Backend Developer Roadmap
1-Programming languages &
Backend frameworks
Python Elixir Ruby Javascript Rust PHP Go
FastAPI
What to be learned?
Django express.js fastify
? Data structures(arrays,lists,trees..)
nestJS next.js
Flask
? Algorithms(e.g: sorting, searching)
? OOP concepts
? Functional programming basics
2-Verion Control & Collaboration Tools:
- Git: learn to use version control for tracking code changes.
- Platforms: Github, Gitlab, Bitbucket.
- Collaboration: Understand pull requests, branches,merges and code reviews.
SQL Databases 3-Databases & ORMs NoSQL Databases
MySQL MongoDB
PostgresSQL Cassandra
ORMs
MSSQL Redis
Prisma - SQLAchemy - Hibernate - Entity Framework - SQLx
4-APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) 6-Servers & Deployment
- REST: Designing and building RESTful APIs. - Web Servers: NGINX, Apache.
- CI/CD Pipelines: Jenkins, GitLab CI.
- Authentication: OAuth, JWT, API keys. - Containerization: Docker.
- Container Orchestration: Kubernetes.
- Rate Limiting & Throttling for API protection. - Cloud Platforms: AWS, Google Cloud, Azure.
5-Basic web security 7-Testing
8-System Design & Architecture
