Below is a complete, industry-aligned Full-Stack Web Development course curriculum using Django (Backend) + React (Frontend). This curriculum is designed for job readiness, real-world product building, and scalable systems, not just demos.

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Full-Stack Web Development Masterclass

Python · Django · Django REST Framework · React.js

Target Outcome: Become a production-ready Full-Stack Developer capable of building, integrating, and deploying modern web applications.

Duration: 24–28 weeks Effort: 2–3 hours/day Level: Beginner → Advanced (Career-ready)

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High-Level Architecture You Will Build

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PHASE 1 — Programming & Web Foundations (Weeks 1–4)

Module 1: Python Programming Fundamentals

• Variables, data types
• Control flow
• Functions & arguments
• Error handling
• Modules & packages
• Virtual environments
• Python standard library essentials

Module 2: OOP & Python for Backend

• Classes & objects
• Inheritance vs composition
• Encapsulation & abstraction
• Functional programming basics
• Memory management concepts
• Writing clean, maintainable code

Module 3: Web Fundamentals

• How the web works
• DNS
• HTTP / HTTPS
• HTTP methods & status codes
• Headers, cookies, sessions
• REST principles
• CORS basics

Mini Project

• Python-based utility app (CLI or file-based)

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PHASE 2 — Frontend Foundations (Weeks 5–7)

Module 4: HTML & Accessibility

• Semantic HTML
• Forms & validation
• SEO-friendly markup
• Accessibility (ARIA basics)
• HTML5 APIs (audio, video)

Module 5: CSS & Responsive Design

• Box model
• Flexbox
• CSS Grid
• Responsive layouts
• Typography & color systems
• Animations & transitions
• CSS variables

Module 6: JavaScript Core

• Variables (var, let, const)
• Functions & scope
• Closures & hoisting
• this keyword
• DOM manipulation
• Event handling
• ES6+ features
• Modules (import/export)

Project

• Responsive multi-page website with JS interactivity

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PHASE 3 — React Frontend Development (Weeks 8–12)

Module 7: Modern JavaScript for React

• Async JavaScript
• Promises
• async / await
• Fetch API / Axios
• Immutability
• Deep vs shallow copy

Module 8: React Fundamentals

• JSX
• Functional components
• Props & state
• Event handling
• Conditional rendering
• Lists & keys
• Controlled vs uncontrolled components

Module 9: React Hooks & Routing

• useState, useEffect
• useContext, useRef
• useMemo, useCallback
• Custom hooks
• React Router
• Protected routes

Module 10: State Management & Forms

• Component-level state
• Context API
• Redux Toolkit
• Async state handling
• Forms & validation
• Error handling UX

Project

• React dashboard with mock APIs

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PHASE 4 — Django Backend Development (Weeks 13–16)

Module 11: Django Core

• Django project & app structure
• Settings & configuration
• URL routing
• Views
• Templates (conceptual)
• Static & media files
• Django admin

Module 12: Django ORM (Deep Dive)

• Models & fields
• Relationships (FK, M2M, O2O)
• QuerySets
• Filtering, aggregation
• Indexing
• Migrations
• Avoiding N+1 queries

Module 13: Backend Architecture

• Client–server model
• Monolith vs modular monolith
• Microservices (conceptual)
• Stateless vs stateful services
• Request–response lifecycle

Project

• Backend system (Blog / Inventory / User management)

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PHASE 5 — Django REST Framework (Weeks 17–19)

Module 14: DRF Fundamentals

• Serializers & ModelSerializers
• APIViews vs ViewSets
• Routers
• Status codes & responses
• Error handling

Module 15: Advanced DRF

• Authentication & permissions
• JWT authentication (access & refresh)
• Role-based access control
• Pagination
• Filtering & searching
• Throttling & rate limiting
• File uploads
• API versioning

Module 16: Security & Testing

• CSRF vs CORS
• Password hashing
• Input validation
• OWASP Top 10 (backend focus)
• API testing with pytest

Project

• REST API for E-commerce / SaaS backend

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PHASE 6 — Full-Stack Integration (Weeks 20–22)

Module 17: React + Django Integration

• JWT auth flow
• Token storage & refresh
• Protected frontend routes
• Role-based UI rendering
• Error & loading states
• Pagination & filtering
• File uploads

Module 18: Performance & UX

• API optimization
• Avoiding over-fetching
• Frontend caching
• Lazy loading
• Debouncing & throttling
• Error boundaries

Major Project

• Fully integrated Full-Stack Application

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PHASE 7 — Background Jobs, Caching & DevOps (Weeks 23–25)

Module 19: Caching & Background Tasks

• Redis fundamentals
• Django caching
• Cache invalidation strategies
• Celery fundamentals
• Task retries & idempotency
• Scheduled jobs (Celery Beat)

Module 20: Deployment & DevOps Basics

• Linux basics
• Environment variables
• Gunicorn & WSGI
• Nginx reverse proxy
• Static & media handling
• HTTPS
• CI/CD overview
• Docker fundamentals

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PHASE 8 — Scalability, System Design & Capstone (Weeks 26–28)

Module 21: Scalability & System Design

• Horizontal vs vertical scaling
• Stateless services
• Database optimization
• Rate limiting
• Fault tolerance
• High availability concepts

Module 22: Capstone Project

Build a production-ready Full-Stack system with:

• React frontend
• Django + DRF backend
• JWT authentication
• PostgreSQL
• Redis caching
• Celery background jobs
• Secure file uploads
• Production deployment

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Skill Outcomes by Completion

You Will Be Able To:

✔ Build modern React frontends ✔ Design secure REST APIs ✔ Implement authentication & permissions ✔ Integrate frontend & backend cleanly ✔ Optimize performance ✔ Deploy full-stack applications ✔ Understand system design fundamentals

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Career Roles This Course Prepares You For

• Full-Stack Developer (Django + React)
• Backend Developer (Python / Django)
• Frontend Developer (React)
• Web Application Developer
• SaaS Product Engineer

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