devbootLLM - Interactive Programming Learning Platform

Learn to code with 100% verified, production-ready lessons. Master Java and Python with 2,107 comprehensive lessons featuring real-time code execution, AI-powered assistance, and framework-specific examples used by professional developers at Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

🎉 ALL 2,107 LESSONS VERIFIED (100%) 🎉

✅ 1,077/1,077 Java lessons - Every solution compiles and executes correctly ✅ 1,030/1,030 Python lessons - Every solution compiles and executes correctly ✅ 100% real code - All lessons use actual production frameworks (Django, Flask, FastAPI, Spring Boot, Spring Data, Kubernetes, Reactive, Kafka, GraphQL, scikit-learn, pandas, Celery, AWS boto3) ✅ Fully tested - Validated with actual compilers (Python 3.12, Java 17) ✅ Job-ready - From "Hello World" to employed developer in one platform ✅ 95+/100 quality score - Comprehensive quality audit: 0 critical issues, all code compiles ✅ 552 beginner lessons - Perfect for newcomers (276 Java + 276 Python) ✅ Optimal difficulty balance - 26-27% Beginner, 12-13% Expert (professionally calibrated)

🆕 Recent Updates

Latest: November 2025 - 100% Validation Achievement! 🎉

• 🏆 100% Validation Success: All 2,107 lessons now pass automated validation
• ✅ Perfect Lesson Quality: Every solution compiles, executes, and matches expected output
• 🔧 Final Polish: Fixed last remaining edge case (lesson 283 - file path normalization)
• 📊 From 99% to 100%: Achieved perfection in lesson validation
• 🎯 Complete Reliability: Students can trust every "Solve Lesson" button

November 2025 - Major Curriculum Expansion & Quality Overhaul

• ✨ +286 Lessons Added: Expanded from 1,821 to 2,107 lessons
• 🎯 Beginner Focus: Added 286 beginner lessons for smoother onboarding
• 🔧 Quality Audit: Fixed all 137 critical issues identified in comprehensive 6-phase audit
• 📊 Perfect Balance: Achieved optimal 25.6-26.8% Beginner, 12.7-13.1% Expert distribution
• 🚀 Zero Placeholders: All generic code replaced with topic-specific, compilable examples
• 📈 Smart Reorganization: New lessons integrated into beginner section by topic (Hello World first!)
• 🛠️ New Tools: Added audit_quality.py for comprehensive curriculum analysis

📋 Curriculum Expansion Roadmap

Future Language Support

Infrastructure is in place to add more programming languages:

• Quick Start Guide - Language addition in 30 minutes
• Lesson Template - Complete field specifications
• System Documentation - Quality standards and best practices
• Automated Validation - scripts/audit_quality.py and validate_lessons.py
• Proven Framework - Successfully managing 2,107 verified lessons

Planned Additions

• JavaScript/TypeScript (Node.js, React, Express)
• Go (Gin, gRPC, concurrency)
• Rust (Actix, Tokio, systems programming)
• C# (.NET, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework)

🚀 Why devbootLLM?

Other platforms teach toy examples. We teach real code.

• 24 Frameworks Covered: Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, Flask, FastAPI, pandas, asyncio, SQLAlchemy, boto3, Redis, Kafka, JUnit, Mockito, and more
• 20 Topic Areas Per Language: From fundamentals to system design, security, cloud platforms, and FAANG interview prep
• 95%+ Well-Commented Solutions: Learn not just what but why with contextual explanations
• Zero Placeholders: Every lesson contains functional, tested, production-ready code
• Complete Coverage: Core syntax, data structures, OOP, functional programming, concurrency, databases, testing, DevOps, cloud, security, design patterns, algorithms

Features

📚 Comprehensive Curriculum

• 2,107 Interactive Lessons: 1,030 Python + 1,077 Java with complete Beginner → Expert progression
• 100% Complete Fundamentals: All core concepts covered - Error Handling, File I/O, Control Flow, Functions, Data Structures
• 100% Verified Solutions: Every solution tested with actual compilers - zero errors, zero generic placeholders
• Real Production Frameworks:
  • Python: Django (Channels, GraphQL, async), Flask Advanced, FastAPI Advanced, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn (ML), Celery, SQLAlchemy Advanced, AWS boto3, asyncio, Redis, Kafka, pytest advanced
  • Java: Spring Boot (Actuator, Metrics), Spring Data Advanced, Spring Security, Spring Cloud (advanced), Reactive (WebFlux, Reactor), Kafka, Kubernetes, JVM Performance, GraphQL Java, JPA/Hibernate, CompletableFuture, JUnit 5, Mockito, Testcontainers
• 5000+ Character Tutorials: In-depth explanations with real-world examples
• 95%+ Well-Commented Code: Learn professional coding standards from day one

💼 Career-Ready Training

• Complete Job Skills Coverage: Version control (Git), testing, REST APIs, databases, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), Docker, CI/CD, security
• 50 FAANG Interview Lessons: System design, LeetCode-style algorithms, behavioral questions, portfolio projects
• Production Patterns: Design patterns, microservices, async programming, performance optimization
• Real Tools: Same frameworks used at Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix

🛠️ Powerful Platform

• Real-Time Code Execution: Secure Docker containers for Java and Python
• AI-Powered Help: Integrated Ollama and LM Studio support for instant coding assistance
• Progress Tracking: Automatic save in browser localStorage
• Modern UI: Clean, responsive interface built with Tailwind CSS
• Dual Storage: SQLite database with automatic JSON fallback for reliability

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Docker Desktop installed and running
• For AI features (optional):
  • Ollama (running on port 11434) and/or
  • LM Studio (running on port 1234)

1. Build the Docker Image

docker build -t devbootllm-app .

2. Create Persistent Storage

docker volume create devbootllm-data

3. Run the Application

Windows (PowerShell):

docker run --rm `
  -p 3000:3000 `
  -e OLLAMA_URL=http://host.docker.internal:11434 `
  -e LMSTUDIO_URL=http://host.docker.internal:1234 `
  -e LESSONS_REPLACE_ON_START=1 `
  -v devbootllm-data:/data `
  --user 0:0 `
  --read-only `
  --tmpfs "/tmp:rw,noexec,nodev,nosuid,size=64m" `
  --cap-drop ALL `
  --security-opt "no-new-privileges" `
  --pids-limit 128 `
  --memory 512m `
  --cpus 1 `
  devbootllm-app

Note for Windows users: Do NOT set RUN_TMP_DIR=/tmp - PowerShell automatically converts /tmp to your Windows temp directory (e.g., C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Temp), which breaks code execution inside the Linux container. The application uses Node.js os.tmpdir() which correctly returns /tmp in the container.

Linux/macOS (Bash):

docker run --rm \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -e OLLAMA_URL=http://host.docker.internal:11434 \
  -e LMSTUDIO_URL=http://host.docker.internal:1234 \
  -e LESSONS_REPLACE_ON_START=1 \
  -v devbootllm-data:/data \
  --user 0:0 \
  --read-only \
  --tmpfs /tmp:rw,noexec,nodev,nosuid,size=64m \
  --cap-drop ALL \
  --security-opt no-new-privileges \
  --pids-limit 128 \
  --memory 512m \
  --cpus 1 \
  devbootllm-app

4. Access the Application

Open your browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:3000

Learning Path

The curriculum follows a carefully calibrated 4-level progression system with 2,107 production-ready lessons:

📗 Level 1: Beginner

Java: Lessons 1-276 (276 lessons, 25.6%) Python: Lessons 1-276 (276 lessons, 26.8%)

Topics Covered:

• Core syntax and fundamentals (variables, data types, operators)
• Control flow (if/else, loops, switches)
• Functions and methods
• Basic OOP (classes, objects, constructors)
• Strings, arrays, lists, dictionaries
• File I/O basics
• Exception handling fundamentals
• Basic debugging and testing

Career Target: Entry-level developer ($50K-$80K)

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📘 Level 2: Intermediate

Java: Lessons 277-512 (236 lessons, 21.9%) Python: Lessons 277-523 (247 lessons, 24.0%)

Topics Covered:

• Advanced OOP (inheritance, polymorphism, interfaces/protocols)
• Collections and data structures (HashMap, TreeMap, sets, queues)
• Streams and functional programming
• Lambda expressions and closures
• Advanced file I/O and serialization
• Database basics (JDBC, SQLAlchemy)
• Unit testing (JUnit, pytest)
• REST API fundamentals
• Git workflows and version control

Career Target: Mid-level developer ($80K-$120K)

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📙 Level 3: Advanced

Java: Lessons 513-940 (428 lessons, 39.7%) Python: Lessons 524-895 (372 lessons, 36.1%)

Topics Covered:

• Design patterns (Factory, Builder, Observer, Strategy, etc.)
• Concurrency and multithreading
• Async programming (CompletableFuture, asyncio)
• Web frameworks (Spring Boot, Flask, FastAPI, Django)
• Advanced database (JPA/Hibernate, ORM optimization)
• Testing strategies (integration tests, mocking, TDD)
• Performance optimization and profiling
• Security best practices
• Docker and containerization
• CI/CD pipelines

Career Target: Senior developer ($120K-$160K)

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📕 Level 4: Expert

Java: Lessons 941-1077 (137 lessons, 12.7%) Python: Lessons 896-1030 (135 lessons, 13.1%)

Topics Covered:

• Microservices architecture (Spring Cloud, service mesh)
• Distributed systems and scalability
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Kubernetes and orchestration
• Message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Advanced concurrency patterns
• JVM/Python internals and optimization
• GraphQL and gRPC
• System design and architecture
• FAANG interview preparation (algorithms, system design)
• Machine learning basics (scikit-learn, pandas)
• Production monitoring and observability

Career Target: Senior/Staff/Principal engineer ($160K-$350K+)

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🎯 Framework Integration

Python Progression:

• Beginner: Core Python fundamentals
• Intermediate: Flask basics, database connectivity
• Advanced: FastAPI, Django, SQLAlchemy, async programming
• Expert: Production deployment, Celery, AWS boto3, ML/Data Science

Java Progression:

• Beginner: Core Java fundamentals
• Intermediate: Collections, streams, JUnit
• Advanced: Spring Boot, Spring Security, JPA/Hibernate
• Expert: Spring Cloud, Reactive programming, Kubernetes, Kafka

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📊 Curriculum Statistics

Java (1,077 lessons across 17 categories):

• Core Java: 305 lessons (28.3%) - Fundamentals, syntax, data structures
• OOP: 244 lessons (22.4%) - Classes, inheritance, polymorphism, design patterns
• Web Development: 100 lessons (9.2%) - Spring Boot, REST APIs, web frameworks
• Async Programming: 86 lessons (7.9%) - Threads, CompletableFuture, reactive
• Testing: 54 lessons (5.0%) - JUnit, Mockito, TDD, integration tests
• Database: 52 lessons (4.8%) - JDBC, JPA/Hibernate, SQL
• DevOps: 50 lessons (4.6%) - Docker, CI/CD, deployment
• Security: 50 lessons (4.6%) - Authentication, authorization, OWASP
• Algorithms: 44 lessons (4.0%) - Data structures, sorting, searching
• Plus: Cloud, Functional, Performance, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Data Science, ML

Python (1,030 lessons across 16 categories):

• Core Python: 277 lessons (26.9%) - Fundamentals, syntax, data structures
• OOP: 213 lessons (20.6%) - Classes, inheritance, protocols, patterns
• Web Development: 112 lessons (10.8%) - Flask, Django, FastAPI, REST APIs
• Async Programming: 106 lessons (10.3%) - asyncio, concurrent.futures, async/await
• Database: 52 lessons (5.0%) - SQLAlchemy, database design, ORMs
• Data Science: 50 lessons (4.8%) - pandas, NumPy, data processing
• Algorithms: 44 lessons (4.3%) - Data structures, sorting, searching
• DevOps: 39 lessons (3.8%) - Docker, CI/CD, deployment
• Testing: 33 lessons (3.2%) - pytest, mocking, TDD
• Plus: Security, ML, Cloud, Functional, Caching, Data Engineering

Architecture

Project Structure

devbootllm-app/
├── public/
│   ├── index.html              # Main web application
│   ├── lessons-java.json       # 1,077 Java lessons (100% verified)
│   ├── lessons-python.json     # 1,030 Python lessons (100% verified)
│   └── css/                    # Compiled Tailwind CSS
├── scripts/
│   ├── audit_quality.py        # Comprehensive quality audit system
│   ├── validate_lessons.py     # Comprehensive quality validation
│   ├── validate-lessons.mjs    # Legacy JSON schema validator
│   ├── improve_lesson_code.py  # Code quality improvement tools
│   ├── complete_beginner_curriculum.py  # Curriculum organization
│   ├── pre-commit-hook.example # Git pre-commit hook example
│   └── README.md               # Scripts documentation
├── src/
│   └── ...                     # Source files
├── data/
│   └── app.db                  # SQLite database (in Docker volume)
├── server.js                   # Express.js backend server
├── db.js                       # Database layer
├── Dockerfile                  # Container configuration
├── package.json                # Node.js dependencies
├── tailwind.config.js          # Tailwind CSS configuration
├── LESSON_TEMPLATE.md          # Template for creating new lessons
├── LESSON_SYSTEM_SUMMARY.md    # System architecture & quality analysis
├── GETTING_STARTED_NEW_LANGUAGE.md # Quick start guide for new languages
├── QUALITY_SUMMARY.md          # Comprehensive quality audit report (2,107 lessons)
└── FINAL_QUALITY_REPORT.md     # 100% compilation achievement report

Backend Stack

• Node.js + Express.js for the web server
• SQLite (better-sqlite3) for lesson storage with JSON fallback
• Java 17 (OpenJDK) for executing Java code
• Python 3 for executing Python code

Frontend Stack

• Vanilla JavaScript (no framework dependencies)
• Tailwind CSS for styling
• CodeMirror-style code editor

API Endpoints

Code Execution

• POST /run/java - Execute Java code
• POST /run/python - Execute Python code

Lessons

• GET /api/lessons?lang={java|python}&offset=0&limit=200 - Paginated lesson summaries
  • Returns lessons with metadata (total count, offset, limit)
  • Default limit: 200 (adjust for 1,077 Java / 1,030 Python lessons)
• GET /api/lessons/:lang/:id - Full lesson details with tutorial and examples
• GET /lessons-java.json - All 1,077 Java lessons (full curriculum)
• GET /lessons-python.json - All 1,030 Python lessons (full curriculum)

AI Integration

• POST /chat - Send messages to AI assistant
• GET /ollama/models - List available Ollama models
• GET /lmstudio/models - List available LM Studio models

Health

• GET /health - Server health and configuration status

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Java 17 (Microsoft OpenJDK recommended)
• Python 3

Install Dependencies

npm install

Build Tailwind CSS

After modifying UI styles:

npm run build:css

Validate Lessons

Validate lesson structure and schema:

npm run validate:lessons

Run comprehensive quality validation:

node scripts/comprehensive-validation.mjs

Test all solutions compile and execute:

python scripts/test-solutions.py

Manage Lessons

Seed database from JSON files:

npm run seed

Verify Lesson Counts

# PowerShell
(Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:3000/api/lessons?lang=java&limit=1).meta.total
# Expected: 1077

(Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:3000/api/lessons?lang=python&limit=1).meta.total
# Expected: 1030

# Linux/macOS
curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/lessons?lang=java&limit=1 | jq '.meta.total'
# Expected: 1077

curl -s http://localhost:3000/api/lessons?lang=python&limit=1 | jq '.meta.total'
# Expected: 1030

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PORT	3000	Server port
OLLAMA_URL	http://localhost:11434	Ollama API endpoint
LMSTUDIO_URL	http://localhost:1234	LM Studio API endpoint
RUN_TMP_DIR	os.tmpdir()	Directory for code execution temp files (not recommended to set - let Node.js auto-detect)
DATA_DIR	/data (Docker) or ./data (local)	Database directory
DB_FILE	${DATA_DIR}/app.db	SQLite database path
LESSONS_MODE	replace	JSON response mode (replace or append)
LESSONS_REPLACE_ON_START	0	Wipe and reseed DB on startup (1=yes)
LESSONS_UPSERT_ON_START	0	Upsert lessons from JSON on startup (1=yes)

Security Features

The Docker configuration includes multiple security hardening measures:

• Read-only filesystem - Application code cannot be modified at runtime
• Isolated execution - Code runs in /tmp with noexec, nodev, nosuid
• Non-root user - Container runs without root privileges
• No capabilities - All Linux capabilities dropped (--cap-drop ALL)
• Resource limits - CPU, memory, and process limits enforced
• Code limits - Maximum code size and execution timeouts
• Java heap limit - -Xmx64m prevents memory abuse

AI Integration

Using Ollama

1. Install Ollama from https://ollama.com
2. Pull a model: ollama pull llama3.1
3. Ensure Ollama is running on port 11434
4. Start the app with OLLAMA_URL configured
5. Select your model from the AI panel dropdown

Using LM Studio

1. Install and start LM Studio (http://127.0.0.1:1234)
2. Load a model in LM Studio
3. Start the app with LMSTUDIO_URL configured
4. Select "LM Studio" as provider in the AI panel
5. Choose your model from the dropdown

Troubleshooting

Code execution fails with "ENOENT" or path errors

Symptom: Java/Python code execution fails with errors like:

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, mkdtemp 'C:/Users/username/AppData/Local/Temp/java-run-XXXXXX'

Solution: Remove the -e RUN_TMP_DIR=/tmp flag from your Docker run command. On Windows, PowerShell automatically converts /tmp to your Windows temp directory path, which doesn't exist inside the Linux container. The application correctly uses Node.js os.tmpdir() to find /tmp without needing this variable set.

Port 3000 already in use

Use a different port:

docker run -p 3100:3000 ... devbootllm-app

Then access at http://localhost:3100

SQLite not working

Check logs for:

[lessons] storage=sqlite db=/data/app.db ...

Verify with health endpoint:

(Invoke-RestMethod http://localhost:3000/health).lessons.storage

Should return "sqlite". If it shows "json", the app is using the fallback mode.

AI models not appearing

1. Verify Ollama/LM Studio is running
2. Check the URL is correct (use host.docker.internal in Docker)
3. Click the refresh button in the AI panel
4. Check browser console for errors

Quality Assurance

All lessons undergo comprehensive validation to ensure the highest quality:

Automated Testing

• Compilation Testing: Every solution is compiled with actual compilers (Python 3.12, Java 17)
• Execution Testing: All 2,107 solutions are executed to verify they run without errors
• Output Validation: Solutions are tested against expected outputs
• Structure Validation: All lessons have complete structure (hints, test cases, tags, examples)
• Quality Audit: Comprehensive 6-phase audit covering coverage, tags, code quality, tutorials, and compilation
• Zero Critical Issues: All 137 critical issues identified and fixed

Test Results

✅ Python: 1,030/1,030 solutions compile and execute (100%)
✅ Java: 1,077/1,077 solutions compile and execute (100%)
✅ Overall: 2,107/2,107 lessons verified (100%)
✅ Validation: 2,107/2,107 lessons pass output validation (100%) 🎉
✅ Quality Score: 95+/100 - Excellent curriculum quality
✅ Critical Issues: 0 (all 137 issues fixed)
✅ Difficulty Distribution: Perfect (25.6-26.8% Beginner, 12.7-13.1% Expert)
✅ Code Quality: Zero generic placeholders, all topic-specific

Latest Quality Audit (2025-11-18):

• Total Lessons: 2,107 (1,077 Java + 1,030 Python)
• Coverage: 17 Java categories, 16 Python categories
• Beginner Content: 552 lessons (26.2% average)
• Expert Content: 272 lessons (12.9% average)
• See QUALITY_SUMMARY.md for detailed report

Code Quality Standards

• Framework-Specific Examples: All lessons use real production frameworks
  • Python: Flask, FastAPI, pandas, asyncio, SQLAlchemy, boto3, etc.
  • Java: Spring Boot, JPA/Hibernate, Stream API, CompletableFuture, etc.
• Well-Commented Solutions: 95%+ solutions include contextual comments
• Production Patterns: Real-world coding patterns and best practices
• No Placeholders: Every lesson contains functional, tested code

Validation Tools

Run quality checks:

# Comprehensive quality audit (recommended for full analysis)
python scripts/audit_quality.py

# Validate lesson structure and quality
python scripts/validate_lessons.py public/lessons-java.json
python scripts/validate_lessons.py public/lessons-python.json

# Legacy validation tools
npm run validate:lessons
node scripts/comprehensive-validation.mjs
python scripts/test-solutions.py

The new audit_quality.py provides comprehensive 6-phase auditing:

• Coverage & Distribution: Difficulty balance, topic coverage
• Tag Validation: Difficulty and topic tag consistency
• Code Quality: Compilation checks, comment verification, base/solution separation
• Tutorial Quality: Length, structure, code examples
• Hints & Tests: Hint quality, test case validation
• Compilation Sample: Random sampling for syntax verification

Results: Generates detailed quality report with issues, warnings, and quality score (0-100)

License

Apache License 2.0 - See LICENSE file for details

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, which includes:

• Patent protection: Contributors grant patent rights for their contributions
• Commercial use: Free to use in commercial projects
• Modification: Free to modify and distribute
• Distribution: Free to share and redistribute
• Attribution required: Must include license notice and attribution

For full terms and conditions, see the LICENSE file.

Development Notes

Lesson Structure

Lessons are stored in public/lessons-java.json and public/lessons-python.json. Each lesson follows this schema:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "Hello, World!",
  "description": "Your first program",
  "language": "java",
  "difficulty": "Beginner",
  "category": "Core Java",
  "tags": ["Beginner", "Core Java", "Hello World"],
  "baseCode": "// TODO: Print Hello World",
  "fullSolution": "public class Main {\n    public static void main(String[] args) {\n        System.out.println(\"Hello, World!\");\n    }\n}",
  "expectedOutput": "Hello, World!",
  "tutorial": "Rich HTML tutorial with styled sections...",
  "additionalExamples": "2-3 supplementary code examples...",
  "hints": ["Hint 1", "Hint 2", "Hint 3"],
  "testCases": []
}

Quality Standards Maintained

All lessons undergo rigorous quality checks:

1. Comprehensive Validation: python scripts/audit_quality.py

   • Coverage & distribution analysis
   • Tag consistency verification
   • Code quality checks (compilation, comments, structure)
   • Tutorial quality assessment
   • Sample compilation testing

2. Compilation Testing: Every fullSolution must compile and execute

3. Output Verification: expectedOutput must match actual execution

4. Structure Compliance: All 12 required fields present and valid

5. Real Code Only: Zero placeholders, all topic-specific implementations

6. Professional Comments: 95%+ solutions include contextual comments

7. Rich Tutorials: 500-10,000 character tutorials with examples

Current Status: 100% compilation rate, 100% validation rate, 0 critical issues, 2,107/2,107 lessons verified

Tools for Curriculum Management

# Full quality audit (6-phase comprehensive analysis)
python scripts/audit_quality.py

# Structure validation
python scripts/validate_lessons.py public/lessons-java.json
python scripts/validate_lessons.py public/lessons-python.json

# Legacy tools
npm run validate:lessons
node scripts/comprehensive-validation.mjs