The Complete Developer: Master the Full Stack with TypeScript, React, Next.js, MongoDB, and Docker
Martin Krause
"The Complete Developer" is a comprehensive guide for building modern web applications from scratch using JavaScript and popular frameworks. This hands-on book covers the entire development stack, from frontend to backend, making it suitable for both experienced developers and beginners. Readers will learn to create React-driven frontends, build backends with Node.js and Express.js, and work with databases like MongoDB. The book also explores REST and GraphQL APIs, user management through GitHub logins, and deployment via microservices. The step-by-step approach teaches readers how to implement essential components of a web application, including custom API routes, reactive UIs, and data management. It introduces modern JavaScript syntax, TypeScript, and frameworks like Next.js to simplify development. Additionally, the book covers important aspects of professional development, such as automated testing with Jest, test-driven development, and working with stubs, mocks, and fakes. By focusing on practical, reproducible examples, "The Complete Developer" aims to equip readers with the skills needed to create and manage full-stack applications in today's web development landscape.
