Becoming a Frontend web developer, step-by-step guide 2021


Want to become a frontend web developer? It's a huge blackbox for you and you don't know where to start? We got you !

In this blog, we are going to guide you step by step into your journey of becoming a great Frontend web developer. It's not going to be easy but it's not impossible even without having any prior skills you can become a great frontend developer by following our guide.

So what does a frontend web developer do?

A Front-end developer's mission is to develop and maintain a website’s user-facing code and the architecture of its user experiences. In other words, everything related to the user interface is your responsibility. You will add features to it, change its architecture and functionnalities, looks, fix its bugs... In contrast of a Backend web developer who's mission is to maintain the backend which simply put consists of a server, an application and a database.

So once you have master the skills required to become a frontend web developer, you will be able to create websites, web apps and fix frontend bugs


Tools and skills to consider acquiring



First of all, you need a code editor, there are a lot of code editors outthere, we personally recommend you visual code, it’s free and very easy to use.

Now that you are all set, here are the skills that you must include in your todo list:

- Javascript

- Html

- Css

- Bootstrap

- Git


Practice makes perfect


Ok, so here is a list of the tools that will help you and be your friends during this learning experience and also in your carrier:

Browser Development Tools: The browser development tools will be your bestfriend throughtout your journey. It contains tabs and tools to help you analyze and debug your code in real time on your browser.

You can access de developer tools on Firefox by hitting F12 (on Windows) or Cmd + Opt + I (on Mac). To open the developer console window on Chrome, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl Shift J (on Windows) or Ctrl Option J (on Mac).

Oreilly: Oreilly is an e-learning platform that offers free video courses and books prepared by experts in the matter.

W3schools: Is the famous online tutorials website that helps you learn the syntaxe step by step with documentation, examples to try by yourself, quizzes and you can even have certifications and tests to take a look at your progress and level along the way.

MDN Web Docs: is your guide with the official documentation in details and with examples, it also offers a step by step courses in several specializations.

Bootstrap: Bootstrap was and still is the most popular css framework in the world. All you need to know about bootstrap is on their website with an extensive documentation filled with examples, seperated by categories.

Github: Github is the source coding platform by excelence, you can store code there for free for your future projects. But for now you need to master source code control using git, Github has an extensive documentation about the use of GIT to manage code.

Stackoverflow: Stackoverflow is the biggest and most efficient question answer website for developers. Although to be able to achieve autonomy we recommend to not use it all the time because you need to always try to solve problems on your own because that's what will make you learn better and will save you the time of looking for answers everytime you have a problem to solve and also will improve the quality of your skill and code.


Build a portfolio


Having a portfolio is an essencial tool to have in your bag. It represents you, your skills and what you can offer. Create small projects from scratch to showcase your skills and build a portfolio. Once you have a portfolio put it online on your domain. You can also put your projects on github which enables your to showcase them for free.

Here is an example of a portfolio of a Frontend web developer that may inspire you: jacekjeznach


Start looking for a job


Learning, practice and committment are great but the last missing ingredient to a successful career into web development is experience.

You can start by having an account on stackoverflow or on recruitment platforms. And always remember that a good web developer is continuously learning. Technology is always evolving so stay away from mediority, expand your skills and knowledge to other technologies, keep your brain on and always update your baggage and skills.


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