Skill

Next.js & full-stack React

The App Router mental model: server components, routing, data fetching and server actions, ending in a deployed full-stack project.

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React fundamentals TypeScript fundamentals

What you will be able to do

Decide what renders on the server and what on the client
Route, load and cache data in the App Router
Ship a full-stack feature end to end

Curated resources

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3h 35mProject-based

LearnPath pickyoutube videointermediate

MERN Stack Tutorial for Beginners with Deployment – 2025

freeCodeCamp.org3h 35m

A 2025 end-to-end MERN build with deployment — the whole loop of a modern web application in one sitting. Best used after React and Node basics so the value is in integration and deployment rather than syntax.

Score 85

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1h 28mBest for beginners

Quick pathyoutube videobeginner

Next.js Tutorial 2026 (UPDATED) - Full Course - Start Your Next.js Journey Here

ByteGrad1h 28m

An updated 2026 Next.js tutorial built around explaining the mental model of the App Router before writing code. The clearest short introduction to how Next.js differs from plain React.

Score 80

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4h 10mLearnPath pick

Project-orientedyoutube videointermediate

Next.js 16 Full Course | Build and Deploy a Production-Ready Full Stack App

JavaScript Mastery4h 10m

A four-hour build of a production-style application on Next.js 16 — App Router, server components, data fetching, auth, deployment. Published late 2025, it teaches the version that is actually current.

Score 83

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React Node.js Real Estate App Full Tutorial | MERN Stack App & Real-time Chat

Lama Dev5h

Five hours building a real-estate application with authentication, image uploads, chat and a database — the closest free equivalent to a bootcamp capstone project.

Score 84

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6h 54mAdvanced

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Next.js Full Tutorial - Beginner to Advanced

Codevolution6h 54m

Seven hours that go beyond the happy path — caching layers, revalidation, parallel routes, middleware, data patterns. The resource to use once a Next.js project gets past the tutorial stage.

Score 82

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