Role

Front-End Developer

Creates the user-facing parts of websites or apps that people interact with daily.

13 chaptersAbout 3 months15–30 min a day15 skills2 projects
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Day 1 on the Front-End Developer path.

What a Front-End Developer does

Builds and improves the screens and interactions of websites and apps so users can navigate, read, and act smoothly.

  • Build responsive web pages from designs using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
  • Implement UI components and app flows using a front-end framework
  • Connect screens to APIs and handle loading, errors, and empty states
  • Fix bugs and improve performance, accessibility, and cross-browser behavior
  • Write and review code to keep quality high and changes safe
  • Collaborate with design, product, and back-end to clarify requirements
  • Set up and maintain front-end build, testing, and release workflows

A day in the life

  1. Review tasks, clarify requirements, and estimate work with the team
  2. Code features, run the app locally, and test in multiple browsers
  3. Join design and product check-ins to review UI details and edge cases
  4. Open a pull request, respond to feedback, and merge changes safely
  5. Monitor issues from users and ship small fixes quickly when needed

Tools you will use

Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScriptFrameworks: React, Angular, VueBuild tools: Vite, Webpack, npmVersion control: Git, GitHubDesign handoff: FigmaTesting: Jest, PlaywrightBrowser tools: Chrome DevToolsAPIs: REST, GraphQL

Your plan

Chapter by chapter.

1~1 wk

See what front-end developer work involves

StartFree
2~1 wk

Code Craft and Testing

Skills
31–2 wks

Make five-component accessible UI library with a demo page

Proof
4~1 wk

Meet people who do front-end developer work

People
5~1 wk

Frameworks and APIs

Skills
6~1 wk

Building Accessible Interfaces

Skills
7~1 wk

Architecture and Staying Current

Skills
8~1 wk

Problem Solving and Adaptability

Skills
9~1 wk

Collaboration and Communication

Skills
101–2 wks

Make CRUD web app with login, tests, and a deployed URL

Proof
11~1 wk

Practise role interviews

Interview
12~1 wk

Choose a route into front-end developer work

Decide
13on your timeline

Apply for roles

Apply

By the last chapter

This is what you can show.

Things you've made

Five-component accessible UI library with a demo page and CRUD web app with login, tests, and a deployed URL

Skills you can prove

15 skills, each rated on work you actually did.

People you've talked to

3 people who do the job, with a message ready for each.

Questions you can answer

20 interview questions and a mock interview, with feedback.

Credentials

11 credentials compared, so you can pick one, or decide you don't need one. None is required.

Ways in

There is more than one route.

Ways to study

  • Computer science or software engineering degree
  • Web development bootcamp or intensive short course
  • Vocational diploma in IT or software development
  • Self-taught path with structured online courses and a portfolio

How people get their first job

  • Build a portfolio site with 3 to 5 small front-end projects
  • Apply for internships or trainee roles focused on web UI
  • Contribute small fixes to open source front-end projects
  • Take a short course on JavaScript and a modern framework
  • Do freelance or volunteer work for a local group to get real users

Life skills on this path: Networking · Job interviews · Job search

How the work is changing

What AI is doing to this role

How AI is changing this role · one of 6 tasks we track

Write and ship React or Vue components

Sped up a lot

What AI does

Copilot, Cursor and Claude Code write boilerplate components and hooks.

Still yours

You decide the right component shape for your design system.

Reviewed September 2026

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The rest is in the app

  • How AI affects the other 5 tasks
  • Whether this job is growing or shrinking
  • How hard the first job is to get
  • Similar roles that are easier to get into
  • Updated every month, with sources
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Questions

Questions about this path

How long does it take to become a front-end developer with Welica?

The path is 13 chapters, 3 months at 15 to 30 minutes a day. You can go faster or slower; the plan moves with you.

Do I need a degree?

Not always. Common routes are computer science or software engineering degree, web development bootcamp or intensive short course, vocational diploma in IT or software development, or self-taught path with structured online courses and a portfolio.

What is free?

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