{"id":7880,"date":"2019-03-22T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T10:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/?p=7880"},"modified":"2022-10-13T20:50:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T20:50:07","slug":"what-skills-are-necessary-for-a-front-end-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/what-skills-are-necessary-for-a-front-end-developer\/","title":{"rendered":"What Skills Are Necessary for a Front-End Developer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7884 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-924038690-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-924038690-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-924038690-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-924038690-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-924038690-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-924038690-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-924038690-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Front-end web development is also known as client-side development. It is the practice of converting data to a graphical interface for users to view and interact with through a digital platform.<\/p>\n<p>A front-end developer develops and designs websites and applications using web tools and technologies (i.e. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the necessary skills:<\/p>\n<h3>HTML and CSS<\/h3>\n<p>HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is one of the most essential components of web coding. It&#8217;s the standard markup language that&#8217;s used to create websites and applications. Basically, it indicates how text can be displayed as images, tables, links, and, of course, text.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7881\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7881\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/example-300x257.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/example-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/example.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: www.w3schools.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a stylesheet language used to describe how the HTML components are displayed. CSS creates the actual viewable design.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7882\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7882\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7882\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/css-300x285.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/css-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/css.png 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: www.w3schools.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>HTML = Content<br \/>\nCSS = How the content is displayed<\/p>\n<p>Together HTML and CSS are the backbone of any website development process. Without these, a designed web page would not exist.<\/p>\n<h3>JavaScript<\/h3>\n<p>JavaScript is an event-based programming language that creates an interactive element on web pages and applications. It is used to transform a static HTML page into a dynamic interface. In other words, JavaScript allows the user to manipulate something on the webpage &#8212; without having to reload. Examples of JavaScript include calculators, animated graphics, interactive maps and content updates.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7883\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/java-300x134.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/java-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/java-450x201.png 450w, https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/java.png 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: www.w3schools.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Utilizing HTML, CSS and JavaScript are essential for individuals who love coding &#8212; or who are seeking a career in web development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Front-end web development is also known as client-side development. It is the practice of converting data to a graphical interface for users to view and interact with through a digital platform. A front-end developer develops and designs websites and applications using web tools and technologies (i.e. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript). Here are some of the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/what-skills-are-necessary-for-a-front-end-developer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What Skills Are Necessary for a Front-End Developer?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[66],"class_list":["post-7880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coder-blog","tag-careers","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12012,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7880\/revisions\/12012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thecoderschool.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}