A front-end developer is a programmer who codes and creates the components of front-end of a website or application. These components are accessible to the client directly. Primarily, front-end developers use three coding languages- HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
HTML And CSS: Knowledge of HTML and CSS is essential to building basic websites. Without HTML and CSS, Web designs can’t be created. A markup language helps to distinguish between digital notes from regular text. CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are used to present the documents that are created using HTML. It helps in creating the page layout, font, color, and so on.
JavaScript: JavaScript is essential for making the website more functional. It can be used to create maps, online games, interactive applications, and much more. JavaScript determines the functionality of a page and makes the page interactive.
jQuery: jQuery refers to a set of plugins and extensions that facilitate the development of JavaScript. With jQuery, a front-end developer can add ready made elements like a countdown timer to the website or application. He or she can then customize the elements as per the need. jQuery facilitates the working of JS and makes it faster. It can compress several lines of JS code and compress them into a single line.
JavaScript Frameworks: JavaScript Frameworks include AngularJS, ReactJS, Backbone, Ember, and others. These provide a ready made structure to the JavaScript code.
Front-End Frameworks: Bootstrap is considered the most popular front-end framework.
CSS Preprocessors: They enable developers to speed up the CSS coding process. A CSS preprocessor helps to process the codes before they are published on the website and formats them properly. Some of the popular preprocessors include SASS and LESS among others.
RESTful Services And API’s: A front-end developer should have some experiences with APIs and RESTful services or Representational State Transfer services. This lightweight architecture aims to simplify network communications on the web. It facilitates the process of communication with a web service and improves its performance and reliance.
Version Control/Git: Version control enables a developer to track and control changes to the source code and ensures that if something goes wrong, the developer need not start all over again. Git is a version control software that helps to track changes in the source code.
Testing: There are several methods of testing in web development. Functional testing tests a particular form or database on the website or application. Unit testing tests the smallest code to ensure it is functioning correctly. Mocha and Jasmine are two programs designed to help with testing.
Browser Developer Tools: Modern web browsers are equipped with browser developer tools. These tools usually contain an inspector and a JS console. The inspector allows the developer to visualize run time HTML and CSS that are associated with the different elements on the page. It also allows the developer to make changes in HTML and CSS. The JS console allows the developer to view errors in the browser when the JS code is executed.
The back-end or “server-side” refers to the database and servers of the website or application that a user cannot see in the browser. The back-end usually involves a web server that performs communicative functions with a database to serve the various requests of the front-end. Unlike front-end developers, back end developers are responsible for the security of a website or application its structure and content. They ensure that a site is dynamic; that is, it is capable of constant changes and updates for further development. While front-end developers use tools like HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, SASS, and so on, back end developers use tools like PHP, Ruby, Python, MySQL, and so on. Back end developers, in short, work on all the things that do not produce a user interface. They maintain and develop the core functional logic of a website or web application. They communicate with front-end developers to ensure that the front-end work is smooth and error-free.
It is necessary to have good knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery to be a front-end developer
CSS clear can be used to prevent an element on the right/left of a floating element from wrapping around it. With CSS float, an element can be moved left or right, and other elements can be made to cover around the element.
Both of them are markup languages for writing web pages. The syntax of HTML is based on SGML and that of XHTML is based on XML.
AJAX or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML makes it possible to transport data without having to refresh the page. It can update a web page without refreshing it.
JavaScript’s object system is prototype-based and not class-based, unlike most other programming languages. Every object in JavaScript has a private property. This contains a link to what is called a prototype.
There are several ways to improve page performance- cleaning up the HTML document, reducing external requests of HTTP, using JavaScript at the bottom of a page, and so on.
Using a conditional statement in the head tag of the HTML can help in recognizing the browser and in loading an external stylesheet, solving the problem in the simplest way possible.
CoffeeScript has Ruby and Python-like add-ons that are light. It helps to express a program in a shorter code.
It is essential as a front-end developer to work with UX designers to create user-friendly web pages that cater to user needs.
A front-end developer must discuss how they utilize code organization and also commenting. It is also necessary to discuss how they make use of noted to explain the different steps in the programming process.
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If your hired employee is meeting the set goals, it’s clear that they are doing their job. You could also put checks and balances to monitor your employee’s performance and monitor your employee via web cams, remote login software, phone, and instant messenger. In addition to that, our floor managers ensure that your employee is working at all times.
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Your employee is entitled to 8 paid holidays in a year. In addition, your employee accumulates one day of paid leave per month. Hence, in one year your employee is entitled to 19 days of paid days off work. Any other days off work are unpaid leaves, for which you will not be charged.
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