Core Coursework
(take these in order)
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Jem teaches you the essentials for becoming a full stack developer. - ⠇
Full Stack for Front-End Engineers, v2
Learn to move back and forth between UI and the back-end through the command line and full-stack developer course to become a well-rounded engineer.
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Learn the basics of using four of the most popular open-source types of databases and when to use them! - ⠇
Complete Intro to Databases
In this course you'll learn the basics of using four of the most popular open-source types of databases: document based database MongoDB, relational database PostgreSQL, graph database Neo4j, and key-value store Redis. - +
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Linux and the command line are essentail skills for anyone who wants to be effective beyond writing application code. - ⠇
Complete Intro to Linux and the Command-Line
Gain powerful command-line skills, learn to use Ubuntu, quit VIM, handle package management, and write your own shell scripts! - +
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VIM is the main universal editor on all unix/linux servers. Having an understanding of the fundamentals can give you super powers for managing servers and developer productivity. - ⠇
VIM Fundamentals
Learn the basics of editing and navigation in VIM. You'll learn macros, registers, find, and replaces. Finally, edit your vimrc plugins along with quickfix lists. - +
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Node.js is the best full-stack platform since it builds on your knowledge of JavaScript but empowers so much more! CLI tools or APIs, it’s up to you. - ⠇
Introduction to Node.js, v2
Transfer your JavaScript skills to the server-side and level up to a full-stack engineer! By learning the foundations of Node.js, you’ll be able to do a lot more with JavaScript, like creating command-line interfaces and APIs, and interacting with the file system. - +
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Building APIs is the foundation of any back-end application. - ⠇
API Design in Node.js, v3
Use Express to build a REST API Design in Node.js – handle REST API verb methods to create, read, update and delete resources from a MongoDB database. - +
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Amazon Web Services is the most popular cloud hosting option. Learn to deploy single page and Node.js application on AWS. - ⠇
AWS For Front-End Engineers, v2
Build an enterprise-grade deployment infrastructure on AWS using S3, Route 53, CloudFront, lambda@edge, and more! - +
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Being able to bundle your environment into Docker allows new developers to get up and running quickly, as well as provides the ability to ship your code in a self-contained environment. - ⠇
Complete Intro to Containers (feat. Docker)
Learn to create containers from scratch and with Dockerfiles, run containers from Dockerhub, and learn best practices for front-end and Node.js code in containers. - +
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There are more options to go further below! Learn git in-depth and write more secure code, and go deeper into Node.js with mongo and server-side GraphQL.
Elective Coursework
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Developer Productivity
Build a pro dev workflow to increase your developer productivity across multiple machines, projects, and technologies. Learn more! - ⠇
Git In-depth
A deep dive into git, this course is for developers who use it every day and want to learn inner workings and use advanced techniques in git. - ⠇
Introduction to Next.js
Next.js is a complete framework built on top of React.js. You'll learn server-side rendering, static site generation, data fetching, and code API endpoints - ⠇
Server-Side GraphQL in Node.js
Create a GraphQL schema which includes type definitions, queries, and mutations. Then create resolvers to return the data, and move onto advanced features like interfaces and unions, and creating relationships in your resolvers. - ⠇
JavaScript and TypeScript Monorepos
Monorepos have taken the JavaScript world by storm, unlocking powerful new patterns around composition, encapsulation, and ease of maintenance. - ⠇
Introduction to Serverless Functions
Learn to build dynamic web apps without the hassle of setting up or maintaining servers! You'll learn to create serverless functions to load data. and more. - ⠇
Complete Intro to Real-Time
Build apps where the client can push messages to the server and talk in real-time! You’ll start by learning long polling with Vanilla JavaScript and Node.js, then open web sockets by hand, and finally, you’ll learn some excellent web socket abstractions with SocketIO. You’ll learn back off and retry strategies along the way, as well as use HTTP2 push in the browser! - ⠇
Web Security
Get hands on attacking and defending web applications. Defend Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and Man-in-the-Middle attacks, secure 3rd party assets and more!
