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Posted by Matt Winer
Matt Winer
4,023 Points

Best path to take to be a Full Stack Web Developer?

Hi guys. I just started Treehouse and was wondering what path/tracks I should take and in what order to learn Web Development (front-end first, back-end second). Thanks!

2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

I would suggest doing the frontEnd dev track first, then go down the JavaScript track. That way you learn, the HTML, CSS/SASS also "frontEnd" Javascript like jQuery, and vanilla JavaScript. Then with the JavaScript Track you can learn Node.js, Mongo DB and have some familiarly with the BackEnd language as you have been using JavaScript for the frontEnd. It's just a thought. Honestly it really depends on what you want to do.

Dan Shelzer
Dan Shelzer
5,456 Points
Dan Shelzer
Dan Shelzer
5,456 Points

I would go with the Web Design or Front End Web Development track first and then jump over to the Full Stack JavaScript track. Although, Treehouse spends a lot of time in pure JavaScript and most use-case, real-world scenarios, you'll want to use a front-end framework or library for your JavaScript, like React, Angular 2, Vue, and/or Ember. Those 4 are kind of the top 4 as far as Front End JavaScript goes. You'll also want to learn Node.js and Express.js for the backend. Treehouse just released a React track/course, I believe.