2022 Backend Developer Roadmap | Begin your journey as a backend developer.

Backend Development seems like a constantly growing industry with so much things to learn 👩🏻‍💻. This roadmap will help you where to start or continue your development journey. Let me know what you think in the comments 😃.
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0:00 Intro
0:57 General Purpose Programming Language
2:20 Internet & Linux OS
4:00 Databases
7:27 API's
9:00 Containers & Virutalization
10:17 Cloud Services
12:19 Keep Learning
13:32 Outro & Thank You
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[@TheHunter2]

I am a 20 years old Senior Full Stack Dev, and although I have been through every and each step of this roadmap mentioned, I often have to go back to them and revisit or dust it off one or another or learn something completely new. So if you're a junior or less and already feeling overwhelmed, dont give up. I also feel overwhelmed after 20 years on the road. The good news: I make a lot of money and I can quit a job for the slightest annoyance a company gives me and guaranteed I'll find a new one within less than a week.

[@kaeshimaru]

wow

[@valeriewhite961]

20 years 😅 when did you start studying it all? At 12?

[@TheHunter2]

@@valeriewhite961 fair enough. Bad grammar there. I should have said "I've been a Full Stack Dev for 20 years". :D

[@udayaminul2533]

what if i choose c#, Hard programming language isn't the problem but will getting job be easier or harder. what programming languages do you use?

[@the_god_killah]

@@TheHunter2u can edit your original comment btw

[@stephenignatus6681]

I watched this video 6 months ago and I felt so overwhelmed. I am here to tell whoever feels the same way this… “it gets better, just keep learning..”

[@LordmkKING67]

Exactly, it all falls into place when you start understanding how everything is connected and what does what and why

[@sadique_x_]

same same

[@kawtharbh1223]

That's exactly how i am feeling right now. Im building a website for a small business and i am done with designing and front end web dev. Now i am stuck whats the next step what am i exactly supposed to do. I hope i will find an answer so soon.

[@victorpinasarnault9135]

I am studying Java for nearly 2 years in the official documentation and still in the basics concepts. I hate courses that promises 'learn to code in 6 months' or 'from zero to hero in 2 weeks' (shitpost). Coding is a lifelong learning.

[@victorpinasarnault9135]

@@yuvahates read and WRITE, not just read. I transcript the documentation to my notebook and redo the examples, try my own projects based on what I learned, review my annotations. This is how I learn.

[@praveens2272]

Java is really so much.. it takes time to good at.

[@wissembelguidoum]

Why java?... Learn some nice and cool languages.. Python.. or Go.. or Ruby... or Rust... Don't waste your time on any jvm language

[@praveens2272]

@@wissembelguidoum Obviously Java should not be the first language to learn.

[@brandonjoaocastillo7490]

@@yuvahates i think you good

[@PediculusPL]

Nice to get a roadmap to make it effectively use cloud services. I also really enjoy your warm style of presentation.

[@anmax]

Wow, I'm back to developing for two months and this is the best video I've watched, It really feels good having a map like this

[@kephiob]

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[@alphaios7763]

I enjoyed the video. As someone that works in the field, I just want to share a bit what I've learned. The most important thing is to keep things as simple as possible - do only what is asked from you, there is no need to implement visitor pattern whenever you are asked to add an endpoint to the API. Also, don't stress about how much there is to learn, take it one step at a time. If you don't want to learn some things mentioned in the video, you will be fine, you will learn it along the way while doing something else. Google is your best friend, if something goes wrong, you can search for it. If you can't find an answer, ask someone to help (people usually like to help others). Another thing is overthinking the job listings (like "I don't know most of these things"). I applied for jobs where I knew very little from the listing and got a job because they saw I was willing to learn. Companies know that you can't know everything they list and that they will pay you months and months without getting value, but when you learn their practices, you will be great addition to the team! Keep coding, don't give up and don't let things overwhelm you.

[@ottojones8471]

I really needed to hear that right now. Thank for this comment and thank you Lewis for the video.

[@joaodumas]

Thank you for this message! You helped me a lot!

[@harsh8462]

i got a job recently my joining is in a week , I am overwhelmed that am I good enough for the job, your comment made me stress less so yeah I think will be fine thanks mate

[@okekeuche7176]

I love you😭😭

[@Jack_______oh]

The reqs thing is good to hear because tons of "junior dev" listings have massive requirements

[@ninjadelcodigo6302]

amazing roadmap.. as a software architect of 20 years I've used most of the tech stack described and seen the environment changed so much.. this is a perfect introduction to the current state of things. thanks!!

[@kephiob]

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[@simonswiss]

Great video - love the humour and the editing style/effects 👍

[@pimziengs2900]

Amazing video! All information presented rings so true as a developer in data science for over 5 years already. 👍

[@darkr70]

I am new to it, and im so confused where to start , i thought going directly to learn multiple languages and thats it, but this enlighted me a path to follow ! Thank you so much you really motivated me to dive deeper!

[@parthokr]

This. No babbling no ranting. Straightforward answer.

[@e.lenahwilson1784]

I am just getting started and this is just what I have been looking for! Thank you so much for creating and sharing this video.

[@CodingWithLewis]

You are so welcome!

[@omaryahia]

your explanation flow is ordered, informative and understandable happy to have found your channel, subbed👍🏻

[@vigil3273]

Big thnx for this roadmap. The site you've mentioned in the beginning already use too. Your roadmap is very straightforward and simple for beginners. Good luck with channel!)

[@onyekastephen2250]

Thanks a lot i enjoyed your help throughout this backend of a thing, was a really helpful

[@sithlord1906]

I wish I would have known this 2 years ago. I would have structured my whole learning process differently. This is amazing content that I'm going to share on multiple platforms to help others. I have clarity now. I don't just have a bunch of puzzles pieces with no clue how they fit together. I have actual clarity! Thank you!

[@justiceobaje8891]

You mind sharing your learning Structure ??? I might be in the bunch of puzzles pieces with no clue stage

[@sofik316]

One of the best videos I’ve watched so far on backend development !

[@willychrosnik1925]

Thanks for your videos man. They keep my motivation up.

[@SfinX0o]

your channel is crazily undervalued, im gonna have to press like on every video to get you in the algorithm

[@LMQC]

thanks for helping me discover those roadmaps, really glad there was one for Android dev. ty!

[@grimjetram3866]

You my guy have earned a subscription from me😁😁this is really informative honestly simple and straightforward💯I have been looking for a backend roadmap for so long that’s not an 1hr long but has so much information to give thank you so much and what you have said has been noted😁👍🏾

[@CodingWithLewis]

Im glad I can help Grim :D

[@azy3929]

Im new and this introduction looks really scary but could not be any way better or more profesional.Thanks for this guidance 🙏

[@Mooblr]

Knowledge + Humour + Code = Subbed. Cheers.

[@simonxu8381]

Thanks so much for connecting all these nodes together and showing us the big picture.

[@vinitkumarshah8463]

Love Your Content Man...... The amount of quality which you are putting in your videos for community is amazing. Really appreciate your work. Keep growing and helping devs like us.

[@CodingWithLewis]

I love to help :D

[@davythewise9524]

@@CodingWithLewis You are a legendary legend I really like how you provide the information and how you speak about

[@4115steve]

Good video, helped a lot. Thanks my man.

[@alvirarahman1010]

I would have liked to have known this 2 years ago lol, where were you? anyways thanks. This video is freaking Gold, u r GOD SEND.

[@cooltraineraaron4618]

Thanks a ton for the tips, great video!

[@curiouswatcher4626]

It's a really good way to go about it. Great video 👍

[@wotronix]

brooo! you made the whole destiny of my life clear to me😁❤

[@kk-eq7eg]

Thank you Lewis, this was a nice introduction to coding :)

[@vineethzoho5321]

vooh! u just cleared shit loads of tension that I should have taken to figure out what to learn thanks man! will keep posting the updates here as I am learning and hope everybody does that

[@kephiob]

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[@andresdevivanco4494]

Excellent! I would only add to always keep in mind security. Keep up to date with the OWASP top ten when architecting, developing, testing, and deploying.

[@kephiob]

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[@rhyscabonita5933]

Fkin gold mine of a channel. Hope to see you grow much bigger

[@CodingWithLewis]

Appreciate you Rhys :D

[@lxlit]

I loved the humour in this one that is mostly not possible in shorts. Great video !

[@CodingWithLewis]

Thanks Lalit :D

[@riverofcustard5027]

Excellent work, Lewis. Wish I’ve seen this when I was starting (probably would’ve ran away though)

[@Future_ology]

New Sub! I have to continue strengthening my abilities in Java or Python, SQL and Databases. I've touched blockchain and more over at AWS, a bit at AZURE and that's about it rn. Thanks for the roadmap bro! I'll be watching 👀 p.s. I'm also learning HTML, CSS, and JS to be a Samurai lol

[@Dagothdaleet]

Great video to help me get started. I bought a full-stack course, but it is very front-end heavy, and I am interested in doing back-end

[@gc_tech]

Although Backend Development seems quite hard… You encouraged me to keep learning. I hope to read this comment in the future as Junior Backend Developer Thanks ❤

[@user-tf6hr5ez1u]

wow on your journey man 2175% growth in a year or 400k+sub in year keep growing and making good quality content

[@patricktang3377]

The roadmap is awesome! Thanks!

[@thanhtrungvo2908]

You're doing a fantastic job, Lew! I can imagine things becoming much clearer for a lot of people. Keep it up!

[@kephiob]

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[@pujanrai159]

watching this video after working as a backend developer for more than a year. Great Video 👍

[@mario_luis_dev]

Backend developer here. Clicked on the video by pure curiosity, and I liked it a lot. Very informative (and hilarious I might add 😂). Great job man, I subbed to the channel 🎉

[@johnwickkx]

hello wanted to know if a year might be enough to learn and possibly start an internship or job for a beginner that just started to learn back end possibly python and/or java or c++

[@kephiob]

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[@batteriesteach9292]

Thanks a lot Bro!

[@Michael-lb3hh]

Love the videos, exactly the video I needed. Thank you Lewis!

[@kephiob]

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[@manguy9831]

Hey big ups lewis, keep it up with high quality content.... I'm also aspiring to be a back-end developer this was very helpful but i still have a long long way..

[@CodingWithLewis]

Thanks so much Man Guy :D

[@Cyrax_LK4D4]

6months later... How's it going

[@ladywebber1726]

omg your delivery is so funny... love you...I applied for frontend role at my current job but I have been doing nothing but backend work since i started lol, so i really need to learn this formally.

[@kephiob]

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[@justsearch7714]

amazing video bro🔥👍

[@sapientum8]

Backend developer is probably the most interesting position (among the common ones) to have in terms of the quality of the tasks that one has to solve.

[@hexadecimalhexadecimal5241]

Great roadmap!

[@Jasiu005]

Thanks Bro!

[@JohnCarrFitness]

Great explanation! Thanks

[@austinb2177]

Before I even went into Linux, I took the CompTIA A+ certification. It’s mainly for IT and help desk employees. However, it forces you to study so many fundamental internet concepts: TCP/IP, UDP, link layer, DNS, VPNs, ports, protocols like HTTP and SSH/Telnet, operating systems, and way more. It even delves into Linux scripting and the Windows command prompt. It helped me so much once I began going through my roadmap.

[@killmanjar]

Hey just wanted to ask what job role you are into now

[@maharun]

Wooo.. That was a lot to take in.... Even a newbie like me got a pretty rough idea about backend... Thanks, Lewis..💫 I will laugh lil bit harder if I see the front and backend memes from now on😆

[@CodingWithLewis]

Glad you liked it Maharun 😀

[@imtheguy1273]

Hey Mate just wanted to say that these resources are absolutely amazing. Thanks heaps for sharing them with the world. As a aspiring backend developer these things help immensely.

[@CodingWithLewis]

Glad you like them!

[@farhanmuzaki6364]

its really a good video. Im currently being a web developer using Laravel at my company and i was thinking on how to improve my skills or even my carrier, and this video help me to figure out which things i should learn next and damn that last segment on "Keep Learning" is so damn true, i was really confusing on what to learn or what to improve because of so many tech and things out there to learn, once again im gratefull for this video, keep up the good work mate 💚 *sry for my poor english

[@CodingWithLewis]

English isn't poor at all Farhan :) Thanks for watching!

[@blackpetergriffin179]

@@CodingWithLewis WHAT IS THE BEST WAY OR RESOURCE TO LEARN INSIDE OUT OF INTERNET FOR BACKEND DEVELOPER?

[@siegdomain7251]

Thanks a lot. Very helpful

[@lpdemodimi]

What a fantastically structured video and specially the Roadmap are crazy in terms of structure and level of detail. Probably an A+ university course which would cost thousands of dollars and you just prepared everything for free. As a newbie into coding - i am fucked :D

[@utkarshsaxena4946]

You earned a subscriber with this video💯

[@aliyektaie9123]

I ise bing 😅 and im not lying about it. But your point definitely is correct for beginning. At some point you won’t need it. The last time I looked something up was probably 2 weeks ago

[@nicoleallen5352]

Hi great video, I'm new to back end development as a new developer this road map is highly appreciative and informative as I can follow a pattern. I've subscribed also. Good job please do longer more detailed videos. Thanks so much.

[@kephiob]

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[@sarahmohamed2973]

thanks for this great video

[@IasonOrlandosOx]

Thank you for the inspiration !

[@kephiob]

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[@husseinkizz]

Am a frontend dev getting into full-stack with javascript, I think this is a better roadmap primer than the rest I have seen so far, you earned a sub!!!

[@kephiob]

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[@husseinkizz]

@@kephiob sure!

[@hunin27]

what did you end up learning? i am also front end dev@@husseinkizz

[@husseinkizz]

@@hunin27 well I sticked to frontend and became a senior in it, then now I moved on from that, this very year, now I do python and other things, learning rust etc, like if you feel your a frotnend senior, then you can move on to next thing!

[@hunin27]

well my plan was to become a full stack dev.. i learned react html css and js. plus tailwind. i think im ready to move on to back end. should i learn things like node.js, next.js express.js and mySQL? since i already know js@@husseinkizzthank you by the way :)

[@Xskull001]

I'm on my 30s and I'm looking for information about where to start. Thanks for the video

[@Stephen-wy1sq]

Thanks for the info it was really helpful 🙏

[@kephiob]

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[@davidkik]

Made my life easier, Thanks🙌

[@maxfrischdev]

Thank you Lewis

[@niksatan]

I can honestly say, this is great video for beginners, I agree with everything. Most important - take one language, and stick with it.

[@kephiob]

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[@lucasl6833]

After watching this video, it successfully changed me to a frontend developer😄

[@muhendisinkaresi6336]

Amazing video to get information about backend development and also development. That's also fun way to introduce this world :)

[@kephiob]

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[@MrsWeasleyking15]

this was really insightful thank youuu

[@kephiob]

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[@danielblakeley2995]

Great video, I was lost before this, I now feel as though I have a plan.

[@kephiob]

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[@mthokozisimyende787]

Watching this video and you currently have over 400k subsribers, PROGRESS.

[@julianmoreno4545]

Thanks for this video. I really enjoyed a lot.

[@kephiob]

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[@vikrantsatpute9984]

Thank you for putting efforts now in making long videos.

[@CodingWithLewis]

Pleasure is mine :)

[@dipokchandra264]

You are a great man! I am a regular learner who learns every day. I am using LinkedIn learning, skillshare, and Udemy too. I leave LinkedIn last month because of the high price. Now I am learning from skillshare. But what is the point? The point is I never found a voice like you. I never found a teacher like you. I am a freelance graphic designer working for 5 years. But now I learning web development and I am following your roadmap. You are just a great man! I appreciate you.

[@CodingWithLewis]

Wow Dipok! 🥺 I appreciate this comment. That's amazing. I have a web development background and my next video is the front end developers roadmap. I think you might find it valuable! Thanks for watching ❤️

[@da_hungry_boy8529]

As someone who literally just jumped into coding just recently, this roadmap seems very daunting, very, very daunting. Though very informative

[@kephiob]

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[@roadracer1584]

I'm learning embedded S/W design. It's challenging to learn how to tailor a Linux kernel to run on custom H/W. I recommend learning C/C++ if you're writing code to interface with H/W. I've been trying to learn Python on the side since this seems to be the high level scripting language of choice these days.

[@kephiob]

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[@roadracer1584]

@@kephiob Non needed. Under control. Thx.

[@thelitos07]

Blew my mind. Amazing video!

[@kephiob]

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[@gev911]

Great video Thanks a lot

[@dianarios736]

you're hilarious!¡!!! THANK YOU for this amazing roadmap and advice

[@kephiob]

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[@rohitmeinia2580]

This is what i needed thanks alot

[@CodingWithLewis]

My pleasure :)

[@praveens2272]

I am a java backend developer and I love it so much..

[@mazenyasser7208]

I'm a senior computer engineering student.. I have learned Python, Some experience with Linux and networking concepts like servers and DNS, some experience in Oracle database and I'm currently on my way in Django.. thank you for reassuring me I'm on the right path ✌️ But one thing I wanna know, when can one start applying for an entry level position? At what phase?

[@Gorlung]

oh, I remember Jason Canon's Linux course on Udemy. It was a rare case when I rated a course with low rating.

[@IsSheShells]

“Fly my little programmer” made me laugh so hard…😂 this is the type of validation, I’ve never got.

[@user-jt6uu1ru7s]

You are creative as always

[@CodingWithLewis]

Thank you so much 😀

[@murilovalenca9578]

very cool lewis, i'm a brazilian programming and thank you so much for the content

[@kephiob]

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[@DynastyInferno]

Thank you. I just dropped out of a coding school because I realised full stack wasn't for me and they didn't spend enough time on backend for me to really get it. Backend is what I want so I am going to teach myself from this roadmap on top of what I already know and aim to be employed by January. This video is exactly what I needed to figure out where to go and why I want to do it. Thanks, man.

[@ajisegirisunday2885]

Nice decision you made there pal

[@eleni_gr36]

How’s your journey so far?

[@davidkashala305]

Nice goal I am aiming to do the same we can travel the journey together

[@ruzan6386]

Have you reached your goal?

[@victorocheni814]

I guess what they say is true, that we miss 100% of the chances not taken.

[@diegoavendanohernandez9908]

Awesome this video it"s a must if you want to be a backend developer

[@kephiob]

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[@miftahulhaq7816]

thanks for inspiring:)

[@gabrielfono844]

sir you are absolutely right I have been working as backend engineer for my first job for 4 months now after teaching myself frontend for two years I constantly ask question I have been asking question to my peers and feel like I am contributing as I suppose to best tips for new hired backend engineer to succeed for your next video if you dont mind

[@KhoaTang293]

Thanks for your guidance now i know where i am positioned in. I have learn python and sql. I have done countless python bootcamp but still cannot get around with it. Then i decides to go for django but still wrap around on how it works. I guess i am still at stage one trying to get more familiar with python, then probably later with linux, dns,https and domains. Lol even with a lot of learning getting from tutorial study to actual project is very daunting task.

[@kephiob]

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[@shotby3bdu]

Tysm very helpful

[@CodingWithLewis]

Glad to have helped :)

[@rafo5547]

Thank you a lot !

[@lifeadventure859]

Thanks!

[@crisorchi1399]

This was very entertaining & informative

[@CodingWithLewis]

Im glad :D

[@SiimKoger]

As someone whose journey has had ups and downs (could be where I am much faster) I want to echo the point of: "Get good at one language before moving on." Most companies don't require you to switch stacks all the time. Learn one stack, learn setting up your IDE and debugging code, basic git, basic Linux commands, understand basic architecture principles and networking, unit testing, and maybe integration testing. The rest of the shit you'll learn on the spot (communication, code reviews, time-planning, dealing with broken releases, performance, etc). Good luck! [Oh, and algorithms and data structures at least a bit. No, you'll not have to write them from the ground up but trust me sometimes the understanding helps write better-performing code - to know which built-in DS to choose.]

[@kephiob]

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