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Week 1

Network Fundamentals

In this module, we'll dive deep into the fundamental building blocks of modern networking. Students will learn both theoretical concepts and gain hands-on experience through practical exercises. By the end of this week, participants will have a solid understanding of how data flows through networks and the key protocols that power the internet.

📚 Theory

• How internet works
• DNS
• OSI Model
• TCP/IP
• Protocols TCP/UDP
• Client-server architecture
• 3 way handshake

👷🏾‍♂️ Practicals

• Trace network packets using WireShark
• Analyse DNS using Dig
• Build a TCP server
• Build a UDP server

HTTP deep dive

In this module, we'll explore HTTP, from versions 1.1 to 3, and how they improve web performance. Students will learn about status codes, headers, methods, cookies, and ETags for caching and state management. We'll also cover the essentials of TLS/SSL for secure communication. By the end, participants will have a clear understanding of HTTP and its key components.

📚 Theory

• Understanding HTTP (1.1, 2, 3)
• Status codes
• Headers
• Methods
• Cookies
• ETag
• TLS/SSL

👷🏾‍♂️ Practicals

• Build our own HTTP Protocol
• Build own custom http server
• Analyse HTTP request in WireShark

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Week 2

Fundamentals of Linux and Virtual machines

This module covers Linux operating system basics and SSH protocol fundamentals, teaching essential commands, file management, and secure remote access through hands-on exercises.

📚 Theory

• User management
• File system
• SSH Protocol
• Authentication using SSH
• SSH Keys
• SFTP

👷🏾‍♂️ Practicals

• Add new users to server using SSH authentication
• Copy files to server and from server using SFTP

Terminal & Shell

In this module, we'll explore terminal operations and shell scripting fundamentals. Students will learn essential command-line concepts while getting hands-on practice. By the end of this week, participants will understand how to effectively use the terminal and write basic shell scripts to automate tasks.

📚 Theory

• Bash scripting and automation
• Most used commands for backend engineer

👷🏾‍♂️ Practicals

• All commands linux lab
• Build a project bootstrapper automation using bash script. (Express generator clone) </aside>

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Week 3

Web servers

This module explores web server architecture and implementation. Students will gain both theoretical knowledge and practical experience through hands-on exercises. By the end of this week, participants will understand how web servers handle requests, manage resources, and scale to serve multiple clients.

📚 Theory

• Single threaded servers
• Multi threaded servers

👷🏾‍♂️ Practicals

• Analyse Nginx server
• Build our own multi threaded server

Api design

This module includes learning how to design and build REST APIs. It covers managing API versions, creating clean and user-friendly URLs, and documenting APIs using OpenAPI. You'll also learn request validation, optimizing responses, and handling errors in a simple and reliable way.

📚 Theory

• REST apis
• Api versioning
• Url structures
• Api documentation using Openapi specs.
• Request validation
• Response optimisations
• Error handling

👷🏾‍♂️ Practicals

• Build apis for quick commerce app
• Create api documentation

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Week 4

Relational databases

Explore the fundamentals of relational databases and SQL. This module covers essential SQL commands, data types, and indexing concepts. Students will apply their knowledge through practical database coding exercises in a hands-on lab environment.

📚 Theory

• Why databases?
• NoSQL and SQL Databases
• Database architecture
• SQL Basic commands
• Data types
• Index

Database modeling & relations

Learn the principles of database design and relationships. This module explores table relations, join operations, and foreign key constraints. Students will apply these concepts by designing a complete database schema for an educational technology application.

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