🎯 Goal

Become hireable as a junior full-stack developer in 16 weeks with 3 portfolio projects.

🧠 Skill Breakdown

• HTML/CSS fundamentals
• JavaScript deep dive
• React
• Node + databases
• Deployment & DevOps
• Job hunting

📅 Curriculum Plan

Week 1: HTML & CSS basics

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 2: Modern CSS

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 3: JS fundamentals

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 4: JS advanced

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 5: React intro

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 6: React patterns

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 7: Project #1

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 8: Node & Express

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 9: Databases

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 10: Auth & security

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 11: Project #2

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 12: Testing

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 13: DevOps basics

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 14: Project #3

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 15: Portfolio + CV

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

Week 16: Job hunt

• Objective: One concept per week with build.
• Practical Tasks:
  • Tutorial pass
  • Hands-on exercise
  • Mini build
• Expected Outcome: Tangible weekly artifact.

🚀 Final Project

Three deployed full-stack projects with live demos, GitHub repos, and case-study write-ups, plus a polished portfolio site.

📚 Books & Long-Form Reading

• A canonical book or course in this field

👥 Communities to Join

• Active subreddit, Discord or forum for this topic

🔁 Progress Tracking

• Weekly self-check questions and a clear "ready to move on" criterion