An 8-week, intensive, project-based course: plan, build, test, secure, deploy and present ProjectHub — a full-stack project and task manager — using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js with Express, and MySQL.
Full-Stack Product Engineering: From Code to Cloud is an intensive 8-week, project-based course that takes you from your first HTML page to a deployed, secured and tested full-stack web application. Instead of collecting unrelated exercises, you build one product all the way through: ProjectHub, a project and task management application in which signed-in users create projects, add tasks with statuses, priorities and due dates, and follow their progress.
Each week adds one layer of real engineering. You start with how the web works, Git and semantic HTML; style a responsive, accessible interface; make it interactive with JavaScript; rebuild it with React components; create a REST API with Node.js and Express; store data in MySQL with proper keys and constraints; connect the frontend to the backend; add secure registration, login and per-user authorization; write automated tests; and deploy the application with production configuration, health checks and backups. The final week is your capstone: you complete, check, document, release and present ProjectHub as a portfolio piece.
The course teaches one coherent, beginner-friendly stack — HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, React, Node.js with Express, MySQL, Git and GitHub, and Vitest for testing — using pinned, tested versions so the examples work as written. Every lesson explains the why as well as the how, walks through complete code examples, points out common mistakes and how to debug them, and ends with a guided activity, an independent practice task and a short knowledge check. Weekly quizzes give instant feedback with explanations, and weekly assignments are reviewed by faculty against published rubrics, with written feedback and the chance to resubmit when changes are requested.
You need no prior programming experience, only commitment: plan for about 16 hours per week, with the first two weeks the heaviest. All software used in the core curriculum is free, and you can complete every requirement on your own computer. Deploying to a public host is covered with free options where they exist, but free tiers change, so the course also gives you a fully local production rehearsal that meets the deployment requirement.
The course certificate follows the published grading policy: a weighted grade of at least 70%, a passing final capstone, and passing security and deployment assignments. The certificate records that you completed this Weblaze course; it is not an industry accreditation or a professional certification, and the course does not promise job placement. What it does give you is a working, documented, tested and deployed application that you built yourself and can explain in an interview.
By the end of this program you will have concrete, demonstrable skills that you can present in interviews and use in production environments.
Explain how browsers, servers, DNS, HTTP and HTTPS work together to deliver a web application
Build accessible, semantic and responsive user interfaces with HTML5 and modern CSS (Flexbox, Grid, media queries)
Write clear JavaScript: data structures, functions, modules, DOM events, error handling and async/await
Build a component-based React frontend with state, controlled forms, effects and reusable components
Design and document a REST API with Node.js and Express, including validation and consistent error responses
Model relational data in MySQL with keys, constraints and indexes, and query it safely with prepared statements
Integrate frontend and backend, handling loading, empty, success and error states, pagination, filtering and search
Implement secure authentication and server-side authorization, and defend against SQL injection, XSS and CSRF
Test critical flows with unit, integration and component tests, and debug problems methodically
Deploy a full-stack application with production configuration, health checks, logs, backups and a rollback plan
Plan, document, demonstrate and present a working full-stack product to a technical audience
Everything you need to succeed is part of the program. No hidden extras.
68 in-depth written lessons with worked, tested code examples, guided activities and practice tasks
8 weekly quizzes (86 questions) with hints, explanations and feedback on every answer
9 graded assessments: 7 weekly assignments (including the Week 4 integrated milestone), the final capstone and the final demonstration, each with a published 100-point rubric
One consistent project — ProjectHub — that grows from a static page to a deployed, secured, tested full-stack app
Downloadable starter projects and kits for the frontend, backend, database and testing stages, plus capstone templates with the full capstone specification
Faculty review, written feedback and resubmission on every assignment
Setup guides for Windows, macOS and Linux; no paid software or services required
Certificate of completion when the published grading and completion requirements are met
Every week has a defined focus area, deliverables, and evaluation points.
Register and pay securely online. Your Student Portal access is activated automatically as soon as the payment is confirmed.