About

This course provides a strong foundation for developing scalable full-stack AI web and mobile applications.

Table of Contents

• 1. Programming Fundamentals

  • 1.1 Basic Survival Skills: Tooling and Version Control
  • 1.2 Modern JavaScript ES6+
  • 1.3 TypeScript
  • 1.4 Data Structures and Algorithms in Python and Modern JavaScript ES6+

• 2. Full-Stack Development

  • 2.1 Frontend
  • 2.2 Backend
  • 2.3 Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • 2.4 System Design
  • 2.5 AWS Roadmap + Technical Interview

• 3. AI Roadmap (Theory and Implementation)

  • 3.1 Deep Learning Roadmap + Technical Interview
  • 3.2 LLM Roadmap + Technical Interview

• 4. Mock System Design Interviews with AWS

• 5. Production-grade Apps

  • Chat Horizon
  • Social Eats

• References

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• Version Control:

  • SemVer
  • Git

• Environment Management:

  • Conda
  • NVM

• Package Management:

  • NPM
  • Yarn

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• Modern JavaScript (ES6+)

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• TypeScript

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• Theoretical Fundamentals
• Implementations:
  • JavaScript
  • Python
• Interview Questions
• LeetCode Problems

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2.1.1 Patterns & Architectures

• UI / Presentation-layer Architectural Patterns

  • Model-View-Controller (MVC)
  • Model-View-Presenter (MVP)
  • Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM)

• Web Application Architecture Styles

  • Single-Page Application (SPA)
  • Multi-page Applications (MPA)

• Rendering Strategies

  • Client-Side Rendering (CSR)
  • Server-Side Rendering (SSR)
  • Static Site Generation (SSG)

2.1.2 Web Applications

• React.js + Next.js

2.1.3 Mobile Applications

• Fundamentals of React Native with Hooks and Industry Best Practices

2.1.4 State Management Patterns and Libraries

• State Management Patterns:

  • Flux

• State Management Libraries:

  • Redux
  • Apollo

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2.2.1 System Architecture Styles & Patterns

• Code base/Deployment Architecture Styles:

  • Monolithic vs Microservices

• API Design Patterns:

  • Backend for Frontend (BFF)
  • API Composition Pattern

• Data Patterns for Distributed Systems

  • Saga Pattern
  • Database-Per-Service Pattern
  • Shared-Database-Per-Service Anti-Pattern
  • CQRS Pattern
  • Event Sourcing Pattern

2.2.2 API Development and Communication

• RESTful API
• JWT and Refresh Tokens
• GraphQL
• gRPC
• CORS
• WebSockets
• WebRTC
• ORM & ODM
• SST

2.2.3 Database Fundamentals

• Database Models

  • Relational Databases
  • Non-Relational (NoSQL) Databases
  • Vector Databases

• Data Architecture & Workload Patterns

  • OLAP vs OLTP
  • Data Lake vs Data Warehouse

• Data Modeling & Schema Design

  • Data Normalization vs Denormalization

• Transactions & Consistency Models

  • ACID Properties
  • BASE Properties

• Distributed Systems Theory

  • CAP Theorem a.k.a Brewer's Theorem

• Concurrency & Performance Bottlenecks

  • Database Contention
  • Thundering Herd
  • Deadlocks

• Indexing & Query Optimization

  • Geo-spatial Indexes
    • Geohashing
    • Quadtrees
  • Query optimization with Indexing

2.2.4 Database Technologies

• DynamoDB

• MongoDB

• MongoDB VS DynamoDB

• Neo4j

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• Waterfall Model
• Iterative Model
• Spiral Model
• Agile Model
• Validation and Verification Model (V-Model)
• Rapid Application Development (RAD) Model
• Big Bang Model
• Incremental Model
• DevOps Model

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2.4.1 Design Principles and Patterns

2.4.2 URL/DNS/SSL

• URL
• Domain Name vs DNS
• SSL
• Registry vs Registrar

2.4.3 Servers

• Stateful Servers
• Stateless Servers
• Hybrid Systems
• Cold standby
• Warm standby
• Hot standby

2.4.4 Over-Provisioning for Resiliency

2.4.5 Vertical Scaling

2.4.6 Sharding and Horizontal Scaling

• Sharding
• Horizontal Scaling
  • Load Balancer
  • Routing Algorithms
    • Round robin
    • Weighted round-robin
    • Least Connections
    • Weighted Least Connections
    • IP Hash
    • Least Response Time
    • Random
    • Least Bandwidth
  • Consistent Hashing
  • Database Replication
  • Multi-master Replication
  • Bidirectional and Circular Replication

2.4.7 Prefetching and Caching

• Prefetching
• Caching
  • Expiration policy
  • The cold-start problem in massive-scale systems
  • Eviction Cache Policies
  • Caching Technologies

2.4.8 Content Delivery Network (CDN)

2.4.9 The Hot Spot (Celebrity) Problem

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• AWS Roadmap + Technical Interview

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3.1 Deep Learning Roadmap + Technical Interview

3.2 LLM Roadmap + Technical Interview

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