Front End Developer Roadmap

This roadmap will teach you the basics of HTML5, CSS3, JS and a front-end framework, thus enabling you to build beautiful websites.

No pre-requisites for taking this roadmap. A strong desire to learn and interest in understanding the web will help. 

What you'll learn

Overview

With the rise in the development of web-based products, front-end Developers are in very high demand. Also with the invention of many cutting-edge frameworks in Javascript front-end has become really complicated and demands very high skills. Gone are the days when back-end development was the tougher part and front-end was considered just writing styles in CSS and handlings clicks with jQuery. It is so much more than that today. 

In this roadmap, you will learn about all the essentials of the front-end that will get you up and running in your journey.

How to follow this roadmap?

Lastly, make sure you keep building something at every step of your learning. Remember, Practice is the key to perfection.

1. HTML5 and CSS3 Basics

Our Front End Developers recommend starting with HTML5 and CSS, the structure and skin of the web, to get started. Our community recommends the following tutorials as a primer on the subject. Whether you prefer to watch videos on HTML or read how-to books on the subject, we found resources for every style of learning.

30 Days To Learn HTML + CSS Course

20.5k+ views youtube.com
322 Visit
Free Video

Dive Into HTML5 by Mark Pilgrim

15.4k+ views amazon.com
81 Visit
Paid Book

Build Responsive Real World Websites with HTML5 and CSS3

8.3k+ views udemy.com
24 Visit
Paid Video Beginner CSS3 Popular

CSS - The Complete Guide (incl. Flexbox, Grid & Sass)

6.1k+ views udemy.com
38 Visit
Paid Video Advanced Flexbox Sass Promoted

2. Learn to use Bootstrap

The Front End Developers at Hackr also recommend learning Bootstrap. We uncovered these resources to guide you through to subject. Basically, Bootstrap is a toolkit of ready-made styles you can use for a multitude of projects. Use it to save time on MVPs and prototypes, then configure to suit your needs.

Bootstrap 4 From Scratch With 5 Projects

11.4k+ views udemy.com
31 Visit
Paid Video Beginner Bootstrap 4 Promoted Popular

3. Learn Javascript

Do you speak JavaScript? If you want to join our Front End Developers, you'll need to. We consider it the language of the web. It handles user interactions on the browser, so it appears everywhere. Check out our community's favorite resources on learning JavaScript as the next step in your journey.

Eloquent JavaScript

38.8k+ views eloquentjavascript.net
479 Visit
Free Book

The Complete JavaScript Course 2023: Build Real Projects

42.6k+ views udemy.com
376 Visit
Paid Video Beginner Exercises/Practice-programs Promoted

4. ReactJS

Ready to build user interfaces? You'll want to brush up on React. It's an open-source library and framework developed by Meta. And it's commonly used for user interfaces and web applications. Here are a few of our favorite resources on the subject.

Awesome React

43.8k+ views github.com
70 Visit
Free Resources

The Complete React Web Developer Course (with Redux)

31k+ views udemy.com
44 Visit
Paid Video Beginner

5. Git Basics

Git is a version control system commonly used by organizations to maintain their software. You don't need a deep-dive to get started, but you'll want familiarity with the subject even as a beginner. Our community of Front End Developers recommends the following resources for learning Git.

Git Guru Guide by Atlassian

9.6k+ views atlassian.com
21 Visit
Free