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MERN Roadmap 2026
MERN tutorials rarely agree on where to start, and most beginners burn weeks starting with React before they understand what it's talking to. This roadmap lays out the order things actually depend on — Node, then Express, then MongoDB, then React — with checkpoints for knowing when you're ready to move to the next one, plus a pace calculator to set realistic expectations for how long it'll actually take.
Jun 24, 2026813.81 min read