Backend Roadmap

1. Internet & HTTP Basics
2. What Is an API
3. Pick a Backend Language
   Git & Version Control (alternative option)
4. Learn a Framework
5. Relational Databases
   Normalization & Schema Design (alternative option)ORMs & Query Builders (recommended)Indexes & Query Performance (alternative option)
6. Caching (recommended)
   NoSQL Databases
7. REST APIs
   GraphQL (alternative option)WebSockets & Real-Time (alternative option)
8. Authentication
9. Web Security
   Rate Limiting & Throttling (alternative option)
10. Testing
11. CI/CD
    Containers (Docker) (recommended)Observability (alternative option)
12. Message Brokers
13. Microservices & Architecture Patterns
    Scaling & Load Balancing (alternative option)

Keep learning — keep building.