Learn Full-Stack & Backend Free

Software & IT

Start with God-Tier Developer Roadmap (17 min, Fireship), then Build and Deploy a Fullstack Responsive Portfolio Website (263 min, JavaScript Mastery). All 941 lessons here are free, from the teachers' own official uploads. You'll need laptop stand, noise-cancelling headphones, second monitor and a few more basics (about $270 of kit). The book to keep beside you: Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann.

What you'll need

• Laptop stand: Screen at eye level for long study sessions.
• Noise-cancelling headphones: Focus through long video lessons.
• Second monitor: Video on one screen, practice on the other.
• Wireless keyboard and mouse: Comfortable for hours of typing.

Lessons

• God-Tier Developer Roadmap (17 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Build and Deploy a Fullstack Responsive Portfolio Website (263 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• How to OVER Engineer a Website // What is a Tech Stack? (11 min, Fireship, Beginner)
• Learn MongoDB in 1 hour 🍃 (60 min, Bro Code, Intermediate)
• Web Development In 2021 - A Practical Guide (65 min, Traversy Media, Intermediate)
• Web Development In 2022 - A Practical Guide (91 min, Traversy Media, Intermediate)
• 100+ Web Development Things you Should Know (13 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Build and Deploy a Modern Full Stack Social Media App (284 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• PHP Full Course for free 🐘 (240 min, Bro Code, Intermediate)
• Build and Deploy a Full Stack MERN AI Image Generation App | Midjourney & DALL-E Clone (132 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• Build and Deploy a Full Stack MERN Application With CRUD, Auth, and Charts Using Refine (281 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• RESTful APIs in 100 Seconds // Build an API from Scratch with Node.js Express (11 min, Fireship, Beginner)
• Build 3 Complete Full-Stack Web Apps and Launch Your Developer Career (692 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• Build and Deploy a Full Stack MERN Social Media App with Auth, Pagination, Comments | MERN Course (448 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• Full HTTP Networking Course – Fetch and REST APIs in JavaScript (309 min, freeCodeCamp.org, Intermediate)
• Full Stack Web Development for Beginners (Full Course on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, MongoDB) (449 min, freeCodeCamp.org, Beginner)
• Node.js Tutorial for Beginners: Learn Node in 1 Hour (78 min, Programming with Mosh, Beginner)
• Node.js Ultimate Beginner’s Guide in 7 Easy Steps (16 min, Fireship, Beginner)
• Build and Deploy 3 Modern Apps and Get Hired as Full Stack Developer Full 12-Hour Course (720 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• Web Development In 2020 - A Practical Guide (73 min, Traversy Media, Intermediate)
• 7 Cryptography Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know (12 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• ChatGPT Course – Use The OpenAI API to Code 5 Projects (318 min, freeCodeCamp.org, Intermediate)
• Django Tutorial for Beginners – Build Powerful Backends (63 min, Programming with Mosh, Beginner)
• How programmers flex on each other (6 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• How to Land a 100K/yr Tech Job - 10 Strategies (11 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• How to Learn to Code - 8 Hard Truths (7 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Make Money from your API Tutorial (13 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• 10 Math Concepts for Programmers (10 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Become a Full Stack Web Developer in 2022 | Practical Step by Step Frontend and Backend Guide (31 min, JavaScript Mastery, Beginner)
• Best OS for programming? Mac vs Windows vs Linux debate settled (9 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Build and Deploy a Full Stack Realtime Chat Messaging App with Authentication & SMS Notifications (216 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• CPU vs GPU vs TPU vs DPU vs QPU (8 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• How a CPU Works in 100 Seconds // Apple Silicon M1 vs Intel i9 (13 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• How to ACTUALLY learn to code... 7 Roadmaps for 2023 (9 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Python Backend Web Development Course (with Django) (612 min, freeCodeCamp.org, Intermediate)
• Python Django 7 Hour Course (430 min, Traversy Media, Intermediate)
• The amazing, but unsettling future of technology... (9 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Web Development In 2019 - A Practical Guide (42 min, Traversy Media, Intermediate)
• Web Monetization API Tutorial – How to Add Microtransactions to a Website (64 min, freeCodeCamp.org, Intermediate)
• 10 regrets of experienced programmers (8 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• 7 Programming myths that waste your time (6 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• build a meme Python website (Flask Tutorial for Beginners) (14 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
• Build a REST API with Node JS and Express (61 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• Build and Deploy 3 Modern API Applications in 7 Hours - Full Course (420 min, JavaScript Mastery, Intermediate)
• Claude's Model Context Protocol is here... Let's test it (8 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Complete Backend Course | Build and Deploy Your First Production-Ready API (189 min, JavaScript Mastery, Advanced)
• GraphQL Crash Course With Full Stack MERN Project (195 min, Traversy Media, Beginner)
• I built 10 web apps... with 10 different languages (14 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• I read every major CS paper of the last 100 years... (10 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• I replaced my entire tech stack with Postgres... (8 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Laravel From Scratch | 4+ Hour Course (259 min, Traversy Media, Beginner)
• Python Django Tutorial: Full-Featured Web App Part 2 - Applications and Routes (20 min, Corey Schafer, Intermediate)
• The Programming Language Guide (24 min, Traversy Media, Intermediate)
• The unhinged world of tech in 2026... (9 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Vim in 100 Seconds (12 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• Web Development In 2023 - A Practical Guide (174 min, Traversy Media, Intermediate)
• You probably won’t survive 2024... Top 10 Tech Trends (9 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• 2022 is gonna be wild for developers... (11 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• 7 Amazing Developer Tools that you're not using yet (6 min, Fireship, Intermediate)
• 7 Database Paradigms (10 min, Fireship, Intermediate)

Books on Full-Stack & Backend

1. Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann - View on Amazon
2. The Pragmatic Programmer by Dave Thomas - View on Amazon