Node.js Learning Roadmap
This roadmap orders every ForgeLearn Node.js topic from mastery and the core API encyclopedia through production operations. Humans follow stages with checkpoint projects. AI agents install forgelearn-nodejs and ingest markdown in curriculum order.
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All Levels · ~4 hours
Start with the dual-audience curriculum and the core API encyclopedia.
Stages 0–6, checkpoints, forgelearn-nodejs
Encyclopedia of core modules
Skills, curriculum=nodejs, markdown API
Beginner · ~8 hours
Runtime, event loop, timers, modules, package.json.
LTS and first server
Phases and nextTick
timeout vs immediate vs nextTick
Interop and resolution
exports, type, engines
Beginner–Intermediate · ~10 hours
Buffers, streams, events, filesystem, paths, URLs.
Binary data
Backpressure
Listeners
fs promises + jail
Env and signals
WHATWG URL
Intermediate · ~10 hours
DNS, TCP, HTTP, fetch, WebSockets.
lookup vs resolve
Sockets & TLS overview
createServer
Agents & timeouts
ws & Socket.IO
Intermediate–Advanced · ~8 hours
Child processes, workers, cluster, performance.
Intermediate · ~6 hours
Crypto module and application hardening.
Intermediate–Advanced · ~12 hours
Context, errors, logs, config, frameworks, REST, TS.
Crash policy
pino
zod env
Middleware
Plugins
Design
Advanced · ~8 hours
Test, debug, shut down, deploy, best practices.
node:test
inspect/clinic
SIGTERM
Docker/PM2
Checklist
pro tip
Community
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