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Fullstack Dev Setup Guide With TechStack

This guide provides a comprehensive setup for a Full-Stack Development environment on Windows using free tools, primarily focusing on Visual Studio Code. It includes system requirements, step-by-step installation instructions, and a recommended tech stack for both front-end and back-end development. Key tools mentioned are Node.js, Git, React, Express, and various database options like MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

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Fullstack Dev Setup Guide With TechStack

This guide provides a comprehensive setup for a Full-Stack Development environment on Windows using free tools, primarily focusing on Visual Studio Code. It includes system requirements, step-by-step installation instructions, and a recommended tech stack for both front-end and back-end development. Key tools mentioned are Node.js, Git, React, Express, and various database options like MongoDB and PostgreSQL.

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Full-Stack Developer Environment Setup Guide (Windows + VSCode + Free Tools)

This guide helps you set up a complete Full-Stack Development environment on Windows using free tools,

especially VSCode.

System Requirements:

- OS: Windows 10/11

- RAM: 8GB+

- Storage: 30GB+ free

All tools and services listed are free to use.

Step-by-Step Setup:

1. Web Browser: Google Chrome


2. Code Editor: Visual Studio Code with extensions like Prettier, ESLint, GitLens, Live Server
3. Node.js and npm: Download from https://nodejs.org/
4. Git: Install from https://git-scm.com/download/win and configure with your GitHub account
5. Front-End (React + Tailwind):
- npx create-react-app myapp
- cd myapp
- npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer
- npx tailwindcss init -p

6. Back-End (Node.js + Express):


- mkdir backend && cd backend
- npm init -y
- npm install express dotenv cors nodemon
- Create server.js and add boilerplate Express code

7. Database:
- MongoDB: https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/community
- PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org/download/
- GUI Tools: MongoDB Compass, pgAdmin
8. API Testing: Install Postman from https://www.postman.com/downloads/
9. Deployment: Use GitHub + Render/Vercel/Railway (free tiers)
10. Optional: Docker Desktop, Prisma, PM2 for process management

Recommended Tech Stack

Category Examples Best Option

Markup Language HTML5 HTML5

Styling CSS3, Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap Tailwind CSS

Front-End Language JavaScript, TypeScript JavaScript (ES6+)

Front-End Framework React, Vue, Angular React.js

Routing React Router, Next.js routing React Router

State Management Redux, Zustand, Context API Redux Toolkit

Build Tools Vite, Webpack, Babel Vite

Linting/Formatting ESLint, Prettier ESLint + Prettier

Unit Testing Jest, Mocha Jest

E2E Testing Cypress, Playwright Cypress

Back-End Language Node.js, Python, Go Node.js

Back-End Framework Express, Django, Flask Express.js

Authentication JWT, OAuth2, Firebase Auth JWT

API Format REST, GraphQL REST

Database (Relational) PostgreSQL, MySQL PostgreSQL

Database (NoSQL) MongoDB, Redis MongoDB

ORM/ODM Prisma, Sequelize, Mongoose Prisma

DevOps Hosting Vercel, Render, Railway Render

CI/CD GitHub Actions, GitLab CI GitHub Actions

Monitoring Sentry, Prometheus Sentry

Version Control Git Git

Repo Hosting GitHub, GitLab GitHub

Documentation Swagger, JSDoc Swagger (OpenAPI)

Project Management Trello, Notion Trello

Debugging Tools Chrome DevTools, Postman Postman

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