🎯 Goal: Become Job-Ready MERN Stack Developer in 4 Months (100% Focused)

 🎯 Goal: Become Job-Ready MERN Stack Developer in 4 Months (100% Focused)

🧱 Prerequisites (Before Starting Week 1)

• Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JS (optional but helpful)

• System with VS Code, Node.js, MongoDB, and Git installed

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🗓️ Month 1: Frontend Development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript & React Basics

✅ Week 1: HTML + CSS + Git + Bootstrap

• HTML5: Semantic tags, Forms, Input types

• CSS3: Flexbox, Grid, Media Queries

• Git & GitHub: init, clone, push, pull, branches, merge

• Bootstrap 5 Components (Navbar, Cards, Grid System)

• Mini Project: Responsive Portfolio Website

• 🎯 Focus: Build strong layout and responsive design skills

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✅ Week 2: JavaScript Core (ES6+)

• Variables, Datatypes, Loops, Functions

• Array & Object operations (map, filter, reduce)

• DOM Manipulation, Events

• ES6+: Arrow functions, Destructuring, Spread/Rest, Modules

• Async JS: Callbacks, Promises, async/await

• Mini Project: Todo App (Vanilla JS)

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✅ Week 3: React.js Fundamentals

• JSX, Functional Components

• Props and State

• Conditional Rendering, Lists and Keys

• Forms in React (Controlled vs Uncontrolled)

• useEffect and useState Hooks

• Mini Project: User Contact Manager

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✅ Week 4: React Advanced + Routing

• useRef, useContext, Custom Hooks

• React Router DOM (v6+)

• Lifting State Up, Component Communication

• Environment Setup for production

• Mini Project: Blog UI with Routing

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🗓️ Month 2: Backend with Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB

✅ Week 5: Node.js Fundamentals

• Node.js Architecture

• Modules: FS, HTTP, Path, OS

• npm, package.json

• Create HTTP Server with Node

• REST APIs Basics

• Mini Task: Local API with JSON response

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✅ Week 6: Express.js + MongoDB Integration

• Express.js Setup, Routing

• Middleware, Error Handling

• MongoDB Atlas Setup

• Mongoose: Schemas, Models, CRUD

• Mini Project: Bookstore API with CRUD

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✅ Week 7: Authentication + Authorization

• JWT Token, Bcrypt Password Hashing

• Login, Signup, Middleware for protected routes

• CORS, Postman Testing

• Basic RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)

• Mini Project: Auth API for E-Commerce

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✅ Week 8: Full Stack Integration (React + Node + MongoDB)

• Connect React frontend with Express backend

• Axios for API calls

• Handling CORS, Error messages

• Deployment Plan Discussion

• Mini Project: Task Manager App (React + Node + MongoDB)

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🗓️ Month 3: Advanced MERN Concepts + Full Project

✅ Week 9: Redux Toolkit + Context API

• Redux Toolkit Setup

• Actions, Reducers, Store

• Integration with React

• Comparison with Context API

• Mini Project: Shopping Cart with Redux

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✅ Week 10: Production-Ready App Development

• File Upload (Multer + Cloudinary)

• Email Sending (Nodemailer)

• Logging & Error Handling

• Search, Pagination, Filters in APIs

• Performance Optimization

• Mini Project: Blog with Image Upload & User Auth

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✅ Week 11: Testing & DevOps Basics

• Unit Testing: Jest, React Testing Library

• API Testing with Postman

• GitHub Actions (CI/CD Basics)

• .env, Secret Management

• Mini Project: CI-enabled Blog Backend

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✅ Week 12: Full Stack E-Commerce Project (Major Project Part 1)

• Frontend: Product listing, Cart, Auth, Checkout

• Backend: CRUD Products, Orders, Users

• MongoDB + Express REST APIs

• Admin Dashboard Start

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🗓️ Month 4: Project Completion + Job Preparation

✅ Week 13: Full Stack E-Commerce (Part 2)

• Continue Admin Panel: Add/Edit/Delete Product, Orders

• Payment Gateway: Razorpay or Stripe Integration

• Deployment: Vercel (Frontend), Render/NodeFlare (Backend)

• Project Submission & GitHub Repo

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✅ Week 14: Resume Building + LinkedIn Optimization

• Resume format for MERN Dev (ATS-friendly)

• Showcase GitHub Repos

• LinkedIn headline, about, featured projects

• Cold emailing sample + cover letter templates

• 🎯 Output: Job-ready Resume + LinkedIn

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✅ Week 15: Interview Preparation (DSA + HR + Tech Round)

• JavaScript Interview: Hoisting, Closure, this, async

• React Interview: Lifecycle, hooks, performance

• Node Interview: Middleware, JWT, REST vs GraphQL

• MongoDB Interview: Aggregation, Relationships

• Practice with mock interviews & friends

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✅ Week 16: Final Prep 

• Apply on LinkedIn, Internshala, Naukri, etc.

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• 🎯 Final Output:

  • Resume

  • LinkedIn

  • GitHub Projects

  • Portfolio Website

  • Major E-Commerce App Demo