Career path
Own the interface and the system behind it.
A coherent slice of frontend and backend — not every skill in the catalog. Choose UI framework and server stack, then finish with deployment and experience.
13 skills × skill price (no separate path discount)
Full-stack development means owning a product slice from the interface people use to the API and data behind it. You are not expected to master every tool in existence — you learn a coherent set of frontend and backend skills so you can ship and explain a working application.
A full-stack developer moves between UI and server work: building screens, designing endpoints, modeling data, wiring authentication, fixing bugs across the stack, and deploying a live app. You use Git throughout and write READMEs that help others (and future you) run the project.
This path is for people who want end-to-end ownership — interface to API — and can commit to a longer journey than a single-track frontend or backend path. It fits career changers and self-taught developers who are tired of disconnected tutorials.
No prior experience required for the default path. Expect a longer duration than a single-track path.
Career roadmap
Destination: Full-stack developer · 13 courses in the default path · 6–10 months
Shared web and engineering basics before the stack splits.
Path splits into frontend and backend
02 · Frontend
Default UI track: React + Next.js. Other framework options stay available in the path builder.
03 · Backend
Default server track: Node.js + Express. Swap languages/frameworks in the path builder.
Connect the interface to the API and data layer — then ship a complete product slice.
Optional add-ons
Path projects, Experience Lab when you qualify, and portfolio evidence you can show.
Web and tooling foundations (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, TypeScript, HTTP, SQL) come first so both sides of the stack share a common base. Frontend framework skills follow so you can build the UI. Backend language and framework come next so the UI has a real API to call. Database choice anchors persistence. Optional auth, styling, Docker, and CI/CD deepen production readiness without forcing every elective into the default price.
On the frontend side of the default path you learn React and Next.js (or Vue and Nuxt): components, routing, data fetching, and shipping polished pages that talk to your own API.
On the backend side you learn Node.js with Express by default (or Django / Laravel if you switch): routes, request handling, and structuring server code that the UI can trust.
SQL foundations plus PostgreSQL or MySQL teach you to model data and expose it safely through APIs. Authentication is available as an optional skill when you are ready to protect real user data.
Deployment and maintenance are part of the outcome: a live application you can walk through in an interview, not only a localhost demo.
Individual courses help you learn a technology. A Career Path gives those skills a sequence, connects them to a role, and shows what comes next — from foundations through practical work.
“I know JavaScript. What should I learn next?”
“Here is the sequence, why each skill matters, what comes next, and where I apply it.”
Core skills come first. Framework and ecosystem choices are customizable in the path builder. The roadmap above shows the same curriculum as a progression.
You should be able to ship a complete product slice, own both UI and API work, and deploy a live application you can explain — with assessment tied to reviewed projects, not a single quiz.
Mclenhub’s Learn → Build → Launch approach sequences skills, includes tutor support in live or on-demand format, and separates practice projects from supervised Experience Lab work. Customize the stack in the path builder; price equals the skills you include.
End-to-end projects spanning UI and API, reviewed against a brief — not a certificate checklist.
One strong full-stack case study plus supporting frontend/backend evidence on GitHub.
Portfolio focus is one strong full-stack case study plus supporting frontend/backend evidence. Career Accelerator is optional when you want structured help with applications and interviews. No job guarantee.
Supervised full-stack Experience Lab projects, or Career Accelerator for professional positioning.
