Frontend Development is definitely not the same that it used to be a decade ago. Last year, I interviewed for a bunch of top tech companies and I r...
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So exactly the same skills as 2019 and 2020. But this is a good thing. It indicates that the technology has reached a level of maturity and changes are now incremental rather than structural. With the exception of WASM there are no fundamental technology changes on the horizon so devs can start focusing on delivering business value rather than just technical competence
Something new can always be learned. These are the must-haves. I do agree that
once we have enough experience with all the above, we can definitely focus on delivering value.
100% agree.
Software Design is really important but learning all of the above is important as well. Most newbies/midlevel devs will be working under senior developers / leads so they don't have worry much about design. Yes, if you are an individual developer then you definitely need to learn all
Accessibility standards (both in implementation and testing of said implementation)! It's about to be 2021 and we've come up with plenty of ways to make sure we're accounting for the less-abled to comfortably enjoy online content as well. We need to put more effort into a11y and semantic html. 💪🏼
Absolutely.
Another thing gives an extra point to a developer is -a minimal- knowledge in pipelines (GitLab Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ...). I think knowing how your app is used and deployed, how to install dependencies, how to build, etc is very important nowadays: we all know the in-famous "it works on my PC", ¿right?.
True.
Testing is becoming more and more required yet I still think many developers leave it till last as they prioritise on learning the core concepts of programming languages.
Absolutely on point. It's very important.
With the rapid pace of change in the tech industry, it can be difficult to predict which skills will be in demand in the future ?
However, there are top 10 skills that are essential for any front-end developer.
Hi Nikhil,
This is such a great post and would be so valuable for my network!
I'd hate to share without crediting your work - could we connect over on LinkedIn?
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Thanks!
Thanks a lot. Check your LinkedIn.
Feel free to share this post.
Absolutely right, these skills are must have. But most importantly there is a one gray area that we miss and that is
Testing. We should also focus in involving testing in each development cycle.Yes, testing is very important. That's why I already covered it.
absolutely positively correct!