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Frontend Developer Roadmap

A structured path to becoming a frontend developer. This roadmap covers everything from HTML basics to React and TypeScript, organized in the order you should learn them.

4-6 months at 10-15 hrs/week
Beginner friendly
6 stages

What You Can Do After

Job Titles

  • Junior Frontend Developer
  • React Developer
  • UI Engineer
  • Web Developer

Technologies

  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript
  • React or Vue
  • TypeScript
  • Git, npm, testing

What You Build

  • Interactive websites
  • Web applications
  • Dashboards
  • E-commerce frontends

The Learning Path

1

Web Fundamentals

3-4 weeks

Build a solid foundation with HTML and CSS. These are the building blocks of every website.

HTML5

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  • Semantic elements (header, nav, main, article, section, footer)
  • Forms and input types
  • Tables for tabular data
  • Accessibility attributes (alt, aria-labels)
  • Meta tags and document structure

CSS3

  • Selectors and specificity
  • Box model (margin, padding, border)
  • Flexbox for 1D layouts
  • CSS Grid for 2D layouts
  • Responsive design with media queries
  • CSS variables (custom properties)

Practice Projects

Personal portfolio pageRestaurant menu layoutResponsive landing page

Milestone: You can build static, responsive websites from design mockups.

2

JavaScript Fundamentals

4-6 weeks

Learn programming with JavaScript. This is where websites become interactive applications.

Core JavaScript

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  • Variables (let, const) and data types
  • Operators and expressions
  • Control flow (if/else, switch)
  • Loops (for, while, for...of)
  • Functions and arrow functions
  • Arrays and array methods (map, filter, reduce)
  • Objects and destructuring

DOM Manipulation

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  • Selecting elements (querySelector, getElementById)
  • Modifying content and attributes
  • Event listeners and handling
  • Creating and removing elements
  • Event delegation

Asynchronous JavaScript

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  • Callbacks and callback hell
  • Promises and Promise chaining
  • async/await syntax
  • Fetch API for HTTP requests
  • Error handling with try/catch

Practice Projects

Todo list applicationWeather app using an APIInteractive quiz game

Milestone: You can build interactive web applications that fetch and display data.

3

Modern Development Tools

1-2 weeks

Learn the tools that professional developers use every day.

Version Control

  • Git basics (init, add, commit, push, pull)
  • Branching and merging
  • GitHub for collaboration
  • Pull requests and code review

Developer Tools

  • Browser DevTools for debugging
  • VS Code setup and extensions
  • npm/yarn package management
  • ESLint and Prettier for code quality

Practice Projects

Set up a professional development environmentContribute to a GitHub repository

Milestone: You can work with version control and modern tooling.

4

React & Modern Frameworks

4-6 weeks

Learn React, the most popular frontend framework for building user interfaces.

React Fundamentals

  • Components and JSX
  • Props and passing data
  • State with useState
  • Side effects with useEffect
  • Conditional rendering
  • Lists and keys
  • Forms and controlled components

React Patterns

  • Component composition
  • Custom hooks
  • Context API for global state
  • Error boundaries
  • Performance optimization (memo, useMemo, useCallback)

React Ecosystem

  • React Router for navigation
  • Data fetching (TanStack Query or SWR)
  • State management options
  • CSS-in-JS or Tailwind CSS

Practice Projects

Movie search applicationE-commerce product pageDashboard with multiple views

Milestone: You can build complete single-page applications with React.

5

TypeScript

2-3 weeks

Add type safety to your JavaScript. TypeScript is increasingly required for frontend roles.

TypeScript Basics

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  • Type annotations
  • Interfaces and type aliases
  • Union and intersection types
  • Generics basics
  • Type narrowing

TypeScript with React

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  • Typing props and state
  • Event handlers
  • Typing hooks
  • Generic components

Practice Projects

Convert a JavaScript project to TypeScriptBuild a typed React application from scratch

Milestone: You can write type-safe frontend code and catch errors before runtime.

6

Testing & Quality

2-3 weeks

Learn to write tests that give you confidence your code works correctly.

Testing Fundamentals

  • Unit testing with Jest or Vitest
  • Testing React components with Testing Library
  • Mocking functions and modules
  • Test coverage and what to test

Quality Practices

  • Accessibility testing
  • Performance basics (Core Web Vitals)
  • Code review practices

Practice Projects

Add tests to an existing projectSet up CI/CD with GitHub Actions

Milestone: You can write reliable code and catch bugs before they reach users.

Tips for Success

Build projects early

Start building small projects as soon as you learn the basics. Applied knowledge sticks better than theory alone.

Focus on fundamentals

JavaScript fundamentals matter more than framework syntax. A strong foundation makes everything easier.

Read documentation

Get comfortable with official docs. MDN for JavaScript, React docs for React. This is how professionals learn.

Consistency over intensity

1-2 hours daily beats 10 hours on weekends. Regular practice builds habits and retention.

Start Stage 1 Today

Begin with JavaScript fundamentals. Our fill-in-the-blank exercises help you build syntax fluency fast.

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