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Front-end development

Front-end web development is the practice of converting data to a graphical interface, through the use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, so that users can view and interact with that data.

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A List of Useful Resources for Front End Developers

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Table of Contents

• Front-end development
• Hi There
• A List of Useful Resources for Front End Developers
  • Table of Contents
  • RoadMap
  • Useful
  • Learning
  • A11y
  • YouTube Channels
  • Blogs
    • Hiring
  • Podcasts
  • Code Editors
    • Visual Studio Code Extensions
  • Tools
  • CSS Frameworks
  • Icons
  • Colors
  • Typography
  • Design Inspiration
  • Animation Frameworks
  • Stock Resources
  • Geolocation
  • APIs
  • Mockups
  • Books
  • Challenges / Games
  • Free Tools For Students
  • YouTube Videos
  • Testing

RoadMap

• Roadmap - For a well described step-by-step roadmap for front-end developers.

Useful

• BGJar - Free SVG background generator for your websites, blogs, and app.
• Inspect - inspect and debug your mobile web apps and websites on iOS devices directly from Mac or Windows.

Learning

• A Complete Guide to Flexbox | CSS-Tricks - A comprehensive guide to the Flexbox Layout.
• A Complete Guide to Grid | CSS-Tricks - A comprehensive guide to the Grid Layout.
• Command Line Power User - A video series for web developers on learning a modern command-line workflow with ZSH, Z, and related tools.
• CSS Grid - Complete video course all about CSS Grid
• Best Of JS A site to check the best GitHub Repos for your favourite js framework
• CodeCademy - A series of interactive courses teaching the world how to code. Offering free and paid subscriptions across a variety of languages.
• Codementor - A tool to get help from experienced developers in various coding languages on your learning journey.
• Scaler Topics - A platform to learn programming languages like HTML, Java, Javascript, Python etc.
• Conquering Responsive Layouts - Made by Kevin Powell(https://twitter.com/KevinJPowell). This course takes you through everything you need to know to create responsive layouts in his brilliant 21-day course.
• Coursera - A selection of courses from highly reputable schools like Stanford and Yale.
• CSS Almanac | CSS-Tricks - A quick reference guide to many features of CSS.
• CSS Grid Playground - A visual guide curated by the Mozilla team to help you learn CSS's grid layout features with lots of code example and demos.
• Design Resources - Design Resources from Skullface.
• dev.to - Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow.
• DevProjects - A free community consists of curated projects from senior developers to help you bridge the gap between theory and practice. !
• Dicoding Academy - Where everyone can learn programming from fundamentals (Available only in Bahasa Indonesia).
• edx - A series of University-level courses from Harvard, MIT, Wharton, and more.
• EggHead - Web development video tutorials in "bite-size" segments. Has both free and "Pro" (paid) memberships.
• Enboard | Front End Resources - Organized resources about front end development.
• Flexbox - Level up your Flexbox knowledge – an online, Zombie-centric story course.
• freeCodeCamp - A free resource incorporating programming projects and interview preparation for developer jobs.
• Frontend Masters - Web development video tutorials from industry leaders (updated frequently). Has both free (limited-time) and paid memberships.
• Full Stack Open - Course on Full Stack Web Development by University of Helsinski. Learn React, Redux, Node.js, MongoDB, GraphQL and TypeScript in one go! This course will introduce you to modern JavaScript-based web development. The main focus is on building single page applications with ReactJS that use REST APIs built with Node.js.
• GeeksforGeeks - A computer science portal for geeks.
• Khan Academy - A universal online learning platform that also provides the important courses for developers.
• LearnAnything - Search interactive mind maps to learn anything.
• Learn JavaScript - Learn JavaScript in an interactive environment. Read short lessons, take notes, and complete challenges directly in your browser.
• Mastering Markdown - A Mini Series that will change how you write documentation.
• Mozilla Developer Network - The latest information about Open Web technologies.
• Complete web development tutorials -Lyty.dev complete web development tutorials with well explained examples for free.
• Pluralsight - Unlimited online developer training from industry experts.
• Saylor - An open, online learning solution offering college credit opportunities for students.
• Scrimba - Code-screencast-based learning in a variety of languages.
• Scotch - Many Web development courses. Has both free and "Premium" (paid) memberships.
• Search Courses - A selection of trending courses and tutorials.
• SoloLearn- A free portal for learning web development.
• Team Treehouse - Self-paced learning across a variety of languages and subjects.
• The Modern JavaScript Tutorial - Everything about the Javascript Language.
• The Odin Project - An Open-Source Curriculum for Learning Web Development
• Tutorials point - Tutorials for many different languages with interactive code examples.
• Udacity - Learn anything online – deep learning, machine learning, front end languages.
• Udemy - An online learning and teaching marketplace.
• Watch and Code - The computer science school for students that demand intellectual rigor and depth.
• W3School - Web development reference library. Covers HTML, CSS, Javascript (jQuery, AJAX, and more), as well as some server-side languages. Includes descriptions and interactive examples.
• Web APIs | MDN - Everything a beginner needs to know about Web APIs.
• Web Design in 4 minutes by Jeremy Thomas creator of Bulma CSS and marksheet.io.
• WesBos - Free and premium courses in web development
• Web Dev Tricks - All your CSS, js, jQuery trending codes with source codes in one place. Your handy partner for all types of modern web development and designs.
• web.dev - Guides and resources for modern fast websites by google developers.
• Become a Front-End Web Developer - Develop competency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
• WebGlossary.info - Glossary for web development and design, with more than 3,500 entries (as per August 2023)
• Web Skills - A visual overview of useful skills to learn as a web developer.
• The App Brewery - All in one platform to cover your web development skills
• Full Stack open 2021 - This course serves as an introduction to modern web application development with JavaScript.
• Devtools Tech - A free interview preparation platform for Frontend Engineers with a focus on high quality real world programming questions.

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A11y

• A11y Style Guide - A living style guide or pattern library, generated from KSS documented styles...with an accessibility twist.
• Axe - Accessibility testing toolkit.
• Colour Contrast Analyser - CCA helps you determine the legibility of text and the contrast of visual elements, such as graphical controls and visual indicators.
• Deque University - Online courses on web and mobile accessibility skills.
• W3C Intro to Web Accessibility - Strategies, standards, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities.

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YouTube Channels

• Apna College- Tutorials on HTML,CSS,Bootstrap,JavaScript,Git,Github,SQL
• Adrian Twarog- Tutorials on HTML,CSS,Bootstrap,JavaScript,React,React
  Native,UI/UX and cool Designing stuff
• 1stWebDesigner - Tutorials on WordPress, PSD to HTML
• Brad Hussey - Tutorials on Bootstrap, SASS, jQuery, PHP, Freelancing
• CSS Tricks - YouTube channel of well-known web design and development blog CSS Tricks by Chris Coyier.
• CSS Tutorials - Tutorials in Hindi by Husain sir covering all the basics of CSS.
• Coder’s Guide - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap
• Codevolution - Tutorials on React, Vue, Angular, MongoDB, JavaScript, MEAN stack, HTML, CSS.
• Clever Programmer - Tutorials on React, MongoDB, JavaScript, MERN stack, HTML, CSS, React Native.
• Derek Banas - Tutorials on C#, Visual Basic, Django, Python, NodeJS, AngularJS, MongoDB, jQuery, JavaScript, CSS, Ruby on Rails, Java, SQLite, Android, HTML, PHP, Objective C
• DevTips - Tutorials on HTML5, CSS, SASS, Bootstrap, Foundation, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, GitHub.
• DesignCourse - Tutorials on UI/UX Design or HTML5, CSS, SASS, Animation Library.
• Dennis Ivy - Tutorials on Django & Flask Full-Stack Web Development Projects
• Elzero Web School - Arabic only
• freeCodeCamp - Tutorials on JQuery, JavaScript, React, Math, Science, Software Engineering, Open source software
• Fun Fun Function - Tutorials on JavaScript, React, Functional Programming, GraphQL, Life as a Developer
• Google Chrome Developers - Latest and greatest talks on modern web development with pro-tips, insights, and techniques to help you level up your web development skill.
• Kevin Powell - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, Helping to Understand Css Better in Simple Way
• LearnCode.academy - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, React JS / Redux, Node JS
• LevelUpTuts - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, SASS, WordPress, Magento,Drupal, React, Meteor
• Mackenzie Child - Design to Code Challenge - Tutorials on UI, how to design & code multiple styles of sites.
• The Coding Train - Tutorials on JavaScript, Node, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Algorithms
• The Net Ninja - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, jQuery, JavaScript, Git and GitHub, Bootstrap, MangoDB, PSD to WordPress, PSD to HTML, and many more.
• TheDigiCraft - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, Ajax, Bootstrap, MySQL.
• thenewboston - Tutorials on ECMAScript 6, React JS / Redux, Django, Angular 2, Gulp, Git, Python, SEO, SASS, SCSS, Grunt, Illustrator, MongoDB, PHP, Java, Ruby, Objective C
• Traversy Media - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP, Ajax, Bootstrap, MySQL, ECMAScript 6, React JS / Redux, Django, Angular, Ionic, Gulp, Git, Python, Node JS, PHP, Laravel, Cake PHP, Symfony, CodeIgniter, Programming Tips
• CodeWithHarry - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, Javascript, Node JS, MongoDB and hosting.
• Programming With Mosh - Tutorial on React, Nodejs, Python, Javascript, Angular,Typescipt and C#.
• Dev Ed - Learn web development, web design, 3d modelling, tools like figma and more
• Web Dev Simplified - Learn Website Developments with Html , Javascript , Css and other Frameworks with same projects and more
• Mozilla Developer - Videos for helping you with your work as a web designer, web developer, or person involved making websites or web apps
• Academind - There's always something to learn. Whether you want to have look at Angular Tutorials or Guides, Vue.js, other Frontend Development Content or Data Science Topics or anything else - you're probably right
• Sonny Sangha Project Tutorials on React, Redux, Next JS & React Native
• WB Web Development - Tutorials on HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, SASS, JavaScript, Git and GitHub, MongoDB, NodeJS, ReactJS
• Online Tutorials- Top class contents on front end web development. Has exclusive tutorials on HTML,CSS and javascript with amazing effects. A must visit for all front end developers
• Akshay Saini- Videos on Frontend Interview Tips, Interview Experiences, and specially core concepts of Javascript.
• Devtools Tech- Videos on Advanced Frontend Concepts, Interview Questions & Experiences, and focus on intermediate to advanced JavaScript concepts.

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Blogs

• 10 Need to Know JavaScript Concepts Courses - From basic to advance Javascript concept explained in simple way that every Javascript developer need to know.
• 100 Ways to be more creative - 100 Ways to be More Creative from Shaunta Grimes.
• 2017 Design RoundUp - Collection of all Codrops web development resources for 2017.
• 50 Things You [Probably] Forgot To Design – UX Power Tools – Medium - 50 Things You Probably Forgot to Design from Jon Moore
• ACM Month Of Code 2k17: Building Moodify - ACM Month Of Code 2k17: Building Moodify from Ajay NS.
• An Illustrated Guide for Setting Up Your Website Using GitHub & Cloudflare - An illustrated guide to setting up your website using GitHub and Cloudflare from Karan Thakkar.
• Brad Frost Blog - Author of Atomic Design, building design systems in CSS & HTML.
• Best Free Fonts - 70+ Best Free Fonts for Designers – Free for Commercial Use in 2019
• CSS Animations vs the Web Animations API: A Case Study
• CSS Tricks - Daily articles about CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and all things related to web design and development.
• Design and Creativity quotes - 72 Quotes about Design and Creativity from Margaret Kelsey.
• Design Resources - List of resources for working in and learning about design.
• Design For Change - Article on regenerative and sustainable designing by Viba Mohan.
• Domain registrars DNS and hosting - Domain Registrars, DNS, and Hosting from Kirby Kohlmorge
• Beginners guide to Gatsby - Gatsby.js: How to set up and use the React Static Site Generator from Aman Mittal
• Examples of everything in ECMAScript in 2016,2017, 2018
• Flavio Copes Tutorials - Daily tutorials about Javascript and Web development by Flavio Copes
• From URL to Interactive - Explanation of how our world wide web works.
• Frontend Dogma - News and tools for frontend development, usually updated twice a day
• Frontend Weekly - The best articles, links and news related to Frontend Development delivered once a week to your inbox.
• How I Animated the bitsofcode Logo with CSS - Process article on a custom CSS animation.
• How the minmax() Function Works - Explanation of the CSS minmax() function, which can be used for CSS grid layouts.
• How to Build an Impressive Portfolio When You're New to Tech - How to Build an Impressive Portfolio When You’re New to Tech from Randle Browning
• How to build a random quote generator with JavaScript and HTML, for absolute beginners - How to Build a Random Quote Generator with JavaScript and HTML, for Absolute Beginners from Sophanarith Sok.
• How to build your first Vue Component - Beginner project tutorial to build a Vue Component by Sarah Dayan.
• Let’s code a Neural Network from scratch — Part 1 – TypeMe – Medium - Let’s Code a Neural Network from Scratch from Charles Fried
• Music Player Inspirations - Music Player Inspiration 2017 from Muzli.
• The Front End CheckList - An Exhaustive List of all the Elements you need to have/test Before Launching your Website To Production.
• What it’s like to build and market a chatbot when you’re only 14 years old - What it’s Like to Build and Market a Chatbot When You’re Only 14 Years Old from Alec Jones
• What's the Deal with Collapsible Margins? - Explanation of CSS' Collapsing Margins feature.
• A well curated list for UX - Curated resource list for UX by fernandocomet.
• Airbnb Open source - Engineering and Data Science articles and open source projects.
• The Cost of JS - How to deliver JavaScript efficiently for valuable user experience by Addy Osmani.
• CSS Scroll-Snap - Tutorial on CSS scroll snapping, which allows you to lock the viewport after a user has finished scrolling.
• Preload, Prefetch and priorities in chrome - Article on how web loading primitives work on Chrome's neworking stack by Addy Osmani.
• Learning Git for yourself - Traditional Chinese
• IDEs for web Developers - Factors to consider when choosing an IDE for web development and examples of good options.
• The Top 8 Weather APIs for 2020 - Top 8 Weather APIs for 2020 - The Best Free Weather APIs for Developers
• Digital Ocean community Tutorials - A free tutorial collection from experts. All contributted from digital ocean community.
• React for Beginners – A React.js Handbook for Front End Developers - A React.js Handbook for Front End Developers
• Ultimate React Resources - The blog includes blog posts, free e-books, Github Repos with curated lists, practical implementation of React.js in the real world with working code.
• Complete Introduction to CSS Grid - A blog to learn the fundamentals of CSS grid by building different complex layouts.
• Rado's Blog) - A blog consisiting of articles on React Dependencies and Implementation, GraphQl and Lot more!
• Roblog - A Go-to destination for all things related to technology, JavaScript, Node.js, and web development.
• Monica Powell Blog - An awesome blog on JavaScript, React, Gatsby and Git.
• Devtools Tech - Carefully curated high quality resources for Frontend Engineers.

Hiring

• Two Great Places to Discover Tech Talent and How to Attract Them - Hiring tech talent in 2020

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Podcasts

• Coding Blocks - Software development podcasts by a team of professional programmers.
• Frontend Happy Hour - Front end, software, and career development podcasts by industry panelists.
• JavaScript Jabber - Podcasts for JavaScript developers. Website also offers many other programming-related podcasts.
• Syntax - Front end development podcasts by Wes Bos and Scott Tolinski from Level Up Tuts.

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Code Editors

• Atom - Atom is a text editor that's modern, approachable, yet hackable to the core—a tool you can customize to do anything but also use productively without ever touching a config file. Open Source | All Platforms

• Brackets - With focused visual tools and preprocessor support, Brackets is a modern text editor that makes it easy to design in the browser. It's crafted from the ground up for web designers and front-end developers. Open Source | All Platforms

• Geany - Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment.

• IntellijIDEA - A universal IDE from JetBrains. It has code-completion, integrationa, and Version Control System (VCS).

• Notepad++ - Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Windows Only -Pycharm-Used specially for python language,It provides code analysis,a graphical debugger,an integrated unit tester,integration with version control systems and supports web development with Django as well as data science with Anaconda. All Platforms | Open Source

• Sublime Text - A sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. All Platforms

• Vim - Vim is a highly configurable text editor for efficiently creating and changing any kind of text. It is included as "vi" with most UNIX systems and with Apple OS X.

• Visual Studio Code - Code editing Redefined. It has syntax highlighting and autocompletion with IntelliSense, Git commands built-in, Extensible and customizable. Open Source | All Platforms

• WebStorm - The smartest JavaScript IDE, WebStorm is an integrated development environment for JavaScript and related technologies. All Platforms

• UltraEdit - UltraEdit is a powerful HTML and Code editor available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It comes with a built-in file comparison utility, autocompletion, advanced layout, multi-tab, multi-pane editors, and syntax highlighting for the most popular programming languages.

• Nano - GNU nano is a text editor for Unix-like OS's.

• StackBlitz - An online open-source powerful code editor for JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries, with some awesome features such as GitHub Imports, Live Server and direct commit from the Editor to Github!

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Visual Studio Code Extensions

• Auto Rename Tag - When you rename one HTML/XML tag, automatically rename the paired HTML/XML tag.
• Better Comments - This extension color codes various types of comments to give them different significance and stand out from the rest of your code.
• Bracket Pair Colorizor - Colors matching brackets to make your code much more readable - very helpful.
• Code Spell Checker - A basic spell checker that works well with camelCase code.
• ES Lint - Javascript linter for highlighting code errors and best practices.
• Formatting Toggle - A VS Code extension that allows you to toggle the formatter (Prettier, Beautify, …) ON and OFF with a simple click.
• Git History - View git log, file history, compare branches or commits
• GitLens - Supercharge the Git capabilities built into Visual Studio Code — Visualize code authorship at a glance via Git blame annotations and code lens, seamlessly navigate and explore Git repositories, gain valuable insights via powerful comparison commands, and so much more.
• JS Snippets - This extension contains code snippets for JavaScript in ES6 syntax for VS Code editor (supports both JavaScript and TypeScript).
• Live server - A Quick Development Live Server with live browser reload.
• Material Icon Theme - Google Material themed icon pack.
• Path Intellisense - As you start typing a path in quotations, you will get intellisense for directories and file names.
• Peacock - Subtly change the workspace color of your workspace. Ideal when you have multiple VS Code instances and you want to quickly identify which is which.
• Polacode - You know those fancy code screenshots you see in articles and tweets? Well, most likely they came from Polacode. It's super simple to use. Copy a piece of code to your clipboard, open up the extension, paste the code, and click to save your image!
• Prettier - Format your code automatically on save.
• Quokka.js - Quokka.js is a developer productivity tool for rapid JavaScript / TypeScript prototyping. Runtime values are updated and displayed in your IDE next to your code, as you type.
• Settings Sync - Settings Sync extension save your setting off in Github. Then, you can load them to any new version of VS Code with one command.

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Tools

• API Directory | ProgrammableWeb
• Animista - CSS animation presets/generator
• Better Code Hub - Checks GitHub codebase against software engineering guidelines and gives feedback.
• Browserling - Live interactive cross-browser testing on virtual machines.
• LambdaTest - Test websites & web apps on 2000+ browsers & OS.
• BrowserStack - Test websites and mobile apps on different browsers and mobile devices.
• Can I use... - Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc. on desktop and mobile browsers
• Checkbot - Browser extension that tests websites for SEO, speed and security issues
• Codepen - Social development environment where you can write code in the browser and see results as you build.
• Codeply - A HTML, CSS, JavaScript editor playground for designers & developers to compare, prototype and test frontend frameworks.
• Codesandbox - Instant IDE and prototyping tool for web development.
• Create a new fiddle - JSFiddle - Test JS, CSS, HTML, or CoffeeScript in an online code editor.
• Critical Path CSS Generator - by Jonas Ohlsson - Reduces the amount of CSS the browser has to go through to render a webpage.
• CrossBrowserTesting App - Web service for running functional web tests on mobile and desktop web browsers.
• CSS cheat sheet - A very easy to use one page reference for css selectors and properties. It also includes categories for flexbox and grid.
• CSS Minifier - Minify your CSS files!
• CSS Reference - A free visual guide to CSS.
• CSS Triggers - Tells you what gets triggered when mutating a given CSS property.
• CSS Filters - Interactive CSS filter generator
• ColorLisa - Color palette generator based on great artists
• DirtyMarkup - Tidy up your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code.
• ExtendsClass - Provides tools to add features directly usable in the browser.
• Favicon Generator - Upload an image and generate a favicon for your website.
• Favicon Generator for iOS/Google Progressive Web App Manifest - Online tool to test favicons on different platforms.
• Free Developer Stuff - List of free stuff for developer by developer to use. Some services are free forever or have a free tier at least for 1 year.
• Free for Developers - This website has an extensive amount of free and paid resource lists curated not only for frontend developers but also for any kind of developer.
• Generate favicon based on text - Generate a favicon from text, an image, or emojis.
• Get Waves - Generate many types of SVG waves for use in web design.
• Glitch - Glitch is like working together in Google Docs–multiple people can work on the same project at the same time.
• Graphic Generator - Generates graphics for some common front end applications.
• Google Analytics - Web service that tracks and reports website traffic.
• Google APIs Explorer - Tool to interactively explore various Google APIs.
• Javascript Console in Sublime Text - Tutorial to test JavaScript and execute it via build systems in Sublime Text 3.
• jQuery mega cheat sheet - Cheat sheet of jQuery selectros, manipulation, events, and more in PDF format.
• JS Bin - Live pastebin for HTML, CSS, and JS, as well as a range of processors.
• Lighthouse - Open source, automated tool for improving the quality of webpages.
• Modern JavaScript cheat sheet - This is an excellent collection of JavaScript Tips and concept by Manuel Beaudru works as a nice overview of many of the things you'll need to be familiar with if you're just getting started with JavaScript and other related frameworks.
• Node Package Manager(npm) - Package manager for Javascript.