IT-блоги • MERN - 150 Days Challenge

About Me

• Ambitious Software Developer from non-traditional background (Bio-Medical Engineering)
• Journey officially and purposefully started on March 2023 with Savon Ammattiopisto (Local Vocational College in Finland)
• Self-learning and self-guiding through experiences 🤔
• I believe I managed to understand and implement :
  • Fundamentals of programming, data-structures and object-oriented programming. Hence, Backend engineering is my favorite part!
  • Databases (relational) using SQL syntax was free-flowing. If possible, I would replace English with SQL to communicate with people 😆
  • Frontend engineering was smooth but relating components and their functionalities between frontend <--> backend <--> databases was a journey! 🛤️

I wish to deduce my understanding of Software Development and start learning in public based on the advice from this wonderful post from Pieces 🛫

How to Build in Public as a Tech Professional

Pieces 🌟 ・ May 2

I am open to suggestions and collaborations along this wonderful journey! 🤝

🦾 The Challenge

The What

Currently I am learning MERN stack from FullStackOpen, an Open University course from the University of Helsinki, Finland.
My progress so far : FullStack-open-core

About the Course

• Course has 7 core parts and 7 extension parts for learning Full Stack Development.
• Course is very detailed and gives adequate set of instructions, exercises and material to follow along without any confusion. (sometimes the instructions are so elaborate, that it starts to be confusing! 😵‍💫)

Networking 🕸️ I have heard about this course from a peer and thanks to him, I could plan out the curriculum for my Vocational college degree.🕸️

The Why

I get to learn the most popular tech-stack and start applying for jobs as soon as I have a static portfolio in both MERN and Django 🗽
More importantly, the course has a nice reward if completed as a whole package! Here is my core reason :

• To qualify for the "Interview Promise"
  • Core course - 7 parts
  • Course exam - after completing parts 0-7
  • Extended course - 7 parts
  • Course project - Full stack project (10 ECTS)

The How

My self-study happens full-time, hence I am able to dedicate 6-8 hours/day for 5 days/week. Based on what I know and what I have (time) so far I believe I can complete the entire course including the course project within 150 Days.
To make myself accountable, I will be posting (1 post/week) my progress and key takeaways from what I have learnt every 14 days.

Interested ? 🤠

• If you are also new and a beginner from a non-traditional background, I would welcome you to join me in exploring MERN stack or any stack together.
• Learning together can always be confidence boosting and make the journey less lonelier 😁
• Let me know in the comments below. We can connect via Discord 📬

Credits

• Cover Image : Photo by Leeloo The First