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Advanced Backend Engineering

Coursera-style end-to-end backend mastery — from internet basics to scaling, DevOps, and AI-powered systems.

77 units 58.5h Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced

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Curriculum

77 chapters

Advanced Backend Engineering — Content Audit

Beginner3m L0.1

Chapter 1 — How the Internet Works

Beginner

15m

Chapter 2 — Client–Server Architecture

Chapter 3 — HTTP & HTTPS Deep Dive

Chapter 4 — APIs, REST, and JSON

Chapter 5 — Authentication Basics

Chapter 6 — Databases Overview

Chapter 7 — Backend Architecture & Request Lifecycle

Chapter 1 — What Is Backend Development?

Chapter 2 — Environment Setup

Chapter 3 — Your First Server

Chapter 4 — Routing & HTTP Methods

Chapter 5 — Middleware Deep Dive

Chapter 6 — CRUD & REST API Design

Chapter 7 — Request Validation & Error Handling

Intermediate18m

Chapter 8 — Environment Variables & Configuration

Intermediate12m

Chapter 9 — Logging & Debugging

Intermediate15m

Chapter 10 — API Testing

Intermediate12m

Project P1 — Notes & Todo API

Intermediate120m

Chapter 1 — Database Fundamentals

Intermediate18m

Chapter 2 — PostgreSQL for Backend

Intermediate20m

Chapter 3 — MongoDB Fundamentals

Intermediate18m

Chapter 4 — Database Design & Normalization

Intermediate20m

Chapter 5 — Relationships, Joins & References

Intermediate18m

Chapter 6 — Indexes & Query Optimization

Chapter 7 — Transactions & ACID

Chapter 8 — ORMs: Prisma, Drizzle, Mongoose

Intermediate20m

Chapter 9 — Migrations & Schema Evolution

Chapter 10 — Database Scaling Basics

Chapter 1 — Authentication vs Authorization

Intermediate12m

Chapter 2 — Password Hashing

Intermediate18m

Chapter 3 — JWT Deep Dive

Chapter 4 — Session-Based Auth

Intermediate18m

Chapter 5 — OAuth & Social Login

Chapter 6 — RBAC & Permissions

Chapter 7 — Web Security: CSRF, CORS, XSS, SQLi

Chapter 8 — API Security & Rate Limiting

Chapter 9 — Secrets Management & Encryption

Chapter 10 — Project P2 — Complete Auth System

Chapter 1 — Architecture Patterns

Chapter 2 — WebSockets & Real-Time

Chapter 3 — Background Jobs & Queues

Chapter 4 — Caching with Redis

Chapter 5 — File Uploads & Object Storage

Chapter 6 — Search Systems

Chapter 7 — Pagination & Filtering Patterns

Chapter 8 — API Versioning & Documentation

Intermediate15m

Chapter 9 — Microservices vs Monolith

Chapter 10 — Event-Driven Architecture

Chapter 11 — Project P3 — E-Commerce Backend

Chapter 12 — Project P4 — Chat Backend

Chapter 1 — Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling

Chapter 2 — Load Balancing & Reverse Proxies

Chapter 3 — Distributed Systems & CAP Theorem

Chapter 4 — Database Replication & Sharding

Chapter 5 — Caching at Scale

Chapter 6 — Queue Systems & Resilience

Chapter 7 — Observability: Monitoring, Logging, Tracing

Chapter 8 — Case Studies: Netflix, Uber, Stripe

Chapter 9 — Project P5 — Scalable SaaS Backend

Chapter 1 — Linux Basics for Backend

Intermediate18m

Chapter 2 — Docker Fundamentals

Intermediate20m

Chapter 3 — Docker Compose: Multi-Container Apps

Intermediate18m

Chapter 4 — CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Chapter 5 — Nginx Reverse Proxy

Chapter 6 — SSL, Domains, and DNS

Intermediate18m

Chapter 7 — Cloud Deployment

Chapter 8 — Production Debugging & Incidents

Chapter 9 — Project P6 — Full Deployment Pipeline

Chapter 1 — AI APIs & LLM Integration

Chapter 2 — Embeddings & Vector Databases

Chapter 3 — Streaming AI Responses

Chapter 4 — RAG: Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Chapter 5 — AI Agents & Multi-Agent Systems

Chapter 6 — AI Security, Cost & Architecture

Chapter 7 — Project P7 — AI-Powered Backend with RAG

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