Who is front-end developer?

Front-end developer is the web developer who mostly engaged in designing, analyzing and debugging application along with ensuring a seamless user experience. Frontend developers are responsible for implementing interactive and visual elements that users engage with through their web browser when using a web application.

Front-end developers are also known as Front-End Web Developer, Client End Developer, Front-End Engineer, Front-End Coder and Front-End Software Engineer. Front-end developers are analytical, rational, curious, artistic and expressive. The front-end developer’s job is to convert the websites design files into raw HTML, CSS and JavaScript. This includes design, content, images, navigation, and internal links.

Responsibilities of front-end developers are:-

• Improving and maintaining website.
• Prioritizing user experience.
• Implementing design for website.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Maintaining the workflow management of software.
• Stay up-to date on emerging technology.

How to become front-end developer?

To become a front –end developer you need to have some skills.

1. HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language): HTML is the universal language of the internet. HTML is used to create a webpages.  It is the most basic building block for developing a website. HTML is used to add images, audio, video, forms, tables to website.  HTML is easy to learn and you can write in any text editors.
2. CSS: CSS is also the basic building block for developing a website.  CSS describes the style of HTML document. It tells your website how it should look.  CSS help to change color, font, layout and style. Both HTML and CSS is the most essential part to become a front-end developer. Without HTML and CSS knowledge you cannot become a front-end developer.
3. JavaScript: JavaScript is the third important part to become a front-end developer. To become a Front-end developer you need to have knowledge about JavaScript. JavaScript is the Scripting Language. It is most commonly used for appealing user interaction (triggering events, creating pop ups, inserting and updating for webpage) and controlling the document content displayed to user.
4. Learn JQuery: JQuery is a fast and compressed JavaScript Library that simplifies the HTML document traversing, animating, event handling and Ajax interaction for rapid web development. JQuery is nothing but JavaScript.  One line of code of jQuery is greater than the code using JavaScript which means programmer can write less number of codes using jQuery.
5. Start using Bootstrap:  Bootstrap is front-end framework help to design webpage more easily and quickly. It ability is to add common UI templates like images, icons, forms and so on in your website.
6. Learn CSS preprocessor: A CSS preprocessor is a program that lets you to generate CSS from the preprocessor’s own unique syntax. CSS preprocessor help you write maintainable, future-proof code and it reduces the amount off CSS code.  The best CSS preprocessors right now are listed below:-

Sass: Sass is Stylesheet language used to reduces repetition of CSS and save time.

 Less.js: Less is a dynamic preprocessor style sheet language that can be compiled into CSS and run on the client side or server side.

 Stylus: The Stylus syntax also allows you to omit colons (:), braces {} and semi-colons (;).

CSS-Crush: CSS –Crush is standards inspired CSS pre-processor that is written in php from scratch.

Myth: Myth is a dynamic processor style sheet language that let you to write pure CSS without having    worry about slow browser support.

       7. JavaScript Framework: JS framework is an application framework written in JavaScript where the programmers can manipulate the functions. It is a type of tool that makes                 working with JavaScript easier and smoother. It also make possible for programmer to code the application as device responsive. Some best JavaScript Framework for front-              end developer is presented below:-

Angular: Google operates this framework and is basically implemented to use for developing Single Page Application (SPA).

React: React is used to operate and develop the dynamic user Interface of the web pages with high incoming traffic.

Vue.js: It is a progressive framework use for building user interfaces.

Ember.js:  It is a front-end framework designed to help you build websites with rich and complex user interaction

Node.js: It is capable of driving asynchronous I/O with its event-driven architecture.

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