Full Stack Developer (MEAN)
A MEAN developer builds web products with Angular in the browser and Node.js, Express and MongoDB on the server, all in TypeScript.
- Build Angular components, services and forms
- Write Express APIs and connect them to MongoDB
- Handle streams of data with RxJS
- Own a feature from the screen to the database
- An Angular app with routing and reactive forms
- An Express API with authentication
- A full product deployed end to end
Where it leads: Senior full stack or Angular specialist, often in enterprise teams.
Every skill, at the level the job needs
Updating… · change the level or company to see how it shifts
full-stack
core- HTML
- CSS
- npm
- Git commands
- Starting with git
- Tailwind
javascript
core- Declaring variables
- let
- const
- Introduction to JavaScript
- Hoisting
- Naming variables
nodejs
core- What is Node.js?
- Why use Node.js?
- History of Node.js
- Node.js vs Browser
- Running Node.js Code
- Modules
angular
core- Component Anatomy
- Creating Components
- Angular and History
- Angular Architecture
- Setting up a New Project
- Components
typescript
core- TS Playground
- tsc
- ts-node
- TypeScript vs JavaScript
- TS and JS Interoperability
- Running TypeScript
git-github
core- git init
- What is Version Control?
- Why use Version Control?
- git config
- Local vs Global Config
- Git
mongodb
core- BSON vs JSON
- SQL vs NoSQL
- Embedded Objects & Arrays
- Introduction to MongoDB
- What is MongoDB
- Double
datastructures-and-algorithms
core- JavaScript
- Language Syntax
- Control Structures
- Pseudocode
- Pseudocode basics
- Functions
What the levels mean
- L1 · AwareKnows what it is and when it's used
- L2 · BasicsCan use it with guidance
- L3 · WorkingUses it independently on the job
- L4 · StrongHandles hard cases, reviews others
- L5 · ExpertDesigns with it, teaches it
Interviews, by kind of company
Your route adds an interview track that matches the company you choose.
Large IT services firms: aptitude, fundamentals, technical and HR rounds.
Online assessment, coding rounds, a design round.
Hard timed coding rounds, system design, behavioural interviews.
Questions
What does a Full Stack Developer (MEAN) need to know?
Angular Developer, Full Stack Developer, JavaScript Roadmap, MongoDB, Node.js Developer, TypeScript at a working level, plus API Design, CSS, HTML, Learn Git and GitHub. The skills section above lists every one with its level.
How long does it take to become a Full Stack Developer (MEAN)?
About 551 hours of study from scratch. At 10 hours a week that's roughly 56 weeks; anything you already know is skipped after the readiness test.
I already know some of this. Do I start from zero?
No. The optional readiness test finds what you already know and your route skips it.
Does the route change for product companies or senior roles?
Yes. Choose your level and the kind of company above: the skills and target levels adjust, for example deeper data structures and system design for product companies.
Other roles in the Full Stack track
They share many skills with this one, so progress carries over if you switch.
MongoDB, Express, React and Node.js.
Python back end with a React front end.
Spring Boot back end with a React front end.