🚀 MERN Stack Developer Roadmap – Step-by-Step Guide
📅 Week 1 – HTML & CSS Foundations
Days 1–4: Mastering HTML
🔹 Learn core HTML tags & elements
🔹 Structure pages with headings & paragraphs
🔹 Set up HTML boilerplate templates
🔹 Work with lists (ordered, unordered, nested)
🔹 Add images, links, and basic formatting
🔹 Understand inline vs. block elements
🔹 Use semantic HTML for better accessibility
🔹 Build tables with colspan & rowspan
🔹 Create forms with various input types
Days 5–8: Styling with CSS
🔹 Understand CSS syntax & integration methods
🔹 Apply colors, fonts, and text effects
🔹 Learn the box model, padding, margin & borders
🔹 Explore CSS units, selectors, and pseudo-classes
🔹 Master positioning & Flexbox layout
🔹 Add transparency, shadows, and hover effects
🔹 Animate elements with transitions & keyframes
🔹 Use media queries for responsiveness
📅 Week 2 – JavaScript Core Skills
Days 9–13: JavaScript Basics
🔹 Log & debug using the console
🔹 Learn variables, constants & data types
🔹 Work with numbers, operators & precedence
🔹 Handle strings and template literals
🔹 Write conditional statements
🔹 Work with arrays & their methods
🔹 Create and manage objects
🔹 Write reusable functions & arrow functions
🔹 Understand promises & async/await
Days 14–15: DOM & Events
🔹 Select and modify HTML elements with JS
🔹 Attach event listeners (click, keyboard, form)
🔹 Add or remove DOM elements dynamically
🔹 Use timers with setTimeout & setInterval
📅 Week 3 – Backend with Node.js
🔹 Understand what backend development is
🔹 Install Node.js & explore Node REPL
🔹 Work with file system & modules
🔹 Manage packages with NPM
🔹 Build APIs using Express.js
🔹 Handle routes & middleware
🔹 Use Nodemon for live development
📅 Week 4 – Database & Advanced Backend
Days 21–23: MongoDB
🔹 Learn why MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database
🔹 Install MongoDB locally or use Atlas
🔹 Perform CRUD operations
🔹 Connect MongoDB with Express.js
Days 24–25: Advanced Features
🔹 Use Express Generator for quick setup
🔹 Implement flash messages
📅 Week 5 – React.js Frontend Development
Days 26–28: React Basics
🔹 Understand React & JSX syntax
🔹 Build functional components
🔹 Pass data with props & render lists
🔹 Style with inline and CSS modules
🔹 Use useState for state management
Days 29–30: React Forms & Full-Stack Project
🔹 Manage form inputs & submission
🔹 Sync frontend with backend APIs
🔹 Build a login system using React, Node.js & MongoDB
🎯 End Goal
✅ Build responsive full-stack web apps
✅ Create robust frontends with HTML, CSS & React
✅ Develop scalable backends with Node.js & Express
✅ Use MongoDB for database handling
✅ Complete real-world projects to strengthen your portfolio
