Full Stack Web Development
The job-ready track: build, secure and deploy complete web applications with a modern front end, a real database and your own API.
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- Scheduled classes
- Contact hours
- 72 hours
- Sessions
- 38 across 6 modules
- Certificate
- Yes, on completion
- Who it is for
- Youth, Professionals, Corporate & Government
About this course
This is the deep track. It is for people who want to work as developers — career changers, graduates, and professionals who have decided that "can use a computer" is no longer enough. You do not need prior coding experience, but you do need time: this course assumes you will write code most days, not just in class.
You will build three things. A styled, responsive site from raw HTML and CSS. A front-end application in a modern framework that talks to an API you wrote yourself. And a full portfolio project with user accounts, a PostgreSQL database, file uploads, a payment flow using Paystack test keys, and a live URL you can give to anyone.
You leave with deployed work, a Git history that shows how you think, and the habits that separate someone who has finished a tutorial from someone who can be handed a ticket. We cover debugging properly, because that is most of the job.
Sessions are taught in person at our Abuja centre, laptop open, with code written live and reviewed in the room. Between classes you build, and your work is read and commented on before the next session. If you have already done our Web Development Foundations course, you will move quickly through the first module — that is expected.
What you will cover
6 modules, 38 sessions.
Module 1: The Front End From First Principles
- Structuring a page with semantic HTML2 hr
- CSS layout with Flexbox and Grid2 hr
- Responsive design and building for the phone first2 hr
- JavaScript fundamentals: values, functions and control flow2 hr
- The DOM: making a page respond to the user2 hr
- Modern JavaScript: modules, async/await and fetch2 hr
- Git, GitHub and working the way teams work1 hr 30 min
Module 2: Building Applications With React
- Components, props and thinking in a component tree2 hr
- State, effects and the React render cycle2 hr
- Routing, layouts and multi-page applications2 hr
- Forms, validation and handling user input properly1 hr 30 min
- Consuming APIs: loading, error and empty states1 hr 30 min
- Styling at scale with a utility framework and a component library1 hr 30 min
Module 3: The Back End and the Database
- Node.js and your first HTTP server2 hr
- Designing a REST API that other developers can use2 hr
- Relational data modelling with PostgreSQL2 hr
- Querying from your application with an ORM1 hr 30 min
- File uploads, images and object storage1 hr 30 min
- Background jobs, email and scheduled tasks1 hr 30 min
Module 4: Authentication, Payments and Security
- Sessions, tokens and building sign-up and sign-in2 hr
- Password reset, email verification and account recovery1 hr 30 min
- Roles, permissions and protecting routes end to end1 hr 30 min
- Taking payments with Paystack2 hr
- Common web vulnerabilities and how to close them2 hr
- Handling personal data under the NDPR1 hr
Module 5: Testing, Deployment and Running It in Production
- Testing what matters: unit and integration tests1 hr 30 min
- Environment configuration, secrets and staging1 hr
- Deploying the front end, the API and the database2 hr 30 min
- Continuous deployment with GitHub Actions1 hr 30 min
- Logging, monitoring and debugging a live application1 hr 30 min
- Performance: making it fast on a Nigerian mobile connection1 hr 30 min
Module 6: Portfolio Project and Getting Hired
- Scoping and planning your capstone application1 hr 30 min
- Build week: supervised capstone development9 hr
- Code review and refactoring your own work2 hr
- Writing a README and documentation people will read1 hr
- Your portfolio, your GitHub and your CV as a developer1 hr 30 min
- Technical interviews, live coding and talking about your code1 hr 30 min
- Capstone presentation and demo day2 hr
Questions people ask
Do I need to know how to code before I start?
No. We start from writing your first HTML tag and assume only that you are comfortable using a computer. You should, however, expect to put in several hours of practice between sessions — this is the full-stack track, not an overview.
How is this different from Web Development Foundations?
Foundations covers building and publishing good-looking websites. This course goes much further: a JavaScript framework, your own back end and database, authentication, payments, testing, deployment and a portfolio project. It is aimed squarely at people who want a developer job.
Do I need my own laptop?
Yes. You need a laptop you can install software on, with at least 8GB of RAM. Windows, macOS or Linux are all fine. Bringing your own machine matters because everything you set up in class must still be there when you get home.
Will this get me a job?
It gives you what employers ask for: deployed projects, a real Git history, and the ability to discuss your own code under questioning. We prepare you for technical interviews and review your portfolio and CV. We cannot promise placement, and you should be wary of anyone who does.
How much time should I set aside each week?
Plan for your class hours plus around ten hours of independent building. Students who treat the practice time as optional are the ones who struggle from the framework module onwards.
Can I pay in instalments, and is there a certificate?
Instalment plans are available — speak to our admissions team about the current options. You receive a Toko Academy certificate on completion, which requires attendance plus a finished, deployed capstone project. The certificate follows the work, not just the attendance.