Roadmap for backend from first principles

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2. Walk the path of a true backend engineer

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What is a Backend, how do they work and why do we need them?

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4. Benefits of learning backend engineering from first principles

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Understanding HTTP for backend engineers, where it all starts

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What is Routing in Backend? How Requests Find Their Way Home

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Serialization and Deserialization for backend engineers

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Authentication and authorization for backend engineers

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Validations and transformations for backend engineers

5 min lesson•Video lesson (starts at 00:01)

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What are controllers, services, repositories, middlewares and request context?

5 min lesson•Video lesson (starts at 00:07)

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Complete REST API Design

5 min lesson•Video lesson (starts at 10:42)

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Mastering Databases with Postgres

5 min lesson•Video lesson (starts at 2:42:00)

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Caching, the secret behind it all

5 min lesson•Video lesson (starts at 00:10)

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Task queues and background jobs

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Full text search using Elasticsearch for blazingly fast search

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Error Handling and Building Fault Tolerant Systems

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Production-grade Configuration Management

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Logging, Monitoring and Observability

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Graceful Shutdown

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Backend Security: Everything You Need to Know

5 min lesson•Video lesson (starts at 00:03)

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Backend Scaling and Performance Engineering: Part-1

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Backend Scaling and Performance Engineering: Part-2

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Concurrency & Parallelism: IO Bound vs CPU Bound

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Object Storage - Everything You Need to Know: Part -1

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Object Storage - Everything You Need to Know: Part - 2

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Real-Time Backends

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Testing for Backend Engineers: mocks, TDD and coverage

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The Twelve-Factor App

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OpenAPI: The universal contract between clients and servers

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29. Webhooks: how the server calls you

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30. DevOps for backend engineers

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Table of Contents

Backend From First Principles

Table of Contents

Roadmap for backend from first principles

2. Walk the path of a true backend engineer

What is a Backend, how do they work and why do we need them?

4. Benefits of learning backend engineering from first principles

Understanding HTTP for backend engineers, where it all starts

What is Routing in Backend? How Requests Find Their Way Home

Serialization and Deserialization for backend engineers

Authentication and authorization for backend engineers

Validations and transformations for backend engineers

What are controllers, services, repositories, middlewares and request context?

Complete REST API Design

Mastering Databases with Postgres

Caching, the secret behind it all

Task queues and background jobs

Full text search using Elasticsearch for blazingly fast search

Error Handling and Building Fault Tolerant Systems

Production-grade Configuration Management

Logging, Monitoring and Observability

Graceful Shutdown

Backend Security: Everything You Need to Know

Backend Scaling and Performance Engineering: Part-1

Backend Scaling and Performance Engineering: Part-2

Concurrency & Parallelism: IO Bound vs CPU Bound

Object Storage - Everything You Need to Know: Part -1

Object Storage - Everything You Need to Know: Part - 2

Real-Time Backends

Testing for Backend Engineers: mocks, TDD and coverage

The Twelve-Factor App

OpenAPI: The universal contract between clients and servers

29. Webhooks: how the server calls you

30. DevOps for backend engineers