🧩 Week 16 – Advanced Features + Freelancing & Career Prep

🎯 Goal: Learn professional skills for real-world development, add advanced features, and prepare for freelance or job work.

—

✅ Day 1 – Advanced Features: File Uploads, Rich Text

🧠 Topics:

• File/image upload using multer (Express)
• Store images in Cloudinary or locally
• Rich text editing with React (e.g. Quill.js)
• Post/image preview before submission

🛠 Activities:

• Add profile picture or product image upload
• Add rich text editor to blog post or product description
• Test preview and final save functionality

—

✅ Day 2 – Pagination, Search, and Filtering

🧠 Topics:

• Implement server-side pagination (skip, limit)
• Add search bar (filter by title or keyword)
• Category/tag-based filtering
• React UI with pagination controls

🛠 Activities:

• Paginate posts/products API
• Add frontend pagination UI
• Implement search input with debounce

—

✅ Day 3 – Admin Panel + Role-Based Access

🧠 Topics:

• Add user roles (admin, user)
• Protect admin routes (delete, dashboard, etc.)
• Admin panel dashboard UI
• Access control in backend middleware

🛠 Activities:

• Assign roles on user registration or manually
• Restrict create/delete actions to admin
• Show different navbar links for admin

—

✅ Day 4 – Error Handling + Loader UI + Alerts

🧠 Topics:

• Custom error messages (server + client)
• Add global error handler middleware in Express
• React loading spinners (e.g. React Loader, Skeletons)
• Alert messages (e.g. React Toastify or custom alert box)

🛠 Activities:

• Add alerts for success/error (login, post, delete)
• Use loading UI when fetching data
• Catch and display errors nicely

—

✅ Day 5 – GitHub Optimization + README

🧠 Topics:

• Structure a clean and readable GitHub repo
• Add README with:

• Project title and description
• Tech stack badges
• Live demo and screenshots
• Setup instructions
• Contact info

🛠 Activities:

• Push final frontend & backend repos
• Optimize folder structure and cleanup
• Upload screenshots/GIF previews to README

—

✅ Day 6 – Freelancing + Fiverr/Upwork Setup

🧠 Topics:

• How to create a Fiverr gig for web dev services
• Understanding client requirements
• Writing proposals on Upwork
• Building your portfolio website

🛠 Activities:

• Create 1–2 Fiverr gigs (MERN app, Bug fix, Portfolio, Landing page)
• Create profile on Upwork
• Create a portfolio site and add your projects

—

✅ Day 7 – Resume + LinkedIn + Next Steps

🧠 Topics:

• Resume creation for full-stack developer
• LinkedIn profile optimization
• Reaching out to clients
• Apply for internships or remote jobs

🛠 Activities:

• Design a resume with GitHub/portfolio links
• Optimize LinkedIn headline, summary, and skills
• Join freelance and developer groups

—

🎯 Final Deliverables:

• Fully-featured, deployed MERN stack project
• Portfolio website (hosted)
• Resume + LinkedIn profile
• Fiverr/Upwork profile with live gigs

—