MERN Stack Course in Pakistan

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The picture that stops you guessing later.

• Request, response, and everything in between
  DNS, the server, the browser's build of the page. Why a new site is not visible everywhere at once.
• Front end, back end, and the line between them
  The test that matters: could a visitor see it in view-source? Then it is not a secret.
• Static versus dynamic, and why static is often right
  A great many paid, real websites are files. That is not a lesser answer.

HTML, CSS and the mobile reality of Pakistani traffic.

• HTML that describes meaning hands on
  Semantic structure, forms, and accessibility that costs nothing to get right.
• CSS layout with flexbox and grid hands on
  Building layouts that hold, instead of nudging margins until they look right.
• Mobile first, because most of your users are hands on
  Designing for a mid-range Android on a patchy connection — the actual audience.
• Performance: images, fonts and what makes a page slow hands on
  Measured, not guessed.

From language fundamentals to components.

• Modern JavaScript hands on
  Let and const, arrow functions, destructuring, modules, and async/await done properly.
• The DOM, and when you no longer need to touch it hands on
  Understanding what React is saving you from before you use React.
• React components, props and state hands on
  The mental model: state changes, the view follows.
• Hooks, effects and the dependency array hands on
  Including the infinite re-render everyone writes once.
• Fetching data, and the three states of every request hands on
  Loading, loaded, failed. A UI that only handles the middle one is unfinished.

The server side of your own application.

• Node, npm and the module ecosystem
  Including how to judge whether a package is safe to depend on.
• Express routing, middleware and structure hands on
  Laying a project out so it survives past a thousand lines.
• MongoDB and data modelling hands on
  Documents, relationships, indexes, and when a relational database would have been the better call.
• Validation on the server, always hands on
  Why client-side validation is a convenience and never a control.

The part that gets people hurt.

• Sessions, tokens and what to store where hands on
  JWTs, cookies, and the trade-offs stated plainly.
• Password handling hands on
  Hashing, salting, and why you never write your own.
• Authorisation is not authentication hands on
  Knowing who someone is versus what they may do. The bug where a user changes an id in the URL and reads someone else's record.
• The common web vulnerabilities, demonstrated hands on
  Injection, XSS, CSRF and broken access control — shown working, then fixed.

Getting it live and keeping it live.

• Git workflow in a team hands on
  Branches, pull requests, review and resolving a conflict without panic.
• Environment configuration and secrets hands on
  Config that differs between local and production, and keys that never enter git.
• Deploying to a real server hands on
  Nginx, a process manager, HTTPS and a domain.
• Logging, monitoring and the rollback hands on
  Knowing something broke before the client tells you, and being able to undo it.

Full stack application, deployed · 5 weeks

A complete application with authentication, a database, and a real deployed URL the trainer can visit. Must include a README a stranger could follow.

Team build

A second application built in a pair or trio, using branches and pull requests. Marked partly on the git history — how you worked is part of the deliverable.

A final assessment marked out of 100; the pass mark is 50, with 120 minutes to complete it.

• Front end and responsive behaviour (25 marks)
• JavaScript and React reasoning (25 marks)
• Back end, data modelling and APIs (25 marks)
• Security and deployment (25 marks)

A completion letter is issued to a student who has met the completion criteria AND has at least one project verified by their trainer. Meeting the 50/100 pass mark alone earns a record of completion, not a certificate: the certificate says a trainer examined finished work and stands behind it, which is the whole reason an employer can check it. Every letter carries a verification code and is checkable at /verify-letter, and it states attendance, assessment result and the project titles verified.

Pakistan's National Vocational & Technical Training Commission publishes a course-contents document for the trades it funds. This programme is mapped to Full Stack Developer — 12 weeks, 4 hours a day, 240 contact hours.

Published by NAVTTC and reproduced here so you can check our syllabus against it. We teach it to those hours: 240 contact hours over 12 weeks, the same as the standard. Read the NAVTTC document.

Roles this prepares you for

• Junior Full Stack Developer
  Building and maintaining web applications.
• Front End Developer
  Specialising in the interface and its performance.
• Web Developer (freelance)
  Client sites and applications. Requires the business skills taught in the Freelancing course.

What is the fee for the MERN Stack course?

The course fee is PKR 60,000. The fee and syllabus are published on this page before you apply.

How long is the MERN Stack course?

It runs for 3 Months, with 240 contact hours.

Can I join from another city?

On campus in Faisalabad, or live online from anywhere in Pakistan. You can apply online from any city.

Do I need any experience before joining?

The course is pitched at intermediate level. Recommended before you start: Basic computer literacy and typing speed; Free: Web Development Basics.

How am I assessed, and what certificate do I get?

There is a final assessment marked out of 100; the pass mark is 50. Students who pass and have project work verified by their trainer receive a completion letter with a verification code that any employer can check.

What jobs can this course lead to?

It is aimed at roles such as Junior Full Stack Developer, Front End Developer, Web Developer (freelance). BvLogic Academy does not guarantee a job, an income or a timeframe.

Interested in this programme?

Apply now, or try the subject free first: there is no reason to pay before you know you like it.