⚠️Note
It’s under construction right now!
Intro
Backend Specific Courses and Books which are language agnostic
Linux
- Linux kernel course
- Learning modern linux, Book
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Linux 101, Alarabawy Books:
- How Linux works.
Courses:
- Ahmed Alarabawy on Youtube [Software Engineer @Google]
Databases
DB
- Fundmentals of Database Engineering, Hussein Nasser
- FrontendMasters Courses
- Database Internals, Book
Books:
- Database System Concepts, Third Edition. [more academic]
- Database Internals, see how distributed database works
Courses:
Distributed Systems and System Design
Before going into that section, you should’ve a miniamal knowledge of Operation Systems, Databases, Cryptography!
- MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems (Spring 2020)
- Distributed Systems Lectures, Martin Kleppman
- System Design Interview [[Best Resource]]
- Distributed Systems For Fun and Profit [[Best resource, 60 pdf]]
- Designing Data Intensive Application, Martin Kleppman
- System Design Interview I, II
Books
- Distributed Systems, Third Edition.
- Designing Data Intensive Application.
- System Design Interview
Courses
- Web Architecture 101, [Educative]
- MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems, Spring 2022
- Distributed Systems Lecture
Another good resources
Networking
What’s important in this section is understand only [application networking].
RESTful APIs
Books:
- API Architecture - The Big Picture for Building APIs by Matthias Biehl
- API Design Patterns by JJ Geewax, Manning
- API Security in Action by Neil Madden, Manning
Courses:
Microservices
Books:
- Building Microservices: Designing Fine-Grained Systems, by Sam Newman (the best) [language agnostic]
- NicJackson, Focused on Microservices
Courses:
- An Introduction to Microservice Principles and Concepts - [Educative]
- Practical Implementation - [Educative]
Operating Systems
- Ghassan Shobaki OS course
- ITI
- Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces, Book
Books:
- Operating Systems - Three Easy Pieces
- Operating Systems - Internals and Design Implementations, William Stallings
Javascript
Books:
- Beginner
- You Don’t Know JS, Kyle
- The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript by Nicholas C. Zakas
- Nicholas C. Zakas - Understanding ECMAScript 6 The Definitive Guide for javascript Developers-No Starch Press
- Intermediate
- Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig, Bear Bibeault, Josip Maras
- Javascript Design Patterns
Courses:
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Frontend Masters Series
- FrontendMasters series
- Functional Javascript in action, book
Compilers
Software Architecture
OOP and Design Patterns
Cryptography and web security
As a software engineer you should have a good understanding of cryptography as most systems if not all use cryptography algorithms. and for you as a backend engineer it’s mandatory to grash those concepts very well, because you’re going to implement secure systems that facilitate most of the crypto algorithms. Books:
Other Useful resources:
ALG
- Cracking the coding Interview [very_recommended]