Full Stack MERN Development Course Overview
This Full Stack MERN Development course is designed to take you from the fundamentals to advanced web development concepts. Learn how to build dynamic, responsive, and secure web applications using MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js. Gain hands-on experience with real-world projects to build a strong career in Full Stack Web Development.
What You'll Learn in This Course:
- Understand the fundamentals of Full Stack Web Development using MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js
- Learn front-end development with React, JSX, components, state, and props
- Master back-end development with Node.js, Express, RESTful APIs, and server-side routing
- Work with MongoDB for database management, CRUD operations, and data modeling
- Connect front-end and back-end, implement authentication, and deploy full-stack applications
By the end of this Full Stack MERN course, you will confidently build, deploy, and maintain web applications, implement end-to-end features, and handle real-world development challenges.
Course Content
- Introduction to Web Development & Front-end
- Structure of HTML Document
- HTML Tags: Headings, Paragraphs, Links, Images, Lists, Tables, Forms
- Semantic HTML5 elements
- Introduction to CSS
- Types of CSS: Inline, Internal, External
- Selectors, Properties, and Values
- Fonts, Colors, Backgrounds, Margins, Padding, Borders
- Box Model & Positioning
- Responsive Design Basics using Media Queries
- CSS Flexbox and Grid Layout
- CSS Animations and Transitions
- Custom Fonts & Icon Libraries (Google Fonts, Font Awesome)
- Introduction to Bootstrap 5: Grid System, Components, Utilities
- Introduction to Tailwind CSS: Utility-first CSS, Layout, Responsive Design
- Portfolio and Real-world UI Projects
- Introduction to JavaScript & Syntax
- Variables, Data Types, Operators
- Functions, Conditionals, Loops, Arrays, and Objects
- DOM Manipulation (getElementById, querySelector)
- Event Handling (onClick, onChange, etc.)
- Form Validation
- Introduction to ES6+ (let/const, arrow functions, template literals)
- Basics of JSON and API calls (fetch)
- Introduction to React & JSX
- Components, Props, and State
- Functional vs Class Components
- Event Handling & Forms
- Conditional Rendering & Lists
- React Router for Navigation (Routing with react-router-dom)
- Hooks: useState, useEffect, useRef, useContext, useReducer
- Lifting State Up & State Management
- Context API for global state handling
- Reusable Components & Component Composition
- Handling APIs with fetch and axios
- Custom Hooks for reusability
- Error Boundaries and lazy loading with React.lazy & Suspense
- Basic form validation using libraries (e.g., Formik + Yup)
- Integration with backend APIs (Node/Express)
- Introduction to Node.js & NPM
- Creating HTTP Servers
- Modules and File System Access, Environment Variables (.env)
- Handling requests and responses, Setting up Express server
- Routing and Middleware
- Handling GET, POST, PUT, DELETE requests, RESTful API creation
- Error handling and status codes, Connecting Express with MongoDB
- Introduction to NoSQL & MongoDB
- CRUD operations with MongoDB, Mongoose ODM: schemas and models
- Relationships & population, Data validation & query building
- Connecting to MongoDB Atlas (cloud DB)
- Connecting Front-end (React) with Backend (Express)
- Making API calls using Axios/Fetch
- Authentication with JWT & middleware, Role-based access control
- Deployment of MERN App (Render, Vercel, Netlify, etc.)
- Build and deploy a full-stack MERN web application
- Git & GitHub version control
- Hosting front-end and backend separately or together
- Introduction to Django framework and MVC/MVT architecture
- Setting up Django project and apps
- Django project structure and settings configuration
- URL routing and view functions
- Templates and rendering dynamic HTML
- Models and Django ORM: defining models, migrations, querying database
- Forms in Django: built-in forms and model forms
- User authentication and authorization (login, logout, registration, permissions)
- Handling static files and media uploads
- Class-Based Views (CBVs) vs Function-Based Views (FBVs)
- REST API development with Django REST Framework (DRF)
- Serializers, ViewSets, and Routers
- Pagination, filtering, and search in APIs
- Middleware and custom error handling
- Introduction to PHP and Laravel framework
- PHP Basics
- Setting up Laravel environment and project structure
- Routing and route parameters
- Controllers and middleware
- Blade templating engine for dynamic views
- Database management with Eloquent ORM
- Migrations, seeders, and factories for database setup
- Form handling and validation
- Authentication and authorization (login, registration, roles)
- RESTful API development with Laravel
- Working with APIs: API resources and token-based authentication (Passport, Sanctum)
- Error handling and debugging
- Task scheduling and queues
- Testing Laravel applications (unit and feature tests)
- Deployment on shared hosting, VPS, or cloud platforms
Aarav Jain
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 amExcellent Full Stack MERN course! The hands-on projects helped me understand React, Node.js, and MongoDB effectively.
Diya Sharma
August 22, 2025 at 3:15 pmGreat learning experience! The instructors are experts in MERN stack and guided us through full-stack project development efficiently.
Rohan Kapoor
August 23, 2025 at 11:30 amLoved the end-to-end MERN projects and deployment sessions. Highly recommend Codingsthan for anyone wanting to become a Full Stack Developer.