Becoming a Front End Developer in 2023

Front-end web development is the process of creating a website's graphical user interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript so that visitors can view and interact with it. If you are willing to dive into it, the following items are some of the skills you may need to learn. This is not everything, but it may help you to build a roadmap.

• HTML
  The foundation of any website is HyperText Markup Language (HTML), without which a web page would not exist. Hypertext refers to writing that contains links, also known as hyperlinks. A user will be taken to another web page when they click on a word or phrase with a hyperlink.
   
• CSS Style Sheets (CSS)
  CSS, which manages how a site looks, enables you to give your site a distinctly individual design. It accomplishes this by storing style sheets that are activated by other inputs, such as the screen size and resolution of the device, and sit on top of existing style rules, for example the default browser styles.
   
• Javascript
  A static HTML page is converted into a dynamic interface using JavaScript, an event-based imperative programming language. The Document Object Model (DOM), made available by the HTML standard, can be used by JavaScript code to modify a web page in response to events like user input.
  
  JavaScript code may actively retrieve content from the web using the AJAX technique (in addition to the traditional HTML page retrieval), and it can also respond to server-side events, giving web pages a truly dynamic feel.
   
• AJAX
  To transmit data between a client and a web server, AJAX, which stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, combines all the essential front end developer technologies.
  
  AJAX assists a client in sending a request to the server, such as the customer's web browser. The server is then given the opportunity to respond without being forced to refresh. The site doesn't crash until the server responds since AJAX is asynchronous; rather, it works in the background to execute a JavaScript request and update the DOM to reflect the server's answer to the user's requests.
   
• JSON
  JSON, also referred to as JavaScript Object Notation, is a data format that evolved from JavaScript. Over the past decade or more, it has practically become omnipresent online and offers a text-based representation of web data. Many of the databases that power websites—for instance, MySQL and PostgreSQL—have built-in support for JSON queries and data.
  
  This data format is created to be utilized by a wide range of programming languages and to make it simple for people to provide information to your website, regardless of whether it will be saved or processed further. Any website where data must be transferred between users and the website's back end must use JSON.
   
• React
  React is a JavaScript framework that enables front end developers to design user interfaces. React allows front-end developers to specify or express how they want the DOM to be modified and the user experience to look. In that regard, it is identical to HTML, but React  also gives you the ability to show dynamic, changing data.
  
  Based on how a user interacts with the website, React enables quick, dynamic, and user-friendly changes, or reactions. React automatically responds to user queries and refreshes the DOM. As a front-end developer, you may employ a variety of JavaScript technologies, but React is especially well-liked since it can use JavaScript to construct HTML rather than modifying and improving already-existing HTML.
   
• MySQL
  This popular database management software is used by websites to organize their data.
  
  MySQL is largely a tool for back end developers because it frequently forms the basis upon which they build the user experience. However, one of the most crucial duties for any front end developer is interaction with the back end database. An app is created using a structure for storing, retrieving, editing, and saving data. Every search and user login on the front end of your website may entail communicating with the MySQL database, thus in order to provide a seamless, streamlined user experience, you need to be aware of how the database functions and how to interface with it.
   
• Node.JS
  Front end developers can reduce latency and process a large volume of requests by using Node.js as a runtime environment for JavaScript, resulting in a seamless experience for every user. To give your users a quick, smooth experience, you can develop some front end apps, use bundlers, and use task runners. The majority of these technologies are developed using JavaScript and then run using Node.js. JavaScript serves as the foundation for many alternative scripting languages and CSS modification programs. You have the ability to build a quick JavaScript-based framework with Node.js that reduces server load and user wait times.
   
• SEO
  The technique of increasing the quantity and quality of search engine traffic to a website or web page is known as search engine optimization (SEO). Instead of direct traffic or bought traffic, SEO focuses on organic (sometimes known as "natural" or "organic") outcomes. Unpaid traffic can come from a variety of queries, including picture, video, news, academic, and vertical search engines that cater to particular industries.
  
  When used as an Internet marketing strategy, SEO takes into account a variety of factors, including how search engines operate, the computer algorithms that determine how they behave, what people search for, the actual search terms or keywords they enter into search engines, and which search engines their intended audience prefers.
   
• Accessibility
  When something is "accessible," it means that it has been designed with individuals with disabilities in mind. Access with or without assistive technology are both guaranteed under the idea of accessible design (for example, computer screen readers).
  
  The "ability to access" something and take advantage of it is one way to define accessibility. The idea is to make access possible for those with special needs or impairments, or to make access possible through the use of assistive technology, although accessibility research and development benefits everyone.