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7 Fullstack Projects You Need to Make in 2021

Henry Boisdequin on January 08, 2021

What fullstack project should I make? If you keep asking yourself these questions, you're in the right place. I've curated a list of 7 fullstack pr...
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Ande

I think the best one on this list is probably a zoom clone or a video chatting app, if you have the time of course. You learn a lot trying to make it better. It includes text chat too.

And suggestion would be to not worrying too much about the how the UI looks but focus on the functionalities and making the navigations smoother and more interactive.

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Henry Boisdequin

I totally agree with you! Creating an app which allows users to interact with each other via their webcam is no easy feat. This project focuses on the backend as much as the frontend and UI which makes it a true fullstack project. Thanks for reading.

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tamusjroyce

NVidia Jetson Nano has a optimized version of WebRTC and supports AI if you want to go a step further. It also makes a great security camera system.

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Parampreet Singh

you are right

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Mike Ekkel

Great list 😄. I think the best projects to learn new things with are building clones of existing products and figuring out how you would make it better. What kind of features do you think it's lacking or should be done in a different way.

I particularly like the workout tracker because I think it's fitting for the current times where gyms tend to be closed. How would we actively track and motivate home workouts, that kind of stuff.

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading! I definitely think that building clones of an existing project are a great way to get better too (especially on your CSS skills).

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Emmanuel Barroga

WebRTC and socket.io is definitely a great tech stack choice! They are great for other use cases as well, for instance socket.io can also be used for an auto match making video game: codecustard.io/portfolio/toonkins-...

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Henry Boisdequin

Yes, socket.io can be used for many things! I love socket.io because of that!

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Levi Velázquez

Very nice list of projects. Just complementary content. I created a post here in dev.to about how to choose the right backend framework. This can help out if someone wonders what kind of framework should use based on the domain problem.

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Henry Boisdequin

That's an awesome post! Thanks for reading!

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Joseph Odunsi

I just finished a small e-commerce project using the PERN stack.

pern-store.netlify.app

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Henry Boisdequin

Cool app! Thanks for reading!

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Light

I’ll try out the zoom clone and social media app. I’ve done an e-commerce with MEVN stack (Mongo, ExpressJS, Vue, NodeJS) and I’m currently reproducing it with MENN stack (Mongo, ExpressJS, NodeJS, NuxtJs).

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Henry Boisdequin

Good luck! Thanks for reading!

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Alohe

I'm making a React web app with React, Nodejs + Express, Mysql do you think that's a good stack? like should I use another database or MySQL is fine?

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Alohe

Also awesome post 👏👏👏 I'll definitely be making some of your suggestions

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks, that means a lot!

Regarding MySQL, if you are good at MySQL then it's fine for you to use it. If you have the time to learn PostgreSQL I would highly recommend using it over MySQL because PostgreSQL has better concurrency, more features, and is closer to and adheres to the SQL standards better. This is a great tutorial for getting started with PostgreSQL: youtu.be/tp_5c6jaNQE.

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Alohe

Alright thanks, I'll check it out.

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Meryemrai

Thanks for sharing the article. Helpful information in fullstack industry online with more details. Stunned by the level of content. Also take a look in stunning Landing page simular to article is online fitness platform.

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Paras 🧙‍♂️

Great List !! :)

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks!

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dastasoft

For the video chatting app/Zoom clone I think is worth mentioning to try an implementation with Jitsi Web API. Working with an external product have value too.

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Henry Boisdequin

I've never tried the Jitsi Web API! I'll try it out, thanks for mentioning it!

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dastasoft

I have a simple implementation on github.com/dastasoft/project-holo with ReactJS, check it out maybe some initial issues are resolved there.

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shivlal kumavat

Nice, Thank you for sharing.

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading!

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Bihan Chakraborty

Nice list!

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading!

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Desire Lumene

Finally i can get my practice on, I always wondered what projects to could try working on to get some hands-on practice thanks to this awesome list i now have a starting point.
Thanks

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Henry Boisdequin

Your welcome! Thanks for reading.

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Ola Popoola

Definitely worth my time. Thank you.

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading!

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Andrew Baisden

Thats a pretty good list and the year is young so no reason why a developer could not complete them all.

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Henry Boisdequin • Edited

That's the spirit! Thanks for reading!

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Yash Shah

Thank u so much for sharing. I was actually thinking of making a Full stack project. Thanks for the idea. I will go for First Chat App and then workout tracker

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Henry Boisdequin

Go for it, good luck! Thanks for reading!

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Johnny Outlaw

Thank you for this! Been in a loop of finding a good project to try out for a while, looks like I have a few here I will go for!

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks!

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Amir H. Jabari

It was really helpful ❤️❤️❤️

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks, that means a lot!

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Francis Tito

I will go for a workout tracker as my practice in learning vuejs

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Henry Boisdequin

Go for it! Good luck! Thanks for reading!

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tamusjroyce

Why no IoT projects? Hassio + node-red would make a great javascript-based IoT tutorial.

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Juan F Gonzalez

That workout tracker is definitely in my "things to build list" although I would use Next.js for it.
Other than that, great article! nice ideas and tech suggestions.

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks!

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Stefan Wuthrich

and then, when you are a Full-Stack Developer, find a job on my project: fullstackjob.com . Good luck :-)

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Anjil bishowkarma

i am going to try Svelte. Thanks for info. :D

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading!

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Jupiter Programmer

Good List!!!

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks!

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Pawan Pawar

Good Content!

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks, that means a lot!

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Steve Wiltek

Cool! And thanks for this post

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading!

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RealToughCandy.io

Nice list! The Workout Tracker is my favorite.

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Henry Boisdequin

Mine too! Thanks for reading.

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TalOrlanczyk

Great list.
Us there a tutorial for the blog site? Because the link there is for typescript react with graphql

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Henry Boisdequin

If you wanted a different tutorial, I would recommend this one: youtu.be/1NrHkjlWVhM. Thanks for reading!

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Desta-Zerihun

Thanks for Sharing!

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading! Glad you found it useful!

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Ayush01arya

Thanks

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Henry Boisdequin

Thanks for reading!

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Nilesh

Thanks for compiling a list of projects. I would be glad to learn from these projects and showcase on my CV!

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Moises Nunez

Your Todo list is linked to the wrong video tutorial.

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Henry Boisdequin

In that tutorial, Ben Awad builds a VSCode Todo list extension, hence its a tutorial for making a todo list.

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krithiga

WOW! stupendous work....listing out the 7 Fullstack Projects You Need to Make in 2021 and also refer Flicknexs platform to know more.