The 2022 Roadmap for a Front End Developer.!

Who’s a web developer? Those websites which you scroll to are created by none other than web developers. A person who creates amazing websites for businesses and startups. A full-stack web developer looks after both the front-end and the back-end parts. The front-end deals with how the websites look when delivered to the customers while the back-end stores and processes all the data safely.

Here will discuss the Web Development Roadmap 2022. Let’s begin!! Here’s a step-by-step process:

1. Choose a technology on which you want to work
2. Frontend Development
3. Backend Development
4. Database
5. Version Control System
6. Build Projects

1. Choose a Technology

A full-stack development comprises front-end, back-end, and database management. Choosing a technology on which you want to work depends on individuals, requirements, and applications.

MERN— The most popular and trending technology.

• MongoDB — A NoSQL database that deals with data.
• Express — A framework for NodeJS and handles GET, PUT, POST, DELETE functions.
• React — A JavaScript library for building User Interfaces, building single-page applications.
• NodeJS — An open-source server environment.

B. MEAN— The major difference between MERN and MEAN is MERN (written in JavaScript) works on React whereas MEAN deals with Angular (a framework written in TypeScript).

2. Frontend Development

Front-End is the UI (User Interface), it deals with the website’s overall appearance, on how interactive and dynamic it is. For mastering it, get clear with all the elements of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

• HTML— Start with the basic application of HTML by creating a small website that includes all the elements. Play with tables, and forms, and try adding images and links to the website to make it more eye-catching which in return makes your work efficient.
• CSS— If you’re a person who loves creativity, you must go through CSS. Using CSS, you can add colors to your website, give borders to the headings or paragraphs, build the navigation bar, play with the icons, font, and text, and many more things like that. Make the website responsive i.e., how it looks on different screen sizes. The most popular CSS framework used is Bootstrap.
• JavaScript— This is the programming language of the web. Learn about DOM (Document Object Model), and API (Application Program Interface) properly.
• Frameworks — It is a platform for building software applications. It includes programs, code libraries, and compilers which when brought together enable the development of a project or system. These frameworks make components reusable. Examples of frameworks are — React, Angular, Vue, etc.

3. Backend Development

The code that runs on the server, has logic to send the appropriate data from the client and receive it from the server. Also, it includes the database which stores all of the data of the application. It consists of three parts: a server, an application, and a database. Here, the code written by developers transfers information from the database to the browser. Code written by back-end developers communicates information from the database to the browse.

• Programming Languages — Back-end developers should know at least one of the programming languages like Java, Python, and Javascript. JavaScript would be the best choice as this can be used in both the front-end and back-end.
• Frameworks — Frameworks are generally components or functions that are implemented to improve the performance of development. It includes the library of tools and modules that builds the architecture of a website. Several popular back-end frameworks are Express, Django, Ruby on Rails, etc.
• Database — Various DBMS technology should be known such as MongoDB, MYSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc. It handles with storage and management of data.
• Server — A system providing data, services, or programs is known as clients over a network. They share (send and receive) the data/information between client and server.
• API (Application Program Interface) — It is a set of defined rules that enables communication or acts as an intermediary between two applications. Request from the user is completed by the response from the server.
• Client-Server Architecture: This architecture is designed to understand the request made and the response received. Whenever there’s a request from the client-side for data, the server responds to that request. There comes, the picture of a database.

4. Database

The database is a collection of data from which we can manage data (store and retrieve). There are two types of databases: relational (SQL) and non-relational (NoSQL). Some popular databases are:

• MySQL — These are relational database management system, store and manages data.
• MongoDB — It is a NoSQL database; Finds key-value DB, graph DBs
• Volt DB — It follows a relational pattern, they use memory to store data.

5. Version Control

When certain libraries are added to each application, it gets updated in a period which in turn creates a new version of it. Using Git is a very good practice if you’re working on applications. Git is an open-source platform where the entire code exists from the initial time. It is secure, flexible, easy to edit, and restores the code. It has repositories where all files including the codebase are saved and one can make changes according to the requirement. Anyone can collaborate and make changes accordingly. A list of Version Control Systems are: GitHub GitLab Beanstalk Apache Subversion Mercurial

6. Build Projects

When you’re all done with the theory part, do build some projects to be well-versed with full-stack development. You implement all the front-end, and back-end sides of a project along with database handling, then you get perfect in web development.

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