• Introduction to React
• Component-based architecture
• State and props in React
• Routing with React Router
• Handling forms and events in React
• Building a basic React application

• Vue.js Introduction, Syntax, Data Binding, and Events
• Vue Components, Routing in Vue.js
• State Management with Vuex
• Advanced Vue Concepts, Forms, HTTP Requests

• Learn about node, a JavaScript technology that allows you to write server-side JavaScript
• Review asynchronous calls and AJAX
• Learn Jest, a JavaScript testing library

• Introduction to Node.js and Express.js
• Routing and middleware in Express
• Building RESTful APIs
• Handling authentication and authorization
• Using databases with Express (MongoDB or PostgreSQL)
• Write basic CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) queries and make your own simple ORM
• Learn how to work with asynchronous code, and handle common security exploits
• Utilising AI tools for automated testing and bug detection

• Introduction to Python
• Variables, data types, and operators in Python
• Control flow (if statements, loops)
• Functions and modules
• Exception handling

• Classes and objects
• Inheritance and polymorphism
• File I/O in Python
• Working with JSON and CSV data
• Building Python command-line applications

• Introduction to Django
• Creating models
• Configuring and using databases with Django ORM
• Creating views and URL routing
• Using templates to render HTML pages
• Delivering static content

• Working with forms in Django
• User authentication, permissions and session management
• Utilizing Django admin panel
• Building RESTful APIs with Django REST framework
• Apply learned concepts to create a web application

• Connecting React/Vue frontend with Express.js/Flask backend
• Making API requests from React/Vue
• Handling responses and data rendering in React/Vue
• Building a full-stack web application

• Basics of containerization (Docker)
• Deployment strategies (Heroku, AWS, or other platforms)
• Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Monitoring and error tracking tools

Projects allow you to apply all of the skills you develop while working through the program. You’ll gain hands-on experience with each stage of the development process, from designing your web page or application to coding and testing your code, to final review and putting it into production.

• Students work on their full-stack web applications
• Weekly checkpoints, code reviews, and guidance
• Project presentations and demos

Career units throughout the course will help you create a tailored job search strategy based on your background and goals. Topics include:

• Types of industry roles
• Job search strategies
• Building a network and using it to land interviews
• Creating a high-quality resume, LinkedIn profile, and cover letter
• Preparing for technical and non-technical interviews
• Successful negotiation

This Career Path, and indeed all Four Lanes courses, are completely self-paced, so you can study full-time or part-time, alongside your other commitments. That said, we recommend that you study as often as possible to give yourself the best chance of progressing. Every day is great, if you can manage it.

Students from all professional and educational backgrounds are welcome.

We do however ask that you have knowledge in the basics of web development, specifically HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Git. We recommend our Fundamentals of Software Engineering course as a starting point.

The only other requirements are your time, a computer and a good internet connection.

At Four Lanes, we believe that learning to code should be a community activity, which is why we've set up our Discord server - a place where you can meet fellow coders, share your code problems and solutions, and network. Just go to this link: https://fourlanes.tech/discord to sign up.

Although we have set up the Career Path to allow you to go from zero knowledge to employable developer, you don’t have to follow the course in order we have given. You might choose to skip ahead to modules you need to know about more urgently, or go back and redo parts from time to time. It’s your Career Path, so you can study however you like.

You are free to skip modules that you already know, however we recommend that you try to complete all the projects to test your knowledge before doing so. Please note that the certificate can only be issued when all the projects have been completed, reviewed and approved by your Four Lanes coach.

When you complete the Career Path, you will automatically unlock the Full-Stack Developer Career Path certificate. You are also eligible for the ‘Career Path Graduate’ Discord badge. Just send a message to one of the team on Discord or email [email protected] to claim this.

Yes, we are always open to feedback and constantly looking for ways to improve our courses. Since we curate free online content for our course, we always welcome suggestions for resources that may improve our courses. If you have any comments, please reach out to us on Discord or email [email protected].

Just drop us a message on our Discord server (https://fourlanes.tech/discord) or reach out at [email protected]