Node.js Backend Engineer Roadmap

Roadmap to becoming a Node.js Engineer in 2024:

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Table of Contents

• Step 0: Prerequisites
  • Algorithms & Data Structures
  • System Design
  • Git
• Step 1: JavaScript
• Step 2: TypeScript
• Step 3: Node.js
• Step 4: Node.js Web Frameworks
• Hands-on Experience
  • Databases
  • Clean Code
  • Caching
  • Testing
  • Container Platforms
  • Programming Paradigms
  • Architectural Patterns
  • Design Principles
  • Design Patterns
  • Message Brokers
  • Web Servers
  • Availability & Reliability
  • Distributed Systems
  • Reactive Systems
  • Security
• Where to Go Next?
• Who to follow Then?
• Contribution

Step 0: Prerequisites

• Algorithms & Data Structures

  • Book

    • Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava (English) (Paid)
    • Cracking the Coding Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell (English) (Paid)
    • Data Structure and Algorithmic Thinking with Python: Data Structure and Algorithmic Puzzles by Narasimha Karumanchi (English) (Paid)
    • A Common-Sense Guide to Data Structures and Algorithms, Second Edition, 2nd Edition (English) (Paid)

  • Video

    • Data Structures And Algorithms Course by Mosh Hamedani (English) (Paid)

  • Platform

    • LeetCode (English)
    • HackerRank (English)
    • CodeWars (English)
    • TheAlgorithms (English)
    • Codeforces (English)
    • Quera (Persian)

  • Repository

    • Coding University (English)

• System Design

  • Book
    • System Design Interview by Alex Xu (English) (Paid)
    • System Design Interview: Volume 2 by Alex Xu & Sahn Lam (English) (Paid)
  • Course
    • Educative - Grokking the System Design Interview (English) (Paid)
    • Mastering the System Design Interview (English) (Paid)

• Git

  • Video

    • Git and GitHub for Beginners - Crash Course (English) (Paid)
    • Git Course by Mosh Hamedani (English) (Paid)
    • Git Course by Jadi (Persian) (Free)

  • Book

    • Pro Git (English) (Free)
    • Learning Git (English) (Paid)

  • Website

    • Learn Git - Atlassian (Free) ✰
    • Learn Git Branching (English) (Free)

Step 1: JavaScript

• Book
  • Eloquent JavaScript (Persian) (Free)
  • You Don't Know JS (English) (Free)
  • JavaScript: The Definitive Guide (English) (Paid)
  • Head First JavaScript Programming (English) (Paid)
• Platform
  • Ditty (Persian) (Free)
  • w3schools (English) (Free)
  • javascript.info (English) (Free)

Step 2: TypeScript

• Beginner

  • Book
    • Programming TypeScript (English) (Paid)
    • Effective TypeScript (English) (Paid)
    • Learning TypeScript (English) (Paid)
  • Platform
    • w3schools (English) (Free)
    • TypeScript Tutorial (English) (Free)

• Advanced

  • Book
    • Mastering TypeScript (English) (Paid)
    • Advanced TypeScript Programming Projects (English) (Paid)
    • TypeScript 4 Design Patterns and Best Practices (English) (Paid)
    • TypeScript Microservices (English) (Paid)
  • Platform
    • codecademy (English) (Paid)

Step 3: Node.js

• Beginner

  • Book
    • Get Programming with Node.js (English) (Paid)
    • Learning Node: Moving to the Server-Side (English) (Paid)
    • Node.js in Action (English) (Paid)
    • Node Cookbook (English) (Paid)
  • Platform
    • nodejs.dev (English) (Free)
    • w3schools (English) (Free)
    • codecademy (English) (Paid)

• Advanced

  • Book
    • Mastering Node.js (English) (Paid)
    • Node.js Design Patterns (English) (Paid)
    • Distributed Systems with Node.js (English) (Paid)
    • Advanced Node.js Development (English) (Paid)

• Complete Courses

  • The Complete Node.js Course with Mosh (English) (Paid)
  • The Complete Node.js Developer Course with Andrew Mead (English) (Paid)

Step 4: Node.js Web Frameworks

Choose a library according to your project requirements and do not get confused between multiple frameworks.

• Express

  • Book
    • Web Development with Node and Express (English) (Paid)
    • Express in Action (English) (Paid)
  • Platform
    • codecademy (English) (Paid)
  • Video
    • Node.js & Express.js (English) (Free)
    • NodeJS - The Complete Guide by Maximilian (English) (Paid)

• NestJs

  • Documentation

    • NestJs documentation (English) (Free)

  • Video

    • Official NestJS Courses by Kamil Mysliwiec (Creator of NestJS) (English) (Paid)

• Fastify

  • Documentation
    • Fastify documentation (English)
  • Video
    • Fastify Crash Course (English) (Free)

• Koa

  • Documentation
    • Koa documentation (English)

• restify

  • Documentation
    • restify documentation (English)

• hapi

  • Documentation
    • hapi documentation (English)

• List Of All Node.js Backend Web Frameworks

Step 3: Operating System

• Book

  • LPIC-1: Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide: Exams 101 and 102 by Roderick W. Smith (English) (Paid)

• Video

  • Lpic-1 Course by Jadi (English) (Free)
  • Lpic-1 Course by Jadi (Persian) (Free)

• Platform

  • Linux Journey (English)

Hands-on Experience

🎉 Congrats!
👋 You have passed steps 1, 2, 3 and 4, Now, Let's get your hands dirty!
⚠️ The following topics don't have any order or priority of learning.
✅ Choose topics that you are interested in or suit your needs.

Databases

• General

  • Book

    • Seven Databases in Seven Weeks: A Guide to Modern Databases and the NoSQL Movement (English) (Paid)

  • Video

    • SQL Course by Mosh Hamedani (English) (Paid)

• PostgreSQL

  • Video

    • SQL & PostgreSQL for Beginners (English) (Paid)

  • Website

    • PostgreSQL Tutorial (English) (Free)
    • tutorialspoint (English) (Free)

• MongoDB

Clean Code

• Book

  • Clean Code (English) (Paid)
  • Clean Code in JavaScript (English) (Paid)

• Website

  • Clean Code concepts adapted for TypeScript (Engilsh) (Free)

Caching

• ‌Book
  • Caching at Scale with Redis (English) (Free)

Testing

(In Progress)

Container Platforms

• Docker

  • Book
    • Docker in Action, Second Edition (English) (Paid)
    • Docker Deep Dive: Zero to Docker in a single book (English) (Paid)
  • Platform
    • Docker for beginners (English) (Paid) ✰
  • Video
    • Docker Tutorial for Beginners with Nana (English) (Free)
    • Docker Course by Mosh Hamedani (English) (Paid)
    • Docker Course by Jadi (Persian) (Free)

• Kubernetes

  • Video
    • "Just me and Opensource" YouTube channel (English) (Free)
  • Book
    • Kubernetes: Up and Running, 2nd Edition (English) (Paid)
    • Kubernetes in Action, Second Edition (English) (Paid)

Programming Paradigms

• Book
  • Object-Oriented JavaScript (English)(paid)

Architectural Patterns

• Book
  • Building Microservices (English) (Paid)
  • Microservice Architecture (English) (Paid)
  • Monolith to Microservices (English) (Paid)
  • Hands-On Microservices with Node.js (English) (Paid)
  • Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture (English) (Paid)
  • Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions (English) (Paid)

Design Principles

(In Progress)

Design Patterns

• Book

  • Head First Design Patterns: Building Extensible and Maintainable Object-Oriented Software (English) (Paid)
  • JavaScript Patterns (English) (Paid)
  • TypeScript 4 Design Patterns and Best Practices (English) (Paid)
  • Dive Into Design Patterns by Alexander Shvets (English) (Paid)

• Video

  • Design Patterns Course by Mosh Hamedani (English) (Paid)

Message Brokers

(In Progress)

Web Servers

• Nginx

  • Book
    • NGINX Cookbook (English) (Free)

• Apache

  • Book
    • Apache Cookbook: Solutions and Examples for Apache Administrators (English) (Paid)

Availability & Reliability

(In Progress)

Distributed Systems

(In Progress)

Reactive Systems

(In Progress)

Security

• Book
  • The Web Application Hacker's Handbook (English) (Paid)
• WebSite
  • OWASP Top 10 (English) (Free)

Where to Go Next?

(In Progress)

Who to Follow Then?

(In Progress)

Contribution

Feel free to contribute and add more resources.

First time contributing to a repository? For more information about the steps and guides, check out this repository. (Also available in Persian)