WHAT YOU NEED TO BECOME A FRONTEND DEVELOPER
Front-end developer work on client side features and focus on anything a user interact with. Front end development is how that design actually gets implemented on the web.
Skill use for front end development-
Front end web developers use three primary coding languages to code the website and web app designs:
→ HTML
→ CSS
→ JAVASCRIPT
HTML or HyperText Markup Language, gives content structure and meaning by defining that content as, for example, headings, paragraphs, or images.
CSS or Cascading Style Sheets, is a presentation language created to style the appearance of content — using, for example, fonts or colors.
“HTML will always represent content, and CSS will always represent the appearance of that content.”
You can build a website using html and css only.
JAVASCRIPT is a scripting language used to create and control dynamic website content, i.e. anything that moves, refreshes, or otherwise changes on your screen without requiring you to manually reload a web page.
Features like:
- Animated graphics
- Autocomplete text suggestions
- Image sliders
- pop-ups
- site navigation
- mega menus,
- form validations,
- tabs, accordions,
Javascript is the magic third element. Once you’ve created your structure (HTML) and your aesthetic vibe (CSS), JavaScript makes your site or project dynamic.
JQUERY-
jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers.
You can use jQuery for things like countdown timer, search for autocomplete, and even automatically-rearranging and resizing grid layouts.
JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORK:
Js framework(including AngularJS, Backbone, Ember, and ReactJS) give a ready-made structure to your JavaScript code.
CSS framework-
the most popular front end framework is Bootstrap.
Bootstrap framework used for developing responsive, mobile-first websites.
CSS PREPROCESSOR
Preprocessor are another element that a front end developer can use to speed up CSS coding.
SASS and LESS are the two most in-demand preprocessors, according to real job listings.
Version Control/Git:
Version control is the process of tracking and controlling changes to your source code so that you don’t have to start from the beginning if anything goes wrong. It is a tool that you can use to track the changes made previously so that you can go back to a previous version of your work and find out what went wrong without tearing the whole thing down.
Testing/Debugging :
Testing is an important part of any project to keep the bugs away. Thus, a front end developer must possess the skill and ability to test and debug codes. There are different testing methods for web development.
UNIT TESTING is another method that tests the smallest bit of code and examines it individually for correct operation. Testing is a big part of the front end development process and there are frameworks to help you. Programs like Mocha and Jasmine are designed to speed up and simplify your testing process.
Browser Developer Tools :
The modern web browsers come equipped with developer tools for testing and debugging. These tools allow you to test the web pages in the browser itself and finds out how the page is interpreting the code.
Command Line:
GUI is an important part of web development and coding as well. But an all-purpose GUI is going to have its limitations for some specific applications. Sometimes, you may need to open a terminal on your computer where you can enter typed commands or command lines to get what you need.