What You'll Learn
Design scalable REST & GraphQL APIs from scratch
Master relational & NoSQL database schema design
Build production-ready CI/CD pipelines with Docker & GitHub Actions
Implement authentication, authorization, and secure session handling
Architect React frontends with state management patterns
Optimize performance with caching, CDN, and lazy loading
Deploy to cloud (AWS/GCP) with infrastructure-as-code
Write testable code with unit, integration & E2E testing
Course Description
This is not a tutorial that builds a to-do app. This is a comprehensive engineering program designed to transform working developers into architects who understand every layer of a modern web stack — from browser to database to deployment.
Over 24 modules, you'll architect a real-world SaaS product from the ground up: front-end in React, back-end in Node.js, databases in PostgreSQL and Redis, all containerized with Docker and deployed to the cloud. Every decision is explained — not just what to build, but why.
The curriculum follows the Design → Build → Test → Ship cadence. By the final module, you will have a portfolio-ready full-stack application and the vocabulary to lead architecture discussions with senior engineers.
Prerequisites
Curriculum Overview
24 modules · 38hFull-Stack Foundations & Architecture
4 lessons · 2h 30m
API Design & Backend Architecture
5 lessons · 3h 45m
Database Design & Query Optimization
5 lessons · 4h 00m
21 more modules — React Architecture, Testing, DevOps, Capstone Project...
Your Instructor
32,400 students
8 courses
Elena Vasquez
Principal Engineer · Ex-Stripe · Speaker at React Summit
Elena spent 9 years at Stripe building the payment infrastructure that processes billions of dollars annually. She led the migration of Stripe's core APIs to a microservices architecture and now brings that real-world battle-hardened experience to her students.
Student Reviews
Alex K.
The API design section changed how I think about building backends entirely. Elena's explanations are sharp and practical — no fluff, just the decisions that matter.
Maria L.
This course changed my career trajectory. I landed a senior role 2 months after completing it and the interview panel specifically asked about the architecture patterns Elena teaches.
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