Full stack development (MERN stack)

1. Prerequisites and Introduction

·       Programming fundamentals (basic HTML & CSS ideal, but course covers from scratch)

·       Overview of web development and the MERN architecture

2. Front-end with React.js

·       Introduction to React, JSX, and components

·       Props, state, and event handling

·       Conditional rendering & mapping data to components

·       React Router for navigation

·       State management (Context API/Redux basics)

·       Building responsive UIs using Bootstrap and CSS

·       Building real-world projects: portfolio, e-commerce, or travel website

3. Back-end with Node.js & Express.js

·       Node.js basics: environment, asynchronous programming, npm

·       Introduction to Express.js: routing, middleware, error handling

·       RESTful API development

·       Connecting the server with the database (MongoDB)

4. Database Integration (MongoDB & Mongoose)

·       MongoDB concepts: documents, collections, schema design

·       CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)

·       Data modeling and schema validation with Mongoose

·       Indexing and performance optimization

·       Integrating the backend API with MongoDB

5. Full-stack Integration

·       Connecting the React front-end to the Node/Express back-end

·       Handling API calls from React (using Axios/fetch)

·       Managing authentication (JWT, session/cookies)

·       Designing and managing secure user roles, access control

6. Advanced Topics

·       File uploads and image handling (using Multer in Node)

·       Deployment: environment variables, preparing for Heroku/Firebase hosting

·       Debugging and code optimization

·       Source control with Git and GitHub portfolio setup

7. Projects & Career Readiness