Full-stack Web Application Developer
This course guides you through the complete development cycle of a web application. You’ll learn how to design REST APIs with Express.js, manage data in MongoDB, build modern frontends using React, and implement secure user authentication. You’ll gain a solid understanding of full-stack application architecture and hands-on experience deploying projects to the cloud. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to independently develop and publish a fully functional web application.
About the course
The course emphasizes hands-on skills — participants will go through the complete development cycle of a web application and, by the end, will be able to independently develop and publish a fully functional web application.
After completing the course, participants will understand the architecture of modern full-stack web applications and will be able to design and implement REST APIs using Express.js. They will learn to work with databases in MongoDB and create data models, ensure secure user authentication and authorization, and build connected user interfaces in React. The course provides practical experience with the entire development process — from design and implementation to cloud deployment — preparing participants to independently create and publish a fully functional web application.
Course content and Schedule
- Web Application Architecture – client, server, database
- REST API, HTTP, JSON – communication between frontend and backend
- Technology Overview – Node.js, Express.js, React, MongoDB, Vercel, Azure
- Node.js Application Structure – middleware, routing
- Creating REST APIs – GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
- Working with Data – file storage, basic persistence
- Transition to MongoDB – connection, models (Mongoose), CRUD operations
- Advanced Topics – input validation, error handling
- Introduction to Entity Relationships – what a relationship is, real-life examples (user – orders, student – courses, author – articles)
- Types of Relationships – 1:N, N:M, 1:1
- Modeling in MongoDB / Mongoose – difference between embedded documents and referenced documents (ObjectId), when to use each approach
- Practical Examples – 2–3 entities, creating models, linking with ref, populating data
- Registration, Login, and Password Protection – using bcrypt
- Authentication with JWT
- Authorization Middleware
- Users, Roles, and Access Permissions
- React Application Structure
- Components, Props, State, and useEffect
- React Router – page navigation
- API Calls – using Axios or Fetch
- Forms and Validation
- Styling – CSS, Tailwind, styled-components (optional)
- Integrating API Calls in React
- Client-Side Authentication – tokens, localStorage
- Handling Server Errors and Providing Good UX
- Backend Deployment – e.g., Render, Azure
- Frontend Deployment – e.g., Vercel, Netlify, Azure
- Working with .env Variables and Security Best Practices
- Brief Overview of Next.js – SSR vs. CSR
- When to Use Next.js
- Demo of a Simple Next.js Application
- Design and Development of Your Own Application – e.g., blog, todo app, mini e-shop
- Backend – REST API, MongoDB, authentication
- Frontend – React, forms, validation, login
- Cloud Deployment and Presentation
Technical and Entry Requirements
That’s all. We’ll provide the rest.
Who is this course for?
Teaching Methods
- Self-Study with Clearly Structured Materials
- Tutorials and One-on-One Consultations with the Instructor
- Graded Assignment
- Final Online Test and In-Person Workshop
Who will you learn from?
Ing. Ivo Milota
Testimonials
If you take the course with genuine engagement, you’ll find your footing in marketing as well as in sales and product strategy. You’ll know what you need to deliver to others and what they should deliver to you. Gaining your own case study under such inspiring, expert guidance can be priceless in itself!
- Ivana R.
Product manager
How to create a marketing strategy
If you’ve thought until now that marketing is just advertising, the Strategic Marketing course will quickly change your mind. As someone aiming to pursue marketing professionally, I appreciate the instructor’s focus on practical application and understanding topics in context.
- Adéla M.
student
How to create a marketing strategy
