Become a Full Stack Developer: A Roadmap for Beginners

👩‍💻 If you want to become a full stack developer, you will constantly find yourself finding lengthy articles and contrary opinions that will stop you from actually learning how to be a full stack developer in the year 2023.
In this video, I aim to eliminate the noise and give you details on my journey of how I became a full stack developer. 🎉
My name is Lewis Menelaws, I am a 27 year old software engineer who has a software agency in Ontario, Canada. I have been programming professionally for 5-6 years and am looking to help inspire you to learn code. 😊
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[@CodingWithLewis]

Thank you everyone for watching! My goal is to help inspire everyone to learn code and develop awesome applications! 🧑‍💻 What would you like to see next!? 🤔

[@sarmadrafique426]

Lewis. I understand every thing you said in this video. I just wanna tell you that I have cleared front end and now I am trying to move towards backend. So it will be my suggestion to please make a video on what frameworks to choose for both front end and backend.

[@bernarddormon7246]

Can you please make a roadmap for dotnet development

[@meghpatel2219]

I want to see DevOps roadmap next 😍

[@jagathammapilla8520]

api developer roadmap

[@avxqt001]

I would want a code which can detect a specific USB with any directory like it should not matter is it is E:/,F:/..... If there are many USB, only one specific USB which I want to be detected. Is it possible? I had tried it but it is way too long. I know it can be compacted. If there is a video about is please send the link here.

[@catmium7974]

Reality is that you should spend time on web, read a lot of docs, watch videos, produce your own products while facing problems and solving them but the most important thing is that you should keep yourself motivated all the time.

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . . .

[@maspio48]

Any suggestion to keep motivation alive all the time???

[@catmium7974]

@@maspio48 everyone has their own reasons

[@Shuki..]

@@maspio48 start a family. Best motivation is putting bread on the table

[@krishp1104]

chatgpt really made this comment obsolete in 5 months

[@cocoasulphur]

After watching this video, I can confirm that I have been hired by at least 17 different companies, and I am now making several billion pounds per year. I am a front-end and back-end pioneer. There is no code I cannot parse. I am also coding the matrix in my spare time, thanks to your tutorials. Truly inspirational 🙏

[@DrakeHDxgaming]

Probably wrote this comment in ascii codes aswell

[@JeremiahFernandez]

he uses arch btw

[@zeenxdownz]

code in binary without a translator.

[@mclevelandkent]

What do you mean

[@hellocalifornia3059]

What helped you? I have no knowledge of it , i applied for a scholarship and got in but I don’t know anything about it . Please help 😢

[@IndicaPenguin]

I just started learning html and was feeling uncertain of the direction I wanted to take and this gave me some confidence in my thought process so thank you.

[@slicendice226]

how did it go? any advice?

[@goncalvesdacostajuliano183]

Lewis I want to thank you a thousand times for this video. I am learning html, css and javascript all at the same time and till now I found it very time consuming and frustrating. Anyways I took some notes from your roadmap, subscribed to your newsletter and will now start my journey as a full stack dev. I love the challange! Thank you and keep bringing us those videos

[@daeshaunparker7884]

if you wouldn't mind me asking how has your journey been so far?

[@ДанилДмитриев-я5м]

where is git?

[@fulltalk-k7l]

Hey Lewis I really liked the video, I am trying to follow to roadmap in a hopefully 1 year span and it would be nice to know which chapters fit for how long i should spend on them within a months frame, so like for example January: Chapter 1 & 2 February: Chapter 3 March: Chapter 4 & 5, and so on. It just shows me a better understanding of how long I should spend time on for each subject.

[@EdwinWade]

Amazing videos man!! I’ve been learning Java and now took on C language. And I always wondered if I’m on the right track of learning CS languages🤔 because on most entry level jobs in CS. I see a laundry list of pre-requisites that not even colleges teach you about with an associates degree. I learned about HTML but not on a higher level like Java.

[@wassup102]

editing is so good, i just love the way you teach stuff.. so good..got me hooked brother

[@hashmatmohammed5807]

HTML CSS JAVASCRIPT LINUX AND SERVERS DATABASES AND SQL API'S AND LIBRARIES SECURITY FRONTEND LIBRARY AND BUILT TOOLS -- REACT,NEXT CSS FRAMEWORKS AND COMPILERS TYPESCRIPT DOCKER THE CLOUD DEVOPS DID I MISS SOMETHING ??

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . . .

[@Chillycloth]

Very clearly explained. Beginner friendly. Perfect

[@alexsisrodriguez2316]

Bro just talked in a foreign language to me in this video but I'm still so interested in getting started and learning more.

[@saadmohammad5758]

With that kind of ediitng, you're keeping up with the expectations!

[@CodingWithLewis]

You can thank Will for the help :D

[@jacknelson9800]

finally some1 step by step explain me how does it work... I need learn eng better and i can while that start learning htm+css with php i guess. thank you

[@antor.morsalin]

I was focused on competitive programming for a while but I recently made a project and it's so funnn ...

[@sarmadrafique426]

Just watching it. And very excited for this one lewis. Because I have already completed your front end roadmap that you given some time ago.

[@CodingWithLewis]

You got this!

[@yairtsfoni1422]

Hello Louis First of all thank you very much for your amazing videos, Second; I would want to ask something, I know very well the bases of programming and programming languages like python, java and C#, and I want to get it to the next level end to do something practical and interesting, but I'm so confused because all the videos, and I do not know where to start from, could you help me please?

[@RedcubeX24]

Now, what would be the estimated timeframe to learn this while having a fulltime job? Yes, you're never finished learning JS for example, but I'm assuming a level of "enough to get above a above-junior-grade job". My wild guess would be around 3-5 years depending on your personal background and abilities?

[@CodingWithLewis]

Some could be even under that! Some bootcamps say they could get you through in like 2-3 months. I would take a year to learn everything thoroughly and go at a good pace. I would say if you learn Node and JavaScript, the frameworks you could learn on site as it wouldn't be much harder.

[@linaalbaroudi8324]

I would like to see a road map for software testers, how to learn automation and CI.

[@fadiabu-rjellah1842]

Please can provide us a roadmap in details regarding the Microsoft full stack with Balzor. What is the best technology for small, medium and Enterprise Solution regarding web app? What about .Maui mobile application? By the way may I say your channel on my favorite and best one for me I would like to thank you too much

[@sagark5871]

Great content as always. I'm 37, learning front end, suggest me how to enter into tech & with what tools & languages

[@CodingWithLewis]

Contribute to open source when you have the time!

[@DeepfriedChips]

Although I’m still primarily a windows user, I’ll use linux as needed, on low end hardware, server hardware It was still worth learning Also yeah I’m primarily a Go and JS programmer

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . .

[@RedStoneMatt]

I actually expected it being full of meme and not serious at all lmao thx for the vid

[@CodingWithLewis]

Balanced... as all things should be ;)

[@umar_shareef]

Hey Lewis, can you talk about where to proceed with after the book "Automate the boring stuff with Python " if all I want to do is to learn to automate further stuff??

[@CodingWithLewis]

Would love to!

[@umar_shareef]

@@CodingWithLewis it would be very helpful if you could include browser automation stuff without using selenium or playwright if any..

[@dogecoin315]

Blockchain development roadmap Which language is first to learn And also give me some resources or your video link

[@ronsargeant8371]

Full-stack developers - mostly jacks of all trades and masters of none. Within 2 years of starting my coding career in the 90's I was what you would call a full stack developer. But I would never have called myself that because it's a self-agrandising term that means nothing. There was a huge amount still to learn and after over 25 years I opted to concentrate on data provisioning, i.e. backend services.

[@newfoundland1956]

I am starting in Jan in Software dev from scratch.... at age 61

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . .

[@gianniskour143]

For some reason you give me so much motivation man.. I am struggling with my university and you give me hope

[@m122h]

What are you studying?

[@rastislavzanony5943]

Lewis, thank you for an amazing video! Just found your channel and subscribed. I'm considering to jump into "development world" after 10+ years in networking field (Campus and Data Centre routing and switching). Do you think it's a good idea?

[@csharpbest4085]

it is

[@Janemayank]

You are good 👍🏻☺️ I'm subscribing your channel immediately. Not sure why your videos didn't come across earlier. Anyways, please continue the knowledge sharing. Thank you for making this video.

[@makguzi]

Well done Lewis, very nice and entertaining video, I really like the way you talk and present your videos.

[@mohammadalweis3644]

Cs50 web dep course covers most of these topics in great details and the best part is that it's free and anyone can take it

[@KeiraraVT]

So for a discord bot. SQL or no sql?

[@halopinx3398]

Love this! short and concise!

[@kirstenmartin7512]

Dayum, that threat at 2:40 woke my soul up

[@Flipnomi]

The closest thing I’ve done to Coding was learning old html from 3rd grade which was around 25 years ago. I just want to build a website. Where should I start?

[@TF_Aaryan]

Make a fully explained Machine Learning/Data Science roadmap please!

[@hanhn5924]

Hi there. Do you do profile reviews or know which KZbinrs likes to do them?

[@PapaKilo9493]

Thanks!

[@xtremegamer4775]

Nah bro didn’t even get acknowledged

[@FT-xy7ex]

how much time will it take? to complete the roadmap. As i am still deciding whether to jump on the boat.

[@ImHansana123]

Hi Lewis. ✌️ How do find that icons for your videos and how all they look same? 😮

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . .

[@mr.bombarder]

How much time does doing all of this is gonna take..?

[@darkseid3427]

Please make video on learning devops 🙏

[@devonchia5976]

probably familiarize with source control can be a good add-on as well

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . .

[@pepperparkffm]

To be honest, one cannot become a fullstack dev starting from scratch. This is a market illusion. You have to have a few years experience in either frontend OR backend development. Then you can switch your focus and gain experience on the other side, combining them and at some time you maybe can call yourself a fullstack dev. The funniest thing I've ever read on job positions was a company looking for a JUNIOR fullstack dev. Come on.... seriously?? What did they smoke?

[@theFarhadkhan]

My question is can you get a job by learning full stack Web development without any degree is it even possible if you have the skills ???

[@babayaga6172]

Sir I am confused about Starting learning GraphQl There are two types of schema design Many tools GraphQl tools GraphQl yoga Apollo server own its type def and type resolver GraphQl shield for auth I am confused what to learn and road map Like jwt auth , deep population in GraphQl, pagination all these stuff I want to implement but what are the necessary tools to get started whenever I searched for something Some article uses some tool some tutorial uses another tool Aah and I am stuck please help me out

[@ethisfreedom]

1:30 trying my best lewis trying my best….

[@Jacovanrooyen]

Great video and channel. This video was kinda scary. Where and when does python fall into this spaghetti? Should I invest in learning Python? I am a self-taught (aka lewis and internet) beginner with css and html down and currently learning javascript. I was thinking of doing python next. My goal is bioinformatics.

[@verdammtigor]

Are new projects written in Java? It seems that most switch to either python or go. And what do you think of Kotlin for the backend

[@hemanthkollapudi3333]

Thanks Lewis, make roadmap video on DEVOPS

[@MoRiWeeB]

Please make one for Ai/Ml developer too

[@rajsadhan4905]

Hey Lewis, I’ve subscribed to your newsletter and content yet cannot download the infographics of the roadmap. Can you please help?

[@tonybp]

I lost my job and nobody is hiring me because of my age (48). How bad is ageism in the web developer sector? Before I start studying, do I realistically have a chance?

[@hunglikeyoura8]

If I want to practice html and css where can I and show in a portfolio my work

[@alexandertorres9028]

You can make a route for a data scientist pls?😊

[@TshepoMavimbela]

Thank you for this video brother, literally making self learning easier by know what steps to follow

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . .

[@tristanJollyz]

Hi i'm a beginner, should i go straight to html css and js or jump in cs50 havard course before getting started to learn how to think and programming 😅

[@rexlapis9478]

So MERN full stack is better than java full stack for beginners?

[@movieupdates622]

Thankyou so much for this video.❤

[@mclevelandkent]

Ive always had this dream but didn't really understand how comex it it

[@__jake.m]

Thanks for this man!

[@manasagnihotri941]

can someone please help me by telling me how much time will it take to start from scratch, im currently in my 2nd year of Computer Science Engineering and have been just doing CP till now.

[@Jekalmat]

Hi, the link to download the infographic doesn't work. Can submit the email address, but it does not send a mail with a download link. Can someone help?

[@beareffect3314]

I am a happy student in my HTML5 and CSS near completion and acknowledge. As your video kept going, I started to sweat, got dizzy and by min 14:00 I farted and my brain exploded. How many years are we talking about to become a full stack of I got another 20 languages to learn ☠️💀 😭

[@vanillayt9884]

My age is 41, am I too old to start programming and have a good career?

[@ripper6062]

What is SDET CAN YOU MAKE A ROADMAP ON IT PLEASE

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . . .

[@Prince_D_Coder]

I'm unable to download the infographics

[@davidbarnabas7908]

I subscribed and confirmed my subscription on my Gmail buh I still couldn't download the infographic

[@doniaelfouly4142]

thanks

[@karimmerhi966]

Can you do one for mobile developer??

[@samuelp4933]

Hey ! I could'nt download the roadmap :(

[@enzo4488]

what software was used to create the roadmap .pdf?

[@emmanz22]

Hello sir can you please post the link to download the road map template 🙏🙏

[@MohammedMuzammeel-oc1zq]

Do I need DSA to become a full stack developer

[@oopsie9468]

How can I access the document

[@AK_6669]

Bro..... I have an doubt.... Is Cybersecurity has very important to learn Coding..... Is only know a basic coding or deep coding....plz replay....

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . . .

[@AbderrahmanFodili]

I spent a year learning the Lamp stack. I didn't find a job yet. Should I keep getting better at it? or should I jump ship and switch to Mern ?

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . . .

[@animeshorts51]

Im starting my journey here

[@ShibScript]

First step to become a better developer

[@asktostranger8296]

Please provide resources, for these

[@Londoloza031]

Trouble getting the pdf after confirming my subscription

[@rishiraj2548]

Thanks a million

[@CodingWithLewis]

My pleasure!

[@aussieraver7182]

The road to becoming a full stack developer. Tfw your boss gives you a project and you DESTROY it, solo.

[@JessicaOrtiz-r7c]

cool video)

[@regular_gamer564]

do u recommend udemy course for totally beginner

[@kingman-bo5dt]

ARE JOBS AVAILABLE FOR Fullstack Developers in Usa ?

[@kadikutoyosi2041]

Please send me the videos and tools to learn the front and end developer

[@kosovaR7]

hahah I learned and laughed at the same time, great content ;)

[@aaravinthan001]

Hi sir I see tutorial like HTML and CSS and i try but I feel like I forget that keyword and tag i don't get any ideas about that creating new project i totally confused now i feel 0 in HTML and CSS what can I do i totally confused

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . .

[@kuldeepmahida7022]

how much time would we require to learn everything mentioned here

[@AlwafiCharki]

Decade 😂

[@dominickalmilla989]

how many months will it take to finish this road map?

[@SimplyApollo]

2 years or more

[@shivvu4461]

Is it just me who is not receiving any emails?

[@CodingWithLewis]

Did you receive the email with the pdf?

[@shivvu4461]

@@CodingWithLewis I have recieved email about subscription confirmation but not the PDF. I haven't recieved the infographic about this roadmap.

[@etiyaethiel2377]

Good job buddy 👏👍wonderful 👍👏

[@EvelymHoplins]

nice job

[@puneeth3987]

Thanks.

[@avi12]

3:37 I actually disagree. JavaScript is a great language but it's also very confusing and for a beginner, it will spin his head so hard IMHO a beginner should learn a language like C# where he'll be introduced to types

[@_tanzil_]

Currently I'm learning JS.

[@kephiob]

👆send a direct message for support and guidance . .

[@mohamedadel-tw8sf]

as software engineers do we really need to support the full stack idea ??!!

[@CodingWithLewis]

Not at all! This is if you just want to be rounded in all areas. Sometimes it's best to specialize and be a beast in one area.

[@keyBladeSkai]

Thabk youuuuu ♥️