Java Full Stack Developer

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Acquire skills you need to create real-life web applications and design beautiful user interfaces. Combine backend and frontend using Java and JavaScript languages.
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What you'll learn

In this course, you will gain versatile skills that will help you create any part of a web project. You will learn how to deploy applications and use them freely in your everyday backend or frontend developer’s work. Along with the full-stack graduate projects, you may also benefit from the recommended ones – web projects with the Spring framework or frontend projects based on JavaScript.  

In this course, you will:

  • Make full-stack applications using different protocols;
  • Work with Spring Boot framework;
  • Write and read data in databases;
  • Refresh your knowledge of Java;
  • Get to know frontend essentials.
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Learn by doing

# 1
Apply knowledge into practice
You already know the theory. Now it's time to code like you do at work—in a professional IDE, with real project constraints, solving problems that actually matter. Welcome to software engineering as it should be.
# 2
Navigate complexity with surgical precision
Most developers waste months learning random concepts without seeing how they connect. Our interactive Knowledge Map fixes this. It shows exactly how every programming concept relates to others, helping you build a structured mental model of coding.
# 3
Copy the best. Then improve.
Here's what top engineers do that others don't: they study other people's code obsessively. When you get stuck on Hyperskill, you can explore solutions published by other developers. See their exact code. Understand their approach. Learn their tricks.
# 4
Code review that actually makes you better
We stripped code review down to what actually matters: does your solution work? Have you handled the edge cases? Is there a cleaner way to write this? Hyperskill acts like a competent reviewer who actually tests your code. Not genius-level analysis, not architecture debates — just solid feedback on making your code better.

Elevate your engineering mastery through real-world challenges

Master advanced engineering concepts through ambitious projects. Each project deepens your expertise and transforms you from an experienced engineer into an exceptional one.

Real-time Chat

Get acquainted with WebSockets and create a simple multi-user chat application. The app will support public chats where all users of the app can send and see messages, and private chat between two app users.

Graduate

Code-sharing Platform

There is a lot of collaboration in programming: many projects require sharing your code with other developers. Using open web resources such as Pastebin is not always an option. In this project, you will create your own secure version of a code-sharing platform.

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Topics covered by this course

Java
100 topics
Fundamentals
82 topics
Frontend
39 topics
Backend
37 topics
JavaScript
31 topics
Algorithms and Data Structures
12 topics
System administration and DevOps
2 topics
Math
1 topic

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JetBrains Academy is a part of JetBrains, a global software company specializing in the creation of intelligent, productivity-enhancing tools for software developers and teams. With years of expertise in software development and education, JetBrains Academy empowers more than a million people worldwide to learn and teach computer science, and help organizations inspire their teams to reach their goals in tech. Professional development tools play a big role in computer science education. This is why JetBrains Academy courses offer integration with JetBrains IDEs. This integration assists learners in getting experience with real development processes to streamline their learning curve at future work.

Your peers think Hyperskill rocks

Vladimir Davidov avatar
Vladimir Davidov
2 months ago
Very complete, hard, you need to fight to succeed but it worth it, you will gain a lot of xp !
Anatoli Huseu avatar
Anatoli Huseu
3 months ago
This is the only Full-Stack course I've found that includes projects for practicing both back-end and front-end development as once. I highly recommend taking it even if you've already covered all the theoretical topics elsewhere.
Jakub Rössler
5 months ago
A very, very nice intro and a sight seeing journey across the Java world.

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