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NEXTSTACK / A LEARNING ATLAS

Skill Tree.

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01—04 / FIND YOUR DIRECTIONCurriculum
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A new starting point15 OUTLINES

Think in systems. Build with possibility.

From your first line of logic to a product out in the world. Build the foundations, then build with AI.

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GROW THROUGH WHAT YOU DO.Ideas
take root.
YOUR FIRST EXPERIMENTThink in small steps.
Learn by
doing.
FOUR PATHS. YOUR OWN WAY THROUGH.CHOOSE A DIRECTION ↓
THE BUILDING BLOCKS / 01
{ }LOGIC / CODE / POSSIBILITIES
FROM A SMALL ACTION TO A NEW DIRECTION.
TRY SOMETHING
(MAKE A START)
FIND YOUR WAY
(FOLLOW THE PATH)
ROOM TO GROW
15°module
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THE BUILDER PATH / CURRICULUM

One step opens the next.

15 / 15 OUTLINES

One free interactive sample per path. Curriculum outlines below are in development.

01Foundations

Computational Thinking

Break problems into steps using variables, logic, conditions, loops and functions.

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02Foundations

Web Fundamentals

Understand HTML, CSS, the DOM, HTTP and the conversation between browser and server.

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03Foundations

JavaScript

Work with arrays, objects, functions, promises and asynchronous API requests.

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04Foundations

Python

Practice Python syntax, data structures, functions, objects, files and packages.

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05Core skills

Data Structures

Explore arrays, stacks, queues, linked lists, trees, graphs and hash maps visually.

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06Core skills

Algorithms

Step through searching, sorting, recursion and traversal; compare their complexity.

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07Core skills

Mathematics for Builders

Use practical visual experiments with algebra, vectors, matrices, probability and statistics.

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08Core skills

SQL & Databases

Model tables, keys and relationships; write joins and queries and understand indexes.

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09Applied + AI

APIs

Make sense of REST, JSON, requests, headers, authentication, errors and webhooks.

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10Applied + AI

Git & GitHub

Understand commits, branches, merges, pull requests and conflict resolution.

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11Applied + AI

AI Foundations

Explore tokens, context, inference, prompting, embeddings, transformers and hallucinations.

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12Applied + AI

AI Coding

Plan tasks, provide context and supervise coding agents through review, testing and debugging.

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13Build + ship

AI Apps

Combine model APIs, structured outputs, retrieval, multimodal inputs and streaming.

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14Build + ship

Agents

Trace agent loops, tools, memory, MCP, orchestration and evaluations.

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15Build + ship

Production

Prepare a product for deployment with tests, security, environment variables, logs and monitoring.

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