Capstone: Production-Ready MERN Portfolio Project — Roadmap Step & Re…
Plan, build, test and deploy a complete production-ready MERN application end to end
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 5 days
- Roadmap: MERN Stack
Before this step
Mini projects
- Design, build, test, and deploy a full MERN portfolio project (e.g. e-commerce, social app, or SaaS dashboard)
Study resources
- MERN Stack Handwritten Notes & Interview Questions (Article) — A curated set of MERN notes and playlists to reference while building your own capstone project.
- Build and Deploy a Full Stack MERN Social Media App (Video) — JS Mastery's full project video; the same auth/CRUD/deployment patterns map directly onto a Next.js capstone.
- Next.js Documentation (Article) — The official Next.js documentation, the primary reference while building a capstone project.
- React Native Full Stack Course – Clerk, Postgres, NativeWind (Video) — freeCodeCamp's comprehensive full-stack React Native course building a complete cross-platform app with Expo.
- Publishing to Apple App Store (Article) — The official React Native documentation, a key reference for shipping the capstone project to app stores.
- Spring Boot Tutorial for Beginners | Full Course (Video) — Amigoscode's comprehensive, current, well-loved full Spring Boot course.
- Spring Guides (Article) — The official collection of Spring guides, the primary reference for building a full capstone backend.
- Full Stack Open: Comprehensive Capstone Project Guide (Article) — Full Stack Open module guiding developers through building, testing, containerizing, and shipping a complete full-stack app.
- Full Stack React & Node Project Architecture (Article) — Architecture blueprint covering folder structures, JWT auth, database patterns, and deployment for capstone apps.
- Full Stack Open: Containers (Article) — Full Stack Open module guiding developers through building, testing, containerizing, and shipping a complete full-stack app.
Part of
- Advanced & Bonus Topics — section
- MERN Stack roadmap — the full learning path