Beginner to job-ready
Backend Developer learning path
Start with how computers and programs actually work, then build servers, design databases and connect them into working web applications.
- Courses
- 5
- Time
- 7–10 months part-time
- About 852 hrs by provider estimates
- Free certificates
- 4
- Cost
- Free
- Certificates may cost extra where noted
The steps
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Harvard Online
CS50x: Introduction to Computer ScienceThe best single foundation: C, memory, algorithms, then Python and SQL.
120 hrsBeginnerFree certificate
freeCodeCamp
Relational Databases CertificationHands-on SQL and Bash in a real environment.
300 hrsBeginnerFree certificate
freeCodeCamp
Back End Development and APIs Certification (Legacy)Node, Express and MongoDB through projects.
300 hrsIntermediateFree certificate
Harvard Online
CS50's Web Programming with Python and JavaScriptDjango, JavaScript and deployment to finish.
120 hrsIntermediateFree certificate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Missing Semester of Your CS EducationThe shell, Git and editor skills nobody teaches but everyone needs.
12 hrsBeginnerNo certificate