Front-end Roadmap
A step-by-step guide to becoming a Front-end Developer.
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Step 1: The Basics — HTML, CSS, JavaScript

🕒 Estimated Time: 3–4 weeks

In this step, you’ll learn how to build the skeleton of a website.

HTML: The body of your website. Headers, footers, texts, forms — everything starts with HTML.

CSS: The design and decoration part of your website. Colors, layout, styling — you’ll do it all with CSS.

JavaScript: This adds life to your website. What happens when a button is clicked or when a form is submitted — you’ll control that using JavaScript.

✦ After this step, you’ll clearly understand:

  • What programming actually is
  • How to convert a design into a real website
  • How to detect and respond to user actions (interactions)
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Step 2: Build Mini Projects + Learn Git

🕒 Time: 2–3 weeks

Now it’s time to practice what you’ve learned. Build a few small projects with your own hands.

✦ Project ideas:

  • Your own portfolio website
  • A to-do list
  • A weather app (using a simple API)
  • A responsive landing page

✦ Also, learning Git and GitHub is super important. Before you go professional, this is a must-have skill.

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Step 3: React.js — Now You’re a Modern Frontend Developer

🕒 Time: 3–4 weeks

React is the most popular frontend framework right now — used by everyone from startups to Facebook.

✦ You’ll learn:

  • JSX (writing HTML inside JavaScript)
  • Components (breaking code into reusable chunks)
  • State & Props
  • React Hooks like useState, useEffect
  • React Router for in-app navigation
  • Handling forms and capturing user input
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Step 4: Styling Level 2

🕒 Time: 2 weeks

You already know basic CSS — now it’s time to level up your styling game.

✦ Learn these:

  • Tailwind CSS — the trendiest CSS framework right now
  • Styled Components — writing CSS inside JavaScript
  • Sass — optional, but a fun and advanced tool
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Step 5: State Management — A Must for Big Projects

🕒 Time: 2 weeks

Larger apps require managing a lot of data at once. That’s where state management comes in.

✦ Learn:

  • Context API (built into React)
  • Redux Toolkit (great for large-scale apps)
  • Zustand / Jotai (lightweight but powerful options)
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Step 6: Working with APIs + Authentication

🕒 Time: 2 weeks

In this step, you’ll learn how to fetch data from external servers and build login/signup systems.

✦ You’ll learn:

  • Using fetch or axios to consume APIs
  • Implementing login/signup with JWT
  • Handling loading and error states
  • Protected routes: allowing only logged-in users to access certain pages
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Step 7: Testing + Website Performance Optimization

🕒 Time: 1–2 weeks

Now, learn how to test your website and boost its performance.

✦ Know these tools:

  • React Testing Library
  • Lighthouse to measure site performance
  • Lazy Loading — load only when needed
  • Code Splitting — break your site into smaller parts to keep it fast
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Step 8: Build Real Projects

🕒 Time: 4+ weeks

Now it’s time to prove your skills. Build some solid projects and upload them to GitHub.

✦ Project ideas:

  • E-commerce site (with cart and product filters)
  • Admin dashboard (with charts and data tables)
  • Movie app (with API search & filters)
  • Custom blogging site
  • A unique portfolio website (with scroll animation, section reveal, etc.)
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Step 9: Pro-Level Stuff

If you want to take it even further, start learning these:

  • TypeScript — fewer bugs in large projects
  • Next.js — the next level after React
  • Framer Motion — smooth, beautiful animations
  • PWA, SEO, i18n — make your site faster, search-friendly, and multilingual
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Must-Have Tools (You’ll Definitely Use These)
  • VS Code — best editor for writing code
  • GitHub — showcase your projects
  • Netlify / Vercel — free hosting for your websites
  • Chrome DevTools — the best debugging tool