Development
+28% demand

Frontend Engineer

Specialize in building responsive, interactive user interfaces with modern frameworks and web technologies.

6-12 months
4.7/5 rating
10 Phases
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Frontend Engineer
+28%
HTML5
CSS3
Sass
Tailwind CSS
JavaScript

Skills & Technologies

HTML5
CSS3
Sass
Tailwind CSS
JavaScript
TypeScript
React
Redux
Vue.js
Angular
Webpack
Vite
Jest
Cypress
UI/UX Principles
Accessibility
PWAs
Web Components

Frontend Engineer Roadmap

Phase 1: Web Foundations

1 month
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Topics Covered:

  • Understanding how the web works (HTTP, browsers, DNS)
  • Semantic HTML and accessibility basics
  • CSS fundamentals: selectors, box model, layout basics

Phase 2: Advanced CSS & Styling

1 month
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Topics Covered:

  • Flexbox & CSS Grid layout
  • Responsive design with media queries
  • Preprocessors: Sass or LESS
  • Utility CSS: Tailwind CSS or Bootstrap
  • Design tokens and theming

Hands-on Projects:

  • Responsive Landing Page
  • Modern Portfolio UI

Phase 3: Modern JavaScript & TypeScript

1 month
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Topics Covered:

  • ES6+ features (let, const, arrow functions, destructuring)
  • Modules and bundlers (Webpack, Vite)
  • Async JavaScript: callbacks, promises, async/await
  • TypeScript basics and type safety

Hands-on Projects:

  • Interactive Todo App
  • Calculator with TS

Phase 4: Frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)

1.5 months
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Topics Covered:

  • Choose a primary framework (e.g. React, Vue.js, or Angular)
  • Component architecture and lifecycle
  • Routing and navigation
  • State management: Redux / Zustand / Vuex / Pinia
  • Form handling and validation

Hands-on Projects:

  • Blog CMS UI
  • Admin Dashboard

Phase 5: Testing & Quality

0.5 month
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Topics Covered:

  • Unit testing with Jest or Mocha
  • Component testing and integration testing
  • E2E testing with Cypress or Playwright
  • Accessibility testing tools

Phase 6: Progressive Web Apps (PWA)

1 month
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Topics Covered:

  • Service Workers and caching strategies
  • Offline-first functionality
  • Web App Manifest and installability
  • Performance optimization and Lighthouse scores

Hands-on Projects:

  • Offline News App
  • PWA Portfolio Site

Phase 7: Advanced UI Techniques

1 month
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Topics Covered:

  • Web Components & Custom Elements
  • Animations (CSS, Framer Motion)
  • Design systems & component libraries
  • Responsive grid systems and accessibility

Hands-on Projects:

  • Design System UI
  • Interactive Component Library

Phase 8: Tooling & Deployment

0.5 month
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Topics Covered:

  • Performance profiling
  • Bundle analysis and code splitting
  • CI/CD basics for frontend apps
  • Deploy using Vercel, Netlify, or similar

Phase 9: Modern Frontend Architecture

1 month
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Topics Covered:

  • Micro-frontends architecture
  • Jamstack with static site generators (Next.js, Nuxt)
  • Server‑Side Rendering (SSR) vs Static Generation (SSG)
  • API integrations & headless CMS usage

Hands-on Projects:

  • SSR Documentation Site
  • Jamstack Blog

Phase 10: Capstone Portfolio Project

1 month
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Topics Covered:

    Hands-on Projects:

    • Full-featured frontend web app
    • Responsive design, state management, PWA + SSR
    • Deployed with CI/CD and performance budget tracking

    Tools & Resources

    VS Code
    Git + GitHub
    Postman / REST Client
    Browser DevTools
    Tailwind or Bootstrap
    Jest
    Cypress
    Framer Motion
    Lighthouse
    Vercel / Netlify

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