Boot.dev's Backend Developer Learning Path

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This is a living roadmap for Boot.dev's free-to-read computer science program for backend developers.

Section 1: Programming and CS Fundamentals (Python)

Course Name	Python Option Link
Learn Coding Basics	Python
Learn Shells and Terminals	Bash/Zsh
Learn Git	Git
Build a Bookbot	Python
Learn OOP	Python
Build an Asteroids Game	Python
Learn Functional Programming	Python
Build a Static Site Generator	Python
Learn Algorithms	Python
Learn Data Structures	Python
Build a Maze Solver	Python
Learn Memory Management	C
Personal Project 1	Your choice

Section 2: Backend Web Development (Go or JS/TS)

Course Name	Go Option Link	JS/TS Option Link
Learn Language 2	Go	JavaScript
Learn Language 3	skip	TypeScript
Build an X	Go	TypeScript
Learn HTTP Clients	Go	TypeScript
Build a Pokedex	Go	TypeScript
Learn SQL	SQL	same
Build a Blog Aggregator	Go	TypeScript
Learn HTTP Servers	Go	TypeScript
Learn File Storage	Go + S3	TypeScript + S3
Learn CDNs	Go + Cloudfront	TypeScript + Cloudfront
Learn Docker	Docker	same
Learn CI/CD	Docker + GitHub Actions + Go	Docker + GitHub Actions + TS
Learn Web Security	Go	TypeScript
Capstone Project	Your choice	same
Learn to Find a Job	Job Search	same

Section 3: Going Deeper (optional)

Course Name	Primary Language Link	Secondary Language Link
Learn Git 2	Git 2	same
Learn the HTTP Protocol	Go	TypeScript
Learn Kubernetes	Kubernetes	same
Learn PubSub Architectures	Go	none
Learn Algorithms 2	Python	none
Learn Cryptography	Go	none
Build a Web Crawler	Go	TypeScript

Courses we're thinking about adding

Learn Functional Programming 2 (OCaml/Elixir)
Learn Computer Architecture and Hardware (ARM)
Learn Distributed Systems (Go)
Learn Computer Networking (Go)
Learn NoSQL Databases (???)
Learn Performance Engineering (Go)
Learn Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Learn Logging and Telemetry (Go)
Learn Clean Code (Go)
Learn Discrete Math for Programmers (Go)
Learn Operating Systems (???)
Learn Compilers (Go)
Learn Server Administration (Linux/Standard VPS)
Learn Computational Theory (???)
Learn Artificial Intelligence (Python)
Learn Machine Learning (Python)
Learn GraphQL
Learn Cyber Security
Learn AWS/GCP/Azure
Learn NLP

Will you teach anything besides backend?

Yes. For now, we're still focused on having the absolute best curriculum and platform for budding backend developers. And we're prioritizing making it available in more languages, but we plan to then branch out to other career goals. Likely next candidates include:

Data Engineering
DevOps / Infrastructure
Embedded
Game Dev
Cyber Security
Front End (lol jk)

Philosophy

You can read about our approach to learning here.

Should I start learning even though the program is not "complete"?

Yes you should get started - this program will always be improving and never be "complete". This curriculum will never be "complete" in the same sense the YouTube will never be "complete" - there is new content all the time. We care deeply about the quality of this program and will always be improving and adding to it.

? Contribute

We love feedback on how we can improve the curriculum! The recommended way to help is to submit issues here on GitHub. If you just want to talk about some ideas, contact us directly using one of the methods below.