Complete 0-1 Syllabus

Foundation

• Foundation Javascript, async nature of JS
• Node.js and its runtime
• Databases (NoSQL/SQL)
• Mongo and Postgres deep dive
• Typescript beginner to advance
• Backend
• Backend communication protocols
• Express basic to advance
• ORMs
• Middlewares, routes, status codes, global catches
• Zod
• MonoRepos, turborepo
• Serverless Backends
• OpenAPI Spec
• Autogenerated clients
• Authentication using external libraries
• Scaling Node.js, performance benchmarks
• Deploying npm packages

Frontend

• Reconcilers and Frontend frameworks
• React beginner to advance
• Internals of state, Context API
• State management using recoil
• CSS you need to know of, Flexbox, basic styling
• Frontend UI frameworks, Deep dive into Tailwind
• Containerization, Docker
• Next.js
• Custom hooks
• In house auth using next auth

Basic DevOps

• Docker end to end
• Deploying to AWS servers
• Newer clouds like fly/Remix
• Nginx and reverse proxies

Projects

• GSoC Project setting up and issue solving
• Building Paytm/Wallet End to End

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Complete 1-100 Syllabus

Advanced Backend, System Design

• Advanced backend communication
• Message queues and PubSubs
• Proxies, Load balancers
• Redis Deep dive
• Kafka Deep dive
• Common Design Patterns in JS
• Advanced DB concepts (Indexing, normalization)
• Rate limitting
• Captchas and DDoS protection
• Sharding, Replication, Resiliency
• Horizontal and vertical scaling
• Polling and websockets
• Grpc
• Capacity Estimation
• Load Balancers
• CAP Theorem
• Testing Node.js Apps in 2023
• Real time communication, basics of WebRTC

Advanced DevOps

• Container Orchestration, Docker Swarm
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD
• Monitoring systems basics to advance
• Promhetheus, Grafana
• Newrelic as a paid service
• Serverless Deep dive
• AWS Constructs (EC2, S3, CDNs, LB, EKS)

Projects

• Zerodha end to end
• Zapier end to end
• Real world open source projects

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📊 Progress Tracking

🎯 Simple 3-Step Workflow

1. Mark questions in README files as you study: ✅ ⚠️ ❌
2. Run scanner: node scan-progress.js
3. Done! Progress automatically tracked

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How to Mark Questions

Open any topic's README.md (e.g., 02-js/README.md) and add markers:

✅ 1. Explain how js gets executed in the browser  ← Completed/Understood
⚠️ 2. What is a closure?                           ← Familiar/In Progress
❌ 3. What is async/await?                         ← Need to Learn

Marker Options:

• Emojis (recommended): ✅ ⚠️ ❌
• Text: [DONE] [FAMILIAR] [TODO]
• Checkboxes: - [x] - [~] - [ ]

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Available Commands

scan-progress.js ⭐ Main Tool

Automatically scans all README files and updates your progress.

# Scan and update progress
node scan-progress.js

# Show help
node scan-progress.js --help

What it does:

• Counts all marked questions (✅ ⚠️ ❌)
• Updates progress.json automatically
• Shows progress dashboard
• No manual counting needed!

study-tracker.js - View Dashboard

See your complete progress anytime.

node study-tracker.js

Shows:

• Total: 17,501 questions across 28 topics
• Completion percentage
• Visual progress bar
• Topic breakdown
• Estimated completion date

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Daily Workflow

# 1. Study questions and mark them in README files
# 2. Run scanner
node scan-progress.js

# 3. Commit your progress
git add .
git commit -m "Day X: Studied Y questions"
git push

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Example

Before studying (02-js/README.md):

1. What is JavaScript?
2. What is a closure?

After studying:

✅ 1. What is JavaScript?
⚠️ 2. What is a closure?

Run scanner:

$ node scan-progress.js

📚 02-js                          ✅   1  ⚠️    1  ❌   0
✅ Progress updated!

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Tips

• ✅ Use for questions you fully understand
• ⚠️ Use for questions you partially understand
• ❌ Use for questions you haven't studied yet
• Run node scan-progress.js daily
• Commit marked README files to track progress over time

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Total Questions: 17,501 | Estimated Time: ~6 months at 100 Q/day

Start tracking your progress today! 🚀

Daily Progress Tracking - Implementation Guide

What Changed

The study tracker has been updated to show daily progress instead of milestone tracking:

Before:

• ❌ Next Milestone: 500 questions
• ❌ Questions needed: 497

After:

• ✅ Questions Completed Today (Done + In Progress): 55
  • Completed: 31
  • In Progress: 24
• ✅ Expected Questions Solved Till Date (200/day): 200
• ✅ Your Progress: 55 ⚠️ (-145 vs expected)

How It Works

1. Questions Completed Today

• Tracks how many questions you've worked on since yesterday
• Includes both completed AND in-progress questions
• Calculated by comparing today's total (completed + in-progress) with yesterday's total
• Resets automatically each day
• Shows breakdown of completed vs in-progress

2. Expected Questions Solved Till Date

• Based on 200 questions per day target
• Calculated from your start date (automatically set when first run)
• Formula: Days since start × 200

3. Progress Indicator

• ✅ Green checkmark: You're on track or ahead
• ⚠️ Warning: You're behind schedule
• Shows the difference: (+50 vs expected) or (-197 vs expected)

Files Created

progress-metadata.json

Stores daily tracking information:

{
  "startDate": "2026-01-03",        // When you started tracking
  "lastUpdated": "2026-01-03",      // Last time you updated progress
  "yesterdayTotal": 0,              // Total questions as of yesterday
  "dailyLog": {                     // Historical daily totals
    "2026-01-03": 3,
    "2026-01-04": 203
  }
}

Usage

View Progress (same as before)

node study-tracker.js

Update Progress (same as before)

node study-tracker.js update

When you update progress, the system automatically:

1. Saves your progress to progress.json
2. Updates the daily log in progress-metadata.json
3. Calculates today's progress

Customization

Change Daily Target

Edit line 134 in study-tracker.js:

const questionsPerDay = 200; // Change this number

Reset Start Date

Edit progress-metadata.json and change the startDate field to your desired start date:

{
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",  // Your actual start date
  ...
}

Example Output

💡 STUDY INSIGHTS

At 200 questions/day:
  - Days to completion: 88
  - Weeks to completion: 13
  - Estimated completion: April 1, 2026

Questions Completed Today (Done + In Progress): 55
  - Completed: 31
  - In Progress: 24
Expected Questions Solved Till Date (200/day): 200
Your Progress: 55 ⚠️ (-145 vs expected)

Tips

1. Update daily: Run node study-tracker.js update at the end of each study session
2. Track honestly: The system works best when you update it regularly
3. Don't worry about being behind: The tracker helps you see trends, not judge you
4. Adjust your target: If 200/day is too much, change it to something sustainable

Technical Details

• Daily progress is calculated by comparing today's total (completed + in-progress) with yesterday's total
• Both completed and in-progress questions count toward your daily progress
• The system automatically handles day transitions
• Historical data is preserved in the dailyLog object
• Start date is set automatically on first run (today's date)