CRUD for users/products/posts
  • Pagination, filtering, sorting

✦ Build:

  • Admin dashboard
  • Blog admin panel
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Step 8: API & External Integration

🕒 Time: 1-2 weeks

✦ Learn:

  • Consume REST APIs (axios/fetch)
  • Payment gateway (Stripe)
  • File upload (Cloudinary)
  • Google Maps / YouTube API

✦ Projects:

  • E-commerce with Stripe checkout
  • Image upload with Cloudinary
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Step 9: Strengthen Styling Skills

🕒 Time: Ongoing

✦ Learn:

  • Tailwind CSS
  • Component libraries: ShadCN UI / Radix UI
  • Dark mode, theme switcher

✦ Build:

  • Mobile-first UI
  • Animations with Framer Motion
  • Reusable components
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Step 10: Testing & Optimization

🕒 Time: 1-2 weeks

✦ Learn:

  • Performance audit with Lighthouse
  • React Testing Library
  • Code splitting, lazy loading
  • Image optimization (Next/Image)
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Step 11: Deployment & CI/CD

🕒 Time: 1 week

✦ Learn:

  • Vercel deployment
  • GitHub Actions & preview deployments
  • Custom domain setup
  • Environment variables handling
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Final Step: Build Real-World Projects

🕒 Time: 4+ weeks

✦ Real project ideas:

  • E-commerce website
  • Learning Management System (LMS)
  • Blogging platform
  • Event booking system
  • Custom portfolio with CMS (Sanity / Notion API)
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Useful Tools:
  • VS Code extensions: Prettier, Tailwind IntelliSense, ESLint
  • Git + GitHub
  • Postman / Insomnia (API testing)
  • MongoDB Compass / Prisma Studio
  • Figma (extra plus if you understand UI design!)
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Some Real Tips:
  • Practice coding seriously 2–3 hours every day
  • Build a project after every step
  • Share your projects on GitHub
  • Make 1-minute videos about your work (Reels/Shorts)
  • Stay active in LinkedIn/Facebook tech groups