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Study Plan 3

The document outlines a comprehensive study plan for aspiring Backend Engineers, covering core computer science foundations, data structures, algorithms, software engineering principles, design patterns, and various programming paradigms. It includes detailed sections on systems and infrastructure, backend engineering with Java, DevOps practices, cloud basics, and system design, along with multiple project suggestions to reinforce learning. Additionally, it offers optional content on AI and prompt engineering to enhance coding and documentation skills.

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Study Plan 3

The document outlines a comprehensive study plan for aspiring Backend Engineers, covering core computer science foundations, data structures, algorithms, software engineering principles, design patterns, and various programming paradigms. It includes detailed sections on systems and infrastructure, backend engineering with Java, DevOps practices, cloud basics, and system design, along with multiple project suggestions to reinforce learning. Additionally, it offers optional content on AI and prompt engineering to enhance coding and documentation skills.

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� Backend Engineer Study Plan

� Core Computer Science Foundations


� Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
□ Classes, Objects, Inheritance
□ Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction
□ Interfaces, Abstract classes

� Data Structures & Algorithms (DS/Algo)


• Linear Structures:
□ Arrays
□ Linked Lists
□ Stacks & Queues
• Trees:
□ Binary Tree, BST
□ AVL Tree
□ BTree, B+Tree
□ Trie
• Graphs:
□ Representations (Adjacency List/Matrix)
□ BFS, DFS
□ Dijkstra’s, Bellman-Ford
□ Floyd-Warshall
□ Union-Find (Disjoint Set)
□ Topological Sort
□ Minimum Spanning Tree (Kruskal, Prim)
□ Sorting & Searching (Quick, Merge, Binary)
□ Recursion & Backtracking
□ Dynamic Programming
□ Sliding Window, Two Pointers
□ Problem Solving (LeetCode, Codeforces)

� Projects - Foundations
□ Project 1: CLI Student Record Manager
– CRUD with file I/O & sorting/searching algorithms

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� Software Engineering Principles
□ SOLID Principles
□ DRY, KISS, YAGNI
□ Clean Code, Code Reviews

� Design Patterns
□ Factory, Singleton
□ Observer, Strategy
□ Builder, Adapter, Decorator

� Programming Paradigms
□ OOP
□ Functional
□ Imperative vs Declarative

� Systems & Infrastructure


� Operating Systems
□ Processes, Threads, Scheduling
□ Memory Management
□ File Systems, I/O

� Networking
□ OSI Model, TCP/IP
□ HTTP/HTTPS, DNS
□ REST, WebSockets

� Databases
• SQL:
□ Joins, Indexing
□ Views, Stored Procedures
□ Transactions, ACID
□ NoSQL
□ CAP Theorem, DB Scaling
□ ORM Concepts (JPA, Hibernate)

� Projects - Intermediate
□ Project 2: Local Chat App (Java + Sockets)

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– Threads, socket networking

� Backend Engineering (Java Stack)


� Java (Advanced)
□ Collections, Generics
□ Streams & Lambdas
□ Multithreading & Concurrency
□ JVM internals & GC

� Spring Ecosystem
□ Spring Boot Basics (Controllers, Beans, DI)
□ REST APIs
□ Spring Security (JWT, Auth)
□ Spring Data JPA

� Hibernate ORM
□ Entity Mapping
□ Relationships (OneToMany, etc.)
□ Lazy/Eager Loading
□ Caching Strategies

� Projects - Backend
□ Project 3: Task Manager (Spring Boot + SQL + Hibernate)
– REST API with full ORM + DB relationships
□ Project 4: RESTful Blog API
– Full CRUD, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL
□ Project 5: Bookstore with Role-based Auth
– JWT Auth, RBAC, Pagination, Filters

� DevOps & Deployment


� Docker & Kubernetes
□ Dockerfiles, Images, Volumes
□ Docker Compose
□ Kubernetes: Pods, Deployments, Services, Volumes

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� Git & CI/CD
□ Git Basics, Branching, Merging
□ GitHub Flow
□ GitHub Actions / Jenkins
□ Unit Testing (JUnit), Integration Testing

� Projects - DevOps
□ Project 6: Microservice App with Docker
– Multiple Spring Boot services + PostgreSQL
□ Project 7: CI/CD Pipeline
– Auto-linting, testing & deploy on PR merge

� Cloud & System Design


� Cloud (AWS Basics)
□ EC2, S3, RDS
□ IAM Roles, Policies
□ Lambda Functions
□ Auto-scaling Groups

� System Design (Beginner-Friendly)


□ Caching Strategies (Redis, CDN)
□ Load Balancing (HAProxy, Nginx)
□ Rate Limiter Design
□ URL Shortener Design
□ Messaging Queue Basics (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

� AI & Prompt Engineering (Optional)


□ Prompt Engineering Basics
□ Role of Agents & LLM APIs
□ Use AI tools to assist coding & documentation

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