A frontend developer builds the part of a website or web app that people see and touch: pages, forms, menus, dashboards. You turn designs and user needs into HTML, CSS and JavaScript that works on every browser and device, loads fast, and can be used by everyone. Why this path works: the web runs on three core languages, and every framework (React, Vue, Angular) is built on top of them, so you learn the base first and add tools only when you feel the need. Most employers want a portfolio of real projects more than a degree (46% of workers hold a bachelor's, 17% an associate's, but many are sel
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Stage 1 of 4 · about 16 weeks
Build and deploy responsive static sites and small interactive pages with semantic HTML, modern CSS (Flexbox, Grid, media queries) and core JavaScript (variables, functions, arrays and objects, DOM, events, fetch). Use Git and GitHub daily and read errors in browser DevTools. Projects: personal page, a to-do app, a weather app using a public API.
Semantic HTML and Web Basics
Every web page is HTML. Screen readers, search engines and your own CSS all depend on using the right elements. Employers notice quickly when a candidate builds everything out of divs.
Modern CSS and Responsive Layout
Employers expect pages that look right on a phone, a tablet and a laptop. Layout is where beginners get stuck most, and Flexbox and Grid solve almost all of it.
Core JavaScript and the DOM
JavaScript makes pages interactive, and every framework you learn later is built on it. If these basics are solid, React will feel natural. If they are shaky, everything after will be confusing.
Asynchronous JavaScript and Working with APIs
Nearly every real site loads data from a server. Fetching, waiting and handling failure is the everyday work of a frontend developer, and the weather app will prove you can do it.
Git, GitHub and Shipping to the Web
Every team uses version control, and your GitHub profile is the first thing a hiring manager opens. Deploying your work proves it runs outside your laptop.
Then 3 more stages (about 100 weeks in all) with lessons, drills, projects, 10 interview questions with strong answers and free resources.