Front-End Developer Roadmap (2025)
Phase 1: Fundamentals
HTML:
- Semantic tags
- Forms & inputs
- Accessibility (ARIA)
CSS:
- Box model, positioning, flexbox, grid
- Responsive design
- Animations & transitions
JavaScript (Vanilla JS):
- Variables, data types, operators
- Functions, loops, conditionals
- DOM manipulation
- Events
- ES6+ features
Phase 2: Tooling & Workflow
- Package Managers (npm, yarn)
- Git & GitHub
- Build Tools: Vite, Webpack
- Linters: ESLint, Prettier
- Browser DevTools
Phase 3: Frameworks & Libraries
- React (JSX, Hooks, Context, Router)
- Optional: Vue.js, Svelte, SolidJS
Phase 4: Styling Frameworks
- Tailwind CSS, Bootstrap
- UI Libraries: shadcn/ui, Material UI, Chakra UI
Phase 5: Advanced JavaScript + TypeScript
JavaScript:
- Closures, async/await, modules, error handling
TypeScript:
- Types, interfaces, generics
- React + TypeScript
Phase 6: State Management
- Redux (RTK), Zustand, Jotai, React Query
- Context API
Phase 7: APIs & Backend Communication
- HTTP basics, Fetch, Axios
- RESTful APIs
- GraphQL (optional)
Phase 8: Authentication & Security
- Firebase, Auth0, NextAuth.js
- JWT tokens, route protection
- XSS, CSRF basics
Phase 9: Testing
- Jest, React Testing Library
- Cypress, Playwright
Phase 10: Deployment & DevOps
- Hosting: Vercel, Netlify, Render
- CI/CD basics
- Environment variables
Bonus: Portfolio & Projects
- Recipe Book App, Todo List, Blog, E-commerce UI
- Portfolio Website
- GitHub + LinkedIn presence