Front-end developers are software engineers who carry out website and web application designs using an essential trio of web development languages — HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Regardless of the project, front-end developers must have expertise in basic web page optimization, utilization of development and debugging tools, and the ability to analyze and solve problems.

Check a detailed breakdown of the hard skills needed for various projects.

 

Technical Languages 

• HTML 

HTML is the basic building block of any web page. This is the only language well understood by web browsers. All web pages in the world consist of HTML. 

• CSS 

CSS is the styling part of the web page. It beautifies the website by providing many formats, positioning, font styles, and color.

• JavaScript

JavaScript breathes life into static HTML and CSS, making websites interactive and dynamic. It responds to user actions, updates content, and even communicates with the server for data processing. 
 

Frameworks and Libraries

Front-end developers frequently use JavaScript frameworks and libraries to increase productivity and handle more complicated projects like ReactJS, VueJS, and AngularJS. 

 

Version Control/Git

Effectively handling and monitoring changes in a codebase is crucial during web development projects, especially within a team context. Git empowers developers to collaborate on multiple features concurrently, merge their alterations seamlessly without interfering with each other's work, and, if necessary, revert to prior versions in case of issues.
 

Responsive Design

Responsive websites can be opened on different devices like computers, laptops, notebooks, tablets, smartphones, etc. A responsive website works on display screen size with formats for menus, tables, images, animation, and more. To make a website responsive, we require to know a different set of skills like Bootstrap, Foundation, HTML5 Boilerplate, UIKit.