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Meta Full Stack Developer: Front-End & Back-End from Scratch Specialization

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Meta Full Stack Developer: Front-End & Back-End from Scratch Specialization

Learn and Master Full-Stack Web Development.

Master both front-end and back-end skills to build web apps end-to-end

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What you'll learn

  • Explain the responsibilities of a full-stack developer and the core technologies used in web development.

  • Implement programs using Python syntax, variables, data types, conditional statements, loops and functions.

  • Build a functional Django web application incorporating databases, views, routes and user authentication.

  • Develop interactive front-end application features using HTML, CSS, Javascript, and React.

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Specialization - 10 course series

Introduction to Front-End Development

Introduction to Front-End Development

Course 1, 19 hours

What you'll learn

  • Distinguish between front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers.

  • Create and style a webpage with HTML and CSS.

  • The benefits of working with UI frameworks.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: React.js
Category: Bootstrap (Front-End Framework)
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: JavaScript Frameworks
Category: HTML and CSS
Category: Web Development
Category: Web Development Tools
Category: General Networking
Category: Web Frameworks
Programming with JavaScript

Programming with JavaScript

Course 2, 48 hours

What you'll learn

  • Creating simple JavaScript codes.

  • Creating and manipulating objects and arrays.

  • Writing unit tests using Jest

Skills you'll gain

Category: Javascript
Category: JSON
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework)
Category: Functional Design
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Test Case
Category: Data Structures
Category: Web Applications
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Package and Software Management
Category: Node.JS
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Web Development Tools
Category: Test Script Development
Category: Front-End Web Development
Version Control

Version Control

Course 3, 16 hours

What you'll learn

  • Implement Version Control systems 

  • Navigate and configure using the command line 

  • Use a GitHub repository. Create a GitHub repository

  • Manage code revisions

Skills you'll gain

Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Version Control
Category: GitHub
Category: Linux Commands
Category: Collaborative Software
Category: File Management
Category: Command-Line Interface
Category: Unix Commands
Category: Unix
Category: Web Development
Category: Linux
Category: Unix Shell
Category: Software Versioning
Category: Software Development
HTML and CSS in depth

HTML and CSS in depth

Course 4, 31 hours

What you'll learn

  • Create a simple form with a responsive layout using HTML5 and CSS

  • Create a responsive layout using CSS

  • Create a UI using Bootstrap

  • Implement debugging tools

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Category: Semantic Web
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Web Development
Category: Browser Compatibility
Category: Web Design
Category: Web Development Tools
Category: Bootstrap (Front-End Framework)
Category: Javascript
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: UI Components
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Web Design and Development
Category: HTML and CSS
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Category: Frontend Performance
Category: Software Engineering Tools
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: Debugging
React Basics

React Basics

Course 5, 30 hours

What you'll learn

  • Use reusable components to render views where data changes over time

  • Organize React projects to create more scalable and maintainable websites and apps

  • Use props to pass data between components. Create dynamic and interactive web pages and apps

  • Use forms to allow users to interact with the app. Build an application in React

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js
Category: Webpack
Category: Javascript
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Development Environment
Category: UI Components
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Event-Driven Programming
Category: Mobile Development
Category: Dataflow
Category: Code Reusability
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Category: Application Development
Category: Mobile Development Tools
Advanced React

Advanced React

Course 6, 26 hours

What you'll learn

  • Create robust and reusable components with advanced techniques and learn different patterns to reuse common behavior

  • Interact with a remote server and fetch and post data via an API

  • Seamlessly test React applications with React Testing Library

  • Integrate commonly used React libraries to streamline your application development

Skills you'll gain

Category: React.js
Category: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework)
Category: Context Management
Category: UI Components
Category: Javascript
Category: Web Applications
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Code Reusability
Category: Frontend Integration
Category: Data Access
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Web Development Tools
Category: JavaScript Frameworks
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: Data Sharing
Programming in Python

Programming in Python

Course 7, 45 hours

What you'll learn

  • Foundational programming skills with basic Python Syntax.

  • How to use objects, classes and methods.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Python Programming
Category: Data Structures
Category: Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Category: Debugging
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: Functional Design
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Test Script Development
Category: Package and Software Management
Category: Software Testing
Category: Development Environment
Category: Program Development
Category: Cloud Hosting
Introduction to Databases for Back-End Development

Introduction to Databases for Back-End Development

Course 8, 27 hours

What you'll learn

  • Concepts and principles that underpin how databases work.

  • Plan and execute a simple database development project.

Skills you'll gain

Category: SQL
Category: Relational Databases
Category: Database Design
Category: Databases
Category: Database Management Systems
Category: Query Languages
Category: Data Integrity
Category: Database Theory
Category: Data Store
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: NoSQL
Category: Database Administration
Category: MySQL
Category: Database Management
Django Web Framework

Django Web Framework

Course 9, 43 hours

What you'll learn

  • Build a web server

  • Data modeling

  • Implement web security best practices

Skills you'll gain

Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: MySQL
Category: Object-Relational Mapping
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Code Reusability
Category: Model View Controller
Category: Back-End Web Development
Category: Query Languages
Category: Databases
Category: Database Development
Category: Database Administration
Category: Web Applications
Category: Web Development
Category: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Category: Application Frameworks
Category: Data Migration
Category: Server Side
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
APIs

APIs

Course 10, 20 hours

What you'll learn

  • API development

  • Principles of REST architecture

  • Build a basic API

Skills you'll gain

Category: Data Validation
Category: Restful API
Category: Authentications
Category: Django (Web Framework)
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Debugging
Category: API Design
Category: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Category: API Testing
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: JSON
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Software Documentation

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Learner reviews across Meta Full Stack Developer: Front-End & Back-End from Scratch

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  • 5 stars

    78.12%

  • 4 stars

    16.44%

  • 3 stars

    3.25%

  • 2 stars

    0.98%

  • 1 star

    1.19%

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Course: Introduction to Front-End Development

Reviewed on Oct 16, 2025

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Course: Programming with JavaScript

Reviewed on Oct 7, 2025

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Course: Version Control

Reviewed on Apr 14, 2024