Modern Full-Stack Web Development
DRAFT PLACEHOLDER PRICING — not a live purchasable SKU while unpublished.
Modern Full-Stack Web Development teaches you to design, build, integrate, test, and ship complete web applications — UI, API, database, auth, and production readiness — as one coherent system.
You will LEARN how browsers, servers, and data stores collaborate; BUILD responsive interfaces and HTTP APIs that share a clear contract; and GROW the judgment to ship under real constraints: mobile-first users, flaky networks, validation errors, and operational risk.
This course is not a duplicate of dedicated React or Laravel tracks. It uses practical HTML/CSS/JavaScript and server-side HTTP/SQL examples to teach full-stack thinking. Free Africoders Academy material may warm you up; this Premium course is the structured path with practice, assessment, and a portfolio-grade capstone.
## Further reading
- MDN Web Docs — https://developer.mozilla.org/ - MDN HTTP overview — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Overview - MDN CORS — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CORS - Fetch API — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API - React learning overview (concepts) — https://react.dev/learn - OWASP Top Ten — https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/ - OWASP CSRF Prevention Cheat Sheet — https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html - SQLite documentation — https://www.sqlite.org/docs.html - PostgreSQL tutorial — https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial.html - Git documentation — https://git-scm.com/doc - Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 — https://semver.org/
Course journey
How this Premium programme is structured — from foundations to practical work.
- Web Application Architecture
- HTML, CSS and Responsive Interfaces
- Modern JavaScript for the Web
- Frontend Application Development
- Backend APIs
- Databases and Persistence
- Authentication, Authorization and Security
- Full-Stack Integration
- Testing and Quality
- Deployment and Production
- Architecture, Performance and Observability
- Full-Stack Capstone
Curriculum
Week 1: Web Application Architecture
- The request cycle and system boundaries Preview 28min
- Frontends, backends, and hosting choices 30min
- Security and trust boundaries for web apps 28min
Week 2: HTML, CSS and Responsive Interfaces
- Semantic HTML for real products 26min
- Layout systems that survive real content 30min
- Responsive and accessible UI basics 28min
Week 3: Modern JavaScript for the Web
- Language essentials for browser apps 30min
- Async JavaScript and the network 32min
- DOM, forms, and progressive enhancement 28min
Week 4: Frontend Application Development
- Component thinking without framework lock-in 28min
- Client state, effects, and data fetching 30min
- Client routing and application shells 28min
Week 5: Backend APIs
- REST resource design for products 30min
- Validation, errors, and consistent JSON 28min
- Filtering, pagination, and safe list endpoints 34min
Week 6: Databases and Persistence
- Schema design for product features 30min
- SQL queries that power screens 32min
- Migrations and data change hygiene 28min
Week 7: Authentication, Authorization and Security
- Sessions, cookies, and tokens 32min
- Password hygiene and session lifecycle 30min
- Authorization, CSRF, XSS, and injection awareness 34min
Week 8: Full-Stack Integration
- Connecting UI to APIs end-to-end 32min
- Loading, empty, and error states that users trust 28min
- CORS, credentials, and environment wiring 30min
Week 9: Testing and Quality
- What to test across the stack 28min
- API and integration smoke tests 32min
- Frontend behaviour checks and regression habits 30min
Week 10: Deployment and Production
- Environments, config, and secrets 28min
- CI smoke checks and release discipline 30min
- Rollback, monitoring, and incident basics 30min
Week 11: Architecture, Performance and Observability
- Feature boundaries in a modular monolith 32min
- Performance basics for mobile-first Africa 30min
- Observability: logs, metrics, and user-visible health 30min
Week 12: Full-Stack Capstone
- Capstone brief and acceptance criteria 32min
- Build, integrate, and document the Cohort Classroom 36min
- Demo, debugging evidence, and retrospective 30min
Instructor: Africoders
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