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TLDR

Interactive career roadmaps and learning guides for developers across 100+ roles and technologies, with clickable diagrams, articles, and practice questions.

Mindmap

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    What it does
      Interactive roadmaps
      Best practice guides
      Question banks
      Career paths
    Roadmap types
      Role-based paths
      Technology stacks
      Language guides
      Tool-specific maps
    Use cases
      Career planning
      Interview prep
      Skill assessment
      Mentoring others
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Web frontend
      Interactive diagrams
      Content hosting

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Follow a structured learning path when starting a new role like Frontend Developer or DevOps Engineer.

USE CASE 2

Prepare for technical interviews by reviewing roadmaps and answering practice questions in your target area.

USE CASE 3

Switch careers mid-way by exploring roadmaps for roles like Product Manager or AI Engineer to understand required skills.

USE CASE 4

Mentor junior developers by sharing relevant roadmaps and best-practice guides tailored to their goals.

Tech stack

TypeScriptReactNode.jsWeb
License information not provided in the explanation.

In plain English

This repository powers roadmap.sh, a website that provides community-driven interactive roadmaps, articles, best-practice guides, and questions to help developers grow in their careers. The README explains that the roadmaps are interactive: each roadmap is a clickable diagram, and tapping a node opens more information about that topic, so a learner can navigate a path step by step instead of facing a flat list of links.

The way it works is that the project hosts and renders many separate roadmaps, each focused on a particular role or technology. The README lists, among others, Frontend, Backend, DevOps, DevSecOps, Full Stack, Computer Science, Data Structures and Algorithms, AI and Data Scientist, AI Engineer, MLOps, Product Manager, Engineering Manager, QA, Software Architect, Game Developer, Cyber Security, UX Design, Prompt Engineering, Technical Writer, AI Agents, and AI Red Teaming. There are also language- and tool-specific roadmaps for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Django, C++, Rust, Go, Java, Kotlin, Spring Boot, PHP, WordPress, Laravel, GraphQL, Android, iOS, Swift, Flutter, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Scala, Bash, AWS, Cloudflare, Linux, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, SQL, Redis, Blockchain, and others. Beyond roadmaps, the site offers interactive best practices on topics like backend and frontend performance, code review, API security, and AWS, plus question banks for JavaScript, Node.js, React, Backend, and Frontend.

Someone would use this when they are starting out in tech and want a structured path, when they are mid-career and considering a switch into a new role, when interviewing and want to test their knowledge, or when mentoring others. The repository's primary language is TypeScript. The full README is longer than what was provided.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me the Frontend Developer roadmap from roadmap.sh and explain what skills I should learn first.
Prompt 2
I'm switching to DevOps. What does the DevOps roadmap on roadmap.sh recommend I learn, and in what order?
Prompt 3
Use the Backend roadmap from roadmap.sh to create a 3-month learning plan for me.
Prompt 4
What are the best practices for API security according to roadmap.sh, and how do I apply them?
Prompt 5
Generate interview questions for JavaScript based on the question bank from roadmap.sh.
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