How to Become a Good Backend Engineer (Fundamentals)

[@hnasr]

Get my fundamentals of Backend Engineering (link redirects to udemy with coupon) backend.win

[@adigunolamide3230]

Would system designing teach me most of this?

[@1Armani209]

I needed this video. Man, I have no clue why i skipped over your videos for so long. I have been starving for content that helps me understand concepts vs tool. Thank you.

[@neo1675]

i dont understand backend engineering i thought it was just what you do to store web application data, using a server and database im so confused please help im not even sure what a database is

[@hackersmethod3340]

@Hussein Nasser....Sir,Is it a good choice to learn Java (Spring) for Backend Engineering?

[@hackersmethod3340]

@Hussein Nasser....Sir,Is it a good choice to learn Java (Spring) for Backend Engineering?

[@neilclay5835]

"If you call yourself an expert, I don't think you know enough." Totally with you brother.

[@amsterdenko9854]

Expert never knows enough, and silence is gold.

[@pranjalagnihotri6072]

I dont know why YT algorithm suggested me channel so late. This channel is like the the golden resource for Backend Engineering in a world full of okay resources.

[@Qhoopdreams20]

Right?! Nobody goes in depth on the Backend stuff.

[@NickHamilton88]

When I see comments like this I subscribe instantly lmao

[@pranjalagnihotri6072]

Please if someone is trying InstaPortal just check the reddit link which is the second Google search result and you will find its reality 🙂

[@thomasmartin6623]

be careful, the algorithm is listening and you don't want to hurt its feelings

[@ShivaniOnYT]

do you have suggestions for another golden channel like this?

[@hnasr]

Here is also Playlist that might help you in your Journey in your Backend Engineering career. kzbin.info/aero/PLQnljOFTspQUNnO4p00ua_C5mKTfldiYT Time codes Communication Protocols 3:30 - TCP,UDP - QUIC - HTTP - WebSockets - gRPC - Web Servers 8:40 - How web servers work? - Dynamic vs Static Content - E-Tags - HTTP protocol - Database Engineering 11:00 - Relational vs NoSQL - ACID - Proxies (Reverse Proxies, Load balancer) 13:31 - What is difference between Proxy vs Reverse Proxy - Layer 7 Proxy vs Layer 4 Proxy - Reverse Proxy applications - Load Balancing algorithms - Caching 15:40 - When to use Caching - Message queue, Pub/Sub 16:36 - When to use PubSub messaging first queue. - Web Frameworks (API authoring) 18:30 - Express, Django, Node JS - Message Formats (JSON, protobuf) 19:24 - JSON & protobuf - Security 20:50 - TLS, Encryption, Firewalls

[@jav9787]

Great outline of backend development fundamentals. meanwhile, are there any good books that specializes in backend development that you can recommend us?

[@hnasr]

backend.husseinnasser.com Hey guys, Thank you SO MUCH for the love and support I am so Glad you are enjoying the content. This new website will help serve as an index to my backend engineering content as the content keeps growing. I think this will help you consume the content at your pace. The levels are assigned based on my personal assessment. Enjoy and hope it helps ❤️ Hussein

[@snghnishant]

What a great day to be alive that I found your channel. I am literally subbed to more than 150 tech channels and watch very niche computer science engg stuff but tbh you are someone who really wants his audience to get educated. Words fall short for your appreciation. I just added you to the list of people I want to meet in my life. Really admire your work. This is the first time I’m writing a heartfelt message. Thank you Hussein.

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[@k23raj2]

KZbin recommendation algorithm bit weird , it suggests this wonderful channel after so long . Thanks Hussian Nasser for knowledge sharing .

[@hnasr]

I am Glad you found it! Enjoy the content 😊

[@kamarajkannan4072]

@@hnasr I want become node developer . please suggest topic "must require for junior node developer" .

[@mohammedfalih8713]

That's a sign to study the backend . So you can in future enhance KZbin algorithm 😂🤘

[@mirkelor]

@@hnasr I found it from recommendation also agree to K23raj :D

[@devon.dulaney]

I didn't come across this channel by the algorithm, but because I have been deliberately searching for information on a backend engineering path, and have been disappointed at the overwhelming lack of resources to get started. Thank you Hussein, for creating this.

[@ardyjovi3414]

I've been a backend engineer for two years now. It was my first job. Somehow I feel like I don't understand much about what I've built. I might able to create a decent app using django or so, but I feel like I miss a lot of fundamentals. I realized it more when I got laid off because of covid and got rejected in many technical interviews. I feel I couldn't answer the technical question well enough, because I just know without understand. Always gave up Your video saved me today. Now I'm starting to see a clear picture on where should I learn. After scrolled down your channel, oh God I wish I've met you back then at college man. This is way more useful for me than you intended to. I felt lost and now I'm seeing a tiny light to pursue. Never subscribed to anyone with this much gratefulness, hats off to you

[@hnasr]

Ardy Jovi I am very happy that the content is helpful Ardy! Thanks for your kind words. Keep learning and see what you absolutely like and question everything 🙏

[@ardyjovi3414]

@@hnasr 💪💪 keep the spirit to create another great contents man, I like the way you explain things

[@srishti-ai]

What questions were you asked?? I m kinda in the same boat. It's hard to find what to prepare for backend engineering interviews.

[@JayMikB]

This is gold, exactly what I have been expecting, not only about coding or doing database CRUD or APIs. Thank you much !,

[@BillClinton228]

How to become a expert backend engineer: "Learn 100 languages and frameworks that will be obsolete by next year and never have any free leisure time for friends or family because you are constantly learning technologies that will be obsolete soon while you managers and CEO get paid 10 times your salary for working a fraction of the time you do."

[@avreudm7225]

@@BillClinton228 Bueno al menos lo que dice es real, pero no esta del todo perdido, aprendes cosas siempre

[@jed271]

@@BillClinton228 isn't it the same with other developers? LUL

[@adipurnomo5683]

@@BillClinton228 😂😂

[@randax8518]

@@avreudm7225 (if deepl translation is correct), Estoy completamente de acuerdo, por mucho que nos quejemos, las cosas no van a cambiar durante un tiempo y ¿no aprendemos estas cosas por gusto? A fin de cuentas, lo que ha dicho Yo es una exageración salvaje, Aunque algunos de los puntos mencionados por Yo es tristemente cierto.

[@avi12]

This channel is SO underrated I'd place it right where the big guys are, like Traversy Media

[@diegocastillo6470]

"If you think yourself as an expert, I don't think you know enough" absolutely agree with you, the more you learn the more awareness you acquire of your own ignorance. Loving your channel, I feel guilty for being able to get all this knowledge for free. Thank you so much.

[@wanderer_bunny]

This channel should have a million views. Hard to find such quality content.

[@iandaley2295]

Seriously. So much crap out there

[@CuongNguyen-om7zx]

Thanks so much, this channel is what I'm looking for months. I saw there are a lot of front-end videos, but it's hard to find a backend roadmap video because it's something that people hardly see with our own eyes (not like UI, UX). Thanks for doing this!

[@Gabriel-Aggrey]

I love this video. Though after watching it i am a little bit scared of backend now but i am enlightened . The depth of the video and the quality is just superb . well done

[@hnasr]

Gabriel Aggrey thanks Gabriel! Any technology feels intermediating at first until you tame it. You can’t possibly know all of this that is why you taste everything and see what you fall in love with. Check this Advice for Junior backend engineers who just started their new jobs in software companies kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGSmYYmsg9d5kJo

[@nicolearagao5517]

Fantastic content. I got an interview for a backend engineer trainee position and I am using this as my guide to understanding the Backend as a whole. Thanks for putting time and effort into this. Cheers from Brazil

[@hnasr]

All the best in your interview Nicole

[@shreyashjain9084]

Hussein is so relaxed that even his voice at 2x speed seems very slow, really like the way you explain

[@igorrocha1845]

Pretty true hahaha

[@rocknroll7967]

Analytical people speak slowly bruhhh

[@searchapostateprophetabdul2398]

@@rocknroll7967 really didn't know that

[@searchapostateprophetabdul2398]

@@rocknroll7967 and kind of people speak fast ?

[@elultimopujilense]

Ive been looking for this for years! I just dont have enough words to thank you!

[@ronniesunshine1163]

So much value in this video. And in your channel. I don’t subscribe to many coding channels but I couldn’t resist here.

[@CedricQuenette]

Super video! I applauded for A$2.00 👏

[@hnasr]

❤️❤️

[@aatifnazar8203]

This video is so motivating and so inspirational. I have just started my career as a backend dev and I cannot believe how beautiful my profession is. Thank you Nasser for creating this content. I hope I meet you someday in person. Cannot express enough! Fired up and ready to code!!

[@sharvarigc7714]

I feel like I found a mentor I don't have. This channel is awesome.

[@jav9787]

great video! found this channel at the right time. i just graduated and doing my internship as a backend developer and it seems like there are alot to learn.

[@hnasr]

Mohamad Harith congratulations Mohd on the graduation and all the best in your career! It does seem like a lot that is why you have to take it slow and enjoy the ride you will not learn everything in a day. taste everything until you find what you like and dive deep into it. All the best

[@ibrahim47]

Nice video, Hussein. If you allow me to add to your list, i would say "Distributed Systems", of course it's a broad topic. It has very abstract ideas, algorithms and its own famous problems. It's patterns appear in databases, proxies, servers...etc. So it's often a good idea to deal with it as a separate discipline. 2nd thing you can add to list is could services, thinking about when we should NOT reinvent the wheel and consider using these services. 3rd thing is operations stuff like docker and so, i think a backend developer should have some knowledge in those.

[@mangkap4623]

I am a fan of you! Keep working the videos ;)

[@Ryfibi]

This was awesome. I'm trying to change career to a backend engineer role and this helped me list the thing I need to study.

[@hnasr]

All the best

[@khalilzouari828]

great job! best channel ever seen i was seekong for content like this to just undetstand the fendamentals without showing code or terminals haha.

[@wilxcha8193]

You looks like Dua Lipa!!! pd: I'm nearsighted Lol

[@buddhikanelum8282]

Wonder why youtube recommendations took so long to recommend this channel to me. you're doing a great job. Just found the right channel for me.. Keep up the good work..

[@hnasr]

Awesome, thank you! welcome to the channel

[@dhruvilbhuptani727]

Macha diya bhai NE.

[@ryanvelbon]

Thumbs up for recommending learning TCP and networking basics. Lots of great channels like David Bombal, Network Chuck, Jon Hammond while geared more towards Network Engineers and Cybsec, as a backend dev I find their content very educational

[@karamjotsingh7479]

I thought KZbin didn't have this stuff in depth. Joined the party late. But better late than never. Excited to go through all the videos.

[@ngochieuthai5436]

Thank you Hussein! You are just... Great!

[@rainwave5]

18:21 one of the best pieces of advice when it comes to CS it really is always crucial to know the problem that some tool solves rather than learn the tool just because it's become popular or something

[@MrDaniloko23]

This is for sure a very good overview on what the backend has to offer. Thank you very much for making this video, it clarifies a lot of the possible paths on the backend!

[@UfuUfu-sj3bv]

I'm not sure why but this is exactly the thing I've been looking for from the start of my coding adventure years and years ago. It was always: how to do X in framework/language/lib X but never the WHY and fundamentals. Really appreciated this stuff!!

[@udaysaikiran4774]

Great Video. Thank you so much for providing broad content of backend engineer Qualities. I'm very glad that the youtube recommendation engine for giving me this video.

[@anarelle]

I LOOOOOVE you! Can't believe the amazing-ness of your channel. Thank you so much for sharing with us some of your knowledge.

[@justnealpatel]

YT algo did something good this time. First time coming to this type of content where it doesn't talk about the next programming language or framework to learn. Subscribed! Easy decision.

[@gameofcode6253]

Came across your channel today, and am learning so much from you! Love your voice and the way you articulate your thoughts so well! Thank you so much for this amazing advice

[@hnasr]

Thank you so much! and Welcome aboard!

[@architadesai7876]

@@hnasr thank you!

[@ishraqkabir8681]

Been learning web dev both frontend and backend for over a year Have not found a channel with better quality than this Pure gold Keep it up man you are helping thousands of developers like me Zajhakallahu khair

[@Ab-cj6gl]

hey man, just starting out here how you're learning? youtube or paid courses? any recommendations please

[@ishraqkabir8681]

@@Ab-cj6gl there are plenty free courses on youtube. My recommendation would be to get a basic idea on a technology and then build a project with it. Dont waste time on too many tutorials imo.

[@Ab-cj6gl]

@@ishraqkabir8681 yeah definitely i did that with CSS, i watched a crah course for the basics then picked everything else on practice, currently learning php and JS

[@JustinBishop]

this is the best backend engineering video that ive seen on all of youtube

[@theroadofchampion]

I think, i finish of all your 3 playlist, before this month end. Challenge accepted. And thank you for content 👍

[@vladimirgorea8714]

Best overview of backend ecosystem i have ever watched. Good job

[@nilanjanbhattacharya603]

Thanks!

[@jeremielegault9054]

I love your enthusiasm for JavaScript!! It's infectious!

[@SoeaOu]

Thanks for putting stuff out. Love this channel already.

[@AmanNidhi]

Oh my God! I heard you say "Have an Opinion". I have been saying the same to my juniors and colleagues at my company, and I always use to think that if I am the only person who thinks like that. I like FE but I like backend more, but sometimes, I spend too much time to make my page beautiful than required and regret later that I should have got it done someone else who is pro and I should have focused more on the backend side. But in the end it is a happy learning.

[@bhavnavarshney9030]

This is such an amazing content on backend. Each topics explained so well as a starter video on backend.

[@ahasanulmustafa6203]

This was an eye opening for someone like me who have just started learning Backend. Huge Thanks !

[@fahmiirfan6923]

just discover your channel from twitter, glad to find this!

[@kallikantzaros]

Hussein Nasser Marathon coming on, buckle your seats folks, this is going to be AMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZIIIIIING

[@mujahidshaikh5034]

From last 100 years yt is recommending me this video, finally I am watching it.

[@Mechanizeit]

Extremely simple and direct explanations, exactly what I always wanted. Some people like to overcomplicate things to inflate their egos. Subscribed immediately

[@JJ_Seno]

Thank you for this video, taking my next steps in my career and this is giving me a path forward and some motivation!

[@ShaliniAgarwal-qk7gi]

Hey Hussein, Thank you for all the good content that you share. I am a backend engineer with about 3-4 years of experience and the imposter syndrome is very real for me. I feel I don't know a lot of things which someone with these many years of experience should ideally know and I am trying to get over this feeling. One way I feel it might help me is if I start building good personal projects involving some of the core areas of engineering. I would love to see some content from you on what kinds of projects can a beginner engineer work on. Or anything you deem fit on this topic - personal projects or rather how to self-develop your skills (by self-develop I mean if you don't have the opportunity to work at a big organization with hands-on experience in different technologies). Hoping for you to check out this comment. Thanks!

[@softwarephilosopher8099]

Like seriously where has this channel been all this time? This is exactly what I was looking for . Thanks brother Nasser . Take Love

[@rosecancode9455]

It is very informative. I had a time that I think I didn't know where to start. Like you said, starting building something and find what you are interested in. Some like the backend end that even build their own server in the basement. Now I can build a web application from scratch, even though I know there are many problems with my website I learn as I go. Thanks for your insight.

[@darrenklein6090]

Love your attitude, so glad I found your videos!

[@sumitkumarmishra3140]

Can you please create a whole playlist on each one of this topics

[@neuron8186]

It will take so long

[@averywlittle]

Love this video. Subbed, and I will be watching your backend series. Thank you for the content!

[@hnasr]

Awesome, thank you!

[@IrohTheGreat]

I think operating systems is also one of the fundamentals, which every backend dev should be familiar with. How your code is going to be executed on the machine, if it is performant, how computer and its components work under the hood. I think it all helps with achieving best solution and debugging more complicated problems

[@nicolaskeroack7860]

Linux vs Windows, you're saying it's that important? More than using c versus python? Also you're saying that I need to know how registers, assembly, and how cuda works to be efficient at my job? maybe I also need to design my CPU architecture with all that, and at the same time that I'm being underpaid for overworking on backends go to uni lol. No for real I was gonna do a node cluster as a newbie, and it was literally saying "because of schedulers vagaracies on Windows all the clients ends up being served by 2 threads over 8" or something similar. Do you have the kindness and experience to explain?

[@nicolaskeroack7860]

It was saying that in the cluster section in the docu of node. Also they ddn't talk about schedulers problem in Linux. In fact it states to use linux

[@ChandanNayak-lq1pd]

Best channel for system design, will be the go to channel for backend

[@sunielkore]

things are nicely bundled together in one video.. Thank You..

[@richie5769]

I was gonna read some idle novel while I ate but then I saw this video and decided to watch it instead, man am I glad I did. Great content

[@asditaprasetya]

Hii Hussein thanks for sharing, after watching your video, i realised that all you explain is inside my company backend developer roadmap from junior to senior level.

[@abdullahclementabdulshekur6736]

I really love your channel, I have recently taken backend engineering serious, being a frontend developer, understanding concepts is a big part of my learning journey, your channel makes backend engineering concepts easier us and thank you for that

[@Oswee]

I think you missed one point. The history of the CS legacy. As for engineer it is really really valuable to read the history of ... text editors, tty, tcp, ip, dns... It will help you to understand the concepts of todays technologies much more better. Topic for future videos. An engineer's home setup. Edge router, server, proxy, etc... Workflow. Tools. I am believer that right envirionment setup will help you a lot. As example... rarely who starts with something like Ansible. But IMO automated and reproducable workstation setup is one of the first things engineer should learn. It will really eliminate any fear to f*ck up something and you will be able experiment more freely.

[@hnasr]

Dzintars Klavins great suggestion! Thanks 😊

[@Trex-ru9mb]

I can't believe I just found this channel.. It's like a diamond mine!

[@ismailnurudeen]

I'm an Android Developer and I want add backend engineering to my stack. Learning and using new Programming Languages isn't my problem so I was mainly looking for a video like this that talks about backend development without depending on how a particular language does stuff. Great content 👏🏾

[@kellothermes5090]

Thank you for this video. I've always wanted to become a backend engineer but I don't really know where to start. So, I'm just stuck and don't reach anywhere.After watching this video, I think I know where to start my backend engineering journey.

[@iammbsaiaditya]

Dude! Just Love it. Great insight about backend.

[@imadeddinerabat]

Thanks Hussain. Another awsome video! I think performances aspects are also important. Engineers who understand and consider this aspect create robust and good software!

[@billblackmon7704]

Great content and presentation. Keep up the good work!

[@hnasr]

Bill Blackmon thanks Bill!

[@geek_for_life]

Thank you for Awesome Discussion on Backend Engineering!🔥

[@nitinrai6093]

Thank you for putting this together

[@hnasr]

My pleasure!

[@youtindia]

As a front end developer who wants to get into backend, I think I just found the perfect channel.

[@pradeephgk6156]

Thanks alot bro, , your description help us to know more unknown titles/concepts to search and read

[@AbleToLiveHere]

I agree with every word you say. Thank you for filling in a couple of gaps in my training plan.

[@dhruvilbhuptani727]

Thank talk.

[@danieltran7637]

Thanks so much for your backend playlists. I am a software dev by profession, which has finished his job education and have been graduated last year. Currently I am working as a (junior) full-stack Java dev and your playlist are a good starting point for me getting more into the backend world, which I am more interested in than the frontend world. I like both worlds but I am preferring, for some reason the backend world.

[@Gourdinho]

The greatest video I’ve watched about this topic.

[@gjuoun]

Keep working, great content!

[@hnasr]

Thank you John 🙏

[@erwinditer450]

how come I haven't discovered you earlier in my life :) the content is great, immediately subscribed can't wait to watch all of the stuff I need

[@bishallakha2454]

This channel is gold

[@HKabir360]

Thank you so much Hussein Nasser for your videos. These are greatly helpful. Thank you again.

[@jovialiste]

Love your channel. Suggestions for the future: you might want to show real-time screen sharing showing how you use the different concepts you mention. For example when you talk about http, instead of … no, I mean in addition to the slides video you do, you can do videos showing how http3 would work instead of http2 or http1 with real time case examples

[@May-qt3wo]

Hussein, you are awesome. You have make things very easy to understand for a non-tech person like me. Have just joined a web app company as BA, and the lingo and backend process are killing me when i do not understand them at all...You have shed some light to me, and it's very helpful to get me started in high level. Keep your good work going. :) Love your videos, stay safe.

[@hnasr]

Thanks May! All the best in your new job, glad my content helps , stay safe. 😊

[@estherkpetagilely]

Thanks

[@rohans5265]

Thank you Hussein. Would you be interested in making detailed videos on each of the topic you mentioned above? That will be very helpful

[@hnasr]

Good idea

[@Shanraisshan]

3:30 Communication Protocols (TCP, UDP, QUIC, HTTP, WebSockets, gRPC) 8:40 Web Servers (Dynamic vs Static Content, E-Tags, NodeJS (Single Thread) v Apache Tomcot (Multi Thread)) 11:00 Database Engineering (ATOM, Relational Database, NoSQL) 13:31 Proxies (Reverse Proxies, Load balancer, Caching Layers, Service Meshes) 15:40 Caching (In Memory Caches, Stateful vs Stateless) 16:36 Messaging System (RabbitMQ, Kafka) 18:30 Web Frameworks Runtime (Node Js, Django, Express, REST APIS) 19:24 Message Formats (Json, protobuf) 20:50 Security (Encryption)

[@mhn147]

Thanks, Hussein, I really enjoyed listening to this, I always try to at least get a glimpse at the concepts and fundamentals before jumping and learning new technology. One thing is missing from this video though, learning resources i really do struggle to find quality online free resources to learn these topics.

[@hnasr]

Mohamed Nasri thanks Mohd! Appreciate your comment. I made another video on how I learn these concepts and resources.. check it out My Preferred Method of Learning Backend Engineering Technologies kzbin.info/www/bejne/an_WiKGKlJJ5pac

[@dean6046]

Thanks for the awesome content 👍

[@amzxa7574]

Thank you so much for this sweet concise video about backend stuff.

[@rongliao9255]

Great tutorial with high quality content! Really like your check list and thanks a lot!

[@hnasr]

Rong Liao thank you Rong! 🙏 enjoy the content

[@bishalpandit4464]

Damn useful! I have no words to thank you enough sir! You cleared a lot of confusion and all vague idea I had about backend

[@khanriza]

Solid information man, thanks for sharing.

[@hnasr]

Riza Khan thanks Riza!

[@ashishbadgujar8215]

Great Video Hussein, Can you make a video where you will be applying all these things in practice by creating a complex backend project, To show us what an ideal production backend looks like in your opinion.

[@mithson]

@Hussein Nasser I believe some important concepts like Linux, Docker, Cloud platform are missing to name a few... but still thanks for overview liked it!!!

[@Danish_Khan_]

0 importance in backend engineering. Read once again, "backend engineering".

[@mithson]

@@Danish_Khan_ in which world u living do some research and come into reality

[@Danish_Khan_]

@@mithson you are confused with back-end developer and back-end engineer.

[@sdadasdsa306]

انت رائع يا حسين . تحياتى من مصر ❤

[@Mixesha001]

I was looking for a discord because your community looks very cool and knowledgeable, didn't found one. You should think about making one :). Nice video btw, I totally agree with you!

[@driziiD]

again, i love this approach concepts/fundamentals >> tools!!! there are enough. tutorials on tools!

[@subbucodingvideos]

Bibel for back end developers ❤️ thanks for your content

[@prateek2159]

I seriously want you to make a course on all the in-depth concepts you know in back-end engineering 🤩🤩