Database design

Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.

Summary

Being able to design a sensible schema on the spot for a full-stack feature — identifying entities, relationships, and how the frontend will actually query the data.

How to Learn This

1Practice designing a schema for a common prompt in 10 minutes.
2Be ready to explain how your schema choices affect what the frontend can efficiently display.
3Know how to talk through indexes and normalization trade-offs.

Backend fundamentals

System design (full-stack)

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