A roadmap is a strategic plan that defines a goal or desired outcome and includes the major steps or milestones needed to reach it. It also serves as a communication tool, a high-level document that helps articulate strategic thinking behind both the goal and the plan for getting there.

This is a curated list of roadmaps, mostly about software development, which give you a clear route to improve your knowledge or skills.

Getting Started

• Programming Language
• Java
• Node.js
• Web Development
• Full stack development
• React
• Angular
• Mobile App Development
• Android
• iOS
• React Native
• Flutter
• Game Development
• Game Developer
• AI / Machine Learning / Data Science
• AI Expert
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Data Scientist
• Data Engineer
• UI / UX Development
• UI / UX

Java Developer Roadmap

Java is a programming language and a platform. It is a high level, robust, object-oriented and secure programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. Java is easy to write and easy to run — this is the foundational strength of Java and why many developers program in it. When you write Java once, you can run it almost anywhere at any time.
Java can be used to create complete applications that can run on a single computer or be distributed across servers and clients in a network. As a result, you can use it to easily build mobile applications or run on desktop applications that use different operating systems and servers, such as Linux or Windows.

Node.js

Node.js is the server-based technology, which is used to create and run a huge number of web applications and is very similar to RoR(Ruby on Rails) ASP.NET, and Spring Framework does.
One of the main reasons why Node.JS is popular is because it uses the JavaScript as their main application to create new applications. And it is the only choice to develop new web applications in the web browser.
Also, Node.JS can run single threaded application easily, unlike other web technologies where the new thread is spawned according to the request by the client. This makes the applications, lightweight.

Full stack development

Full stack development includes pretty much any project where you’re working on (or building) both the front and back end of a site or app at the same time.
A full-stack developer is a web developer or engineer who works with both the front and back ends of a website or application — meaning they can tackle projects that involve databases, building user-facing websites, or even work with clients during the planning phase of projects.

Frontend

Backend

DevOps

React

ReactJS is an open source JavaScript library designed by Facebook for creating rich and engaging web apps fast and efficiently with minimal coding. The core objective of ReactJS is providing the best possible rendering performance. Its strength comes from the focus on individual components. Instead of working on the entire web app, ReactJS allows a developer to break down the complex UI simpler components.

Angular

Angular is a platform and framework for building single-page client applications using HTML and TypeScript. Angular is written in TypeScript.
Angular helps build interactive and dynamic single page applications (SPAs) with its compelling features including templating, two-way binding, modularization, RESTful API handling, dependency injection, and AJAX handling.

Mobile App Development

The mobile app development is a process for building mobile applications that run on mobile devices. These applications can either be pre-installed or downloaded and installed by the user later. They use the network capabilities of the device to work computing resources remotely.

Android

Android Studio is the official Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Android app development, based on IntelliJ IDEA . On top of IntelliJ’s powerful code editor and developer tools, Android Studio offers even more features that enhance your productivity when building Android apps.

iOS

iOS application development is the process of making mobile applications for Apple hardware, including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The software is written in the Swift programming language or Objective-C and then deployed to the App Store for users to download.

React Native

React Native is a JavaScript framework for writing real, natively rendering mobile applications for iOS and Android. It’s based on React, Facebook’s JavaScript library for building user interfaces, but instead of targeting the browser, it targets mobile platforms.
React Native actually translates your markup to real, native UI elements, leveraging existing means of rendering views on whatever platform you are working with. Additionally, React works separately from the main UI thread, so your application can maintain high performance without sacrificing capability.

Flutter

Flutter is an open-source mobile software development kit which can be used to create native mobile applications for both Android and iOS from just one code base. It is similar to React Native and other open-source mobile software development kits, however Flutter stands out for its ability to enable two different apps to be built from just one programming language and code base.
One of the main reasons Flutter is so popular is that with Flutter you can write less code as the software has cross-platform capability. Flutter offers a wide range of widgets and tools on top of the basic UI capabilities, which means developers can create attractive interfaces with minimal effort.

Game Development

Game Development is the art of creating games and describes the design, development and release of a game. It may involve concept generation, design, build, test and release.
A game developer could be a programmer, a sound designer, an artist, a designer or many other roles available in the industry.

Client

Server

AI / Machine Learning / Data Science

Artificial Intelligence(AI) aims at enabling machines to execute reasoning by replicating human intelligence. Since the main objective of AI processes is to teach machines from experience, feeding the right information and self-correction is crucial. AI experts rely on deep learning and natural language processing to help machines identify patterns and inferences.
Machine Learning is a subsection of Artificial intelligence that devices means by which systems can automatically learn and improve from the experience.
Data science is a broad field of study pertaining to data systems and processes, aimed at maintaining data sets and deriving meaning out of them.

AI Expert

Fundamentals

Data Scientist

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

Data Engineer

UI / UX Development

The user interface (UI) is what the user sees, and touches, when using a digital service or purchasing a product — including screens and touchscreens, sounds, and light.
The user experience (UX) is a consequence of the growth of UI design. After you navigate a page or use an app, you have the experience of it. As we said, that can be good or bad depending on how the user feels about these interactions.
Having an aesthetic user interface (UI) and a great user experience (UX) are integral parts of entrepreneurial success.

UI

UX

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