Lane Wagner's Courses
Boot.dev Founder and Lead Instructor
Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide, on Boot.dev, FreeCodeCamp, YouTube and the Backend Banter podcast. Lane worked as a backend engineer writing Go, Python and TypeScript, then moved into engineering management and a couple of years later left to build Boot.dev full-time.
Course List
Last updated: Sep 2025
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1. Learn to Code in Python
Ch 1. Introduction Ch 2. Variables Ch 3. Functions Ch 4. Scope Ch 5. Testing and Debugging Ch 6. Computing Ch 7. Comparisons Ch 8. Loops Ch 9. Lists Ch 10. Dictionaries Ch 11. Sets Ch 12. Errors Ch 13. Practice Ch 14. Quiz
Last updated: Sep 2025
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2. Learn Go
Ch 1. Variables Ch 2. Conditionals Ch 3. Functions Ch 4. Structs Ch 5. Interfaces Ch 6. Errors Ch 7. Loops Ch 8. Slices Ch 9. Maps Ch 10. Pointers Ch 11. Packages and Modules Ch 12. Channels Ch 13. Mutexes Ch 14. Generics Ch 15. Enums Ch 16. Quiz
Last updated: Sep 2025
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3. Learn JavaScript
Ch 1. Variables Ch 2. Comparisons Ch 3. Functions Ch 4. Objects Ch 5. Classes Ch 6. Prototypes Ch 7. Loops Ch 8. Arrays Ch 9. Errors Ch 10. Sets Ch 11. Maps Ch 12. Promises Ch 13. The Event Loop Ch 14. Runtimes Ch 15. Modules
Last updated: Sep 2025
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4. Learn HTTP Clients
Ch 1. Why HTTP? Ch 2. DNS Ch 3. URIs Ch 4. Errors Ch 5. Headers Ch 6. JSON Ch 7. Methods Ch 8. Paths Ch 9. HTTPS Ch 10. Runtime Validation
Last updated: Sep 2025
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5. Learn Data Structures and Algorithms
Ch 1. Algorithms Intro Ch 2. Math Ch 3. Big-O Analysis Ch 4. Sorting Algorithms Ch 5. Exponential Time Ch 6. Data Structures Intro Ch 7. Stacks Ch 8. Queues Ch 9. Linked Lists Ch 10. Binary Trees Ch 11. Red Black Trees Ch 12. Hashmaps Ch 13. Tries Ch 14. Graphs Ch 15. BFS and DFS Ch 16. P vs NP
Last updated: Sep 2025
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6. Learn SQL
Ch 1. Introduction Ch 2. Tables Ch 3. Constraints Ch 4. CRUD Ch 5. Basic Queries Ch 6. Structuring Ch 7. Aggregations Ch 8. Subqueries Ch 9. Normalization Ch 10. Joins Ch 11. Performance
Last updated: Sep 2025
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7. Learn Object Oriented Programming
Ch 1. Clean Code Ch 2. Classes Ch 3. Encapsulation Ch 4. Abstraction Ch 5. Inheritance Ch 6. Polymorphism
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
8. Build a Bookbot
Ch 1. Setup Ch 2. Data Analysis Ch 3. Report
Last updated: Sep 2025
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9. Learn Functional Programming
Ch 1. What is Functional Programming? Ch 2. First Class Functions Ch 3. Pure Functions Ch 4. Recursion Ch 5. Function Transformations Ch 6. Closures Ch 7. Currying Ch 8. Decorators Ch 9. Sum Types
Last updated: Sep 2025
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10. Learn Docker
Ch 1. Install Ch 2. Containers Ch 3. Storage Ch 4. Execute Ch 5. Networks Ch 6. Dockerfiles Ch 7. Debug Ch 8. Publish
Last updated: Sep 2025
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11. Learn Cryptography
Ch 1. Symmetric Encryption Ch 2. Encoding Ch 3. Brute Force Ch 4. Caesar Cipher Ch 5. XOR Ch 6. Stream Ciphers Ch 7. Block Ciphers Ch 8. DES Ch 9. AES Ch 10. Asymmetric Encryption Ch 11. RSA Ch 12. Hash Functions Ch 13. Digital Signatures Ch 14. KDFs
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
12. Build a Maze Solver
Ch 1. Tkinter Ch 2. Cells Ch 3. Maze Ch 4. Solve
Last updated: Sep 2025
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13. Build a Web Scraper
Ch 1. Setup Ch 2. Crawling Ch 3. Concurrency Ch 4. Reporting
Last updated: Sep 2025
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14. Learn HTTP Servers
Ch 1. Servers Ch 2. Routing Ch 3. Architecture Ch 4. JSON Ch 5. Storage Ch 6. Authentication Ch 7. Authorization Ch 8. Webhooks Ch 9. Documentation
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
15. Build a Pokedex
Ch 1. REPL Ch 2. Cache Ch 3. Pokedex
Last updated: Sep 2025
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16. Learn Data Structures and Algorithms 2
Ch 1. Dijkstra's Ch 2. Bellman-Ford Ch 3. Heaps Ch 4. A* Search Ch 5. Dynamic Programming Ch 6. Edit Distance Ch 7. Linear Programming
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
17. Build a Blog Aggregator
Ch 1. Config Ch 2. Database Ch 3. RSS Ch 4. Following Ch 5. Aggregate
Last updated: Sep 2025
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18. Learn CI/CD
Ch 1. Continuous Integration Ch 2. Tests Ch 3. Formatting Ch 4. Linting Ch 5. Security Ch 6. Build Ch 7. Deploy Ch 8. Database
Last updated: Sep 2025
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19. Learn Linux
Ch 1. Terminals and Shells Ch 2. Filesystems Ch 3. Permissions Ch 4. Programs Ch 5. Input/Output Ch 6. Packages
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
20. Build a Static Site Generator
Ch 1. Static Sites Ch 2. Nodes Ch 3. Inline Ch 4. Blocks Ch 5. Website
Last updated: Sep 2025
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21. Learn HTTP Clients
Ch 1. Why HTTP? Ch 2. JSON Ch 3. DNS Ch 4. URIs Ch 5. Headers Ch 6. Methods Ch 7. Paths Ch 8. HTTPS Ch 9. Errors Ch 10. cURL
Last updated: Sep 2025
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22. Learn HTTP Servers
Ch 1. Servers Ch 2. Routing Ch 3. Architecture Ch 4. JSON Ch 5. Error Handling Ch 6. Storage Ch 7. Authentication Ch 8. Authorization Ch 9. Webhooks Ch 10. Documentation
Last updated: Sep 2025
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23. Learn Kubernetes
Ch 1. Install Ch 2. Pods Ch 3. Deployments Ch 4. ConfigMaps Ch 5. Services Ch 6. Ingress Ch 7. Storage Ch 8. Namespaces Ch 9. Scaling Ch 10. Nodes
Last updated: Sep 2025
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24. Learn TypeScript
Ch 1. Types Ch 2. Functions Ch 3. Unions Ch 4. Arrays Ch 5. Objects Ch 6. Tuples Ch 7. Intersections Ch 8. Interfaces Ch 9. Enums Ch 10. Type Narrowing Ch 11. Classes Ch 12. Utility Types Ch 13. Generics Ch 14. Conditional Types Ch 15. Local Development
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
25. Build a Pokedex
Ch 1. REPL Ch 2. Cache Ch 3. Pokedex
Last updated: Sep 2025
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26. Learn Pub/Sub Architecture
Ch 1. Pub/Sub Architecture Ch 2. Message Brokers Ch 3. Publishers & Queues Ch 4. Subscribers & Routing Ch 5. Delivery Ch 6. Serialization Ch 7. Scalability
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
27. Build a Blog Aggregator
Ch 1. Config Ch 2. Database Ch 3. RSS Ch 4. Following Ch 5. Aggregate
Last updated: Sep 2025
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28. Learn File Servers and CDNs
Ch 1. File Storage Ch 2. Caching Ch 3. AWS S3 Ch 4. Object Storage Ch 5. Video Streaming Ch 6. Security Ch 7. CDNs Ch 8. Resiliency
Last updated: Sep 2025
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29. Learn CI/CD
Ch 1. Continuous Integration Ch 2. Tests Ch 3. Formatting Ch 4. Linting Ch 5. Security Ch 6. Build Ch 7. Deploy Ch 8. Database
Last updated: Sep 2025
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30. Learn HTTP Clients
Ch 1. Why HTTP? Ch 2. DNS Ch 3. URIs Ch 4. Async Ch 5. Headers Ch 6. JSON Ch 7. Methods Ch 8. Paths Ch 9. HTTPS
Last updated: Sep 2025
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31. Learn File Servers and CDNs
Ch 1. File Storage Ch 2. Caching Ch 3. AWS S3 Ch 4. Object Storage Ch 5. Video Streaming Ch 6. Security Ch 7. CDNs Ch 8. Resiliency
Last updated: Sep 2025
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32. Learn Pub/Sub Architecture
Ch 1. Pub/Sub Architecture Ch 2. Message Brokers Ch 3. Publishers & Queues Ch 4. Subscribers & Routing Ch 5. Delivery Ch 6. Serialization Ch 7. Scalability
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
33. Build an AI Agent
Ch 1. LLMs Ch 2. Functions Ch 3. Function Calling Ch 4. Agents
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
34. Build a Web Scraper
Ch 1. Setup Ch 2. Crawling Ch 3. Concurrency Ch 4. Reporting
Last updated: Sep 2025
Guided Project
35. Build a Web Scraper
Ch 1. Setup Ch 2. Crawling Ch 3. Concurrency Ch 4. Reporting
