Front-end Roadmap

Step by step guide to becoming a modern frontend developer in 2025

Step 1

Internet

How does the internet work?

What is HTTP?

Browsers and how they work?

DNS and how it works?

What is Domain Name?

What is hosting?

Step 2

HTML

Learn the basics

Writing Semantic HTML

Forms and Validations

Accessibility

SEO Basics

Step 3

CSS

Learn the basics

Responsive design and media queries

Flexbox

Grid

Step 4

JavaScript

Syntax and basic constructs

Learn DOM manipulation

Learn Fetch API / Ajax (XHR)

ES6+ and modular JavaScript

Step 5

Version Control Systems

Learn Git

Learn GitHub

Step 6

VCS Hosting

HTTPS

CORS

Content Security Policy

Step 7

Package Managers

npm

yarn

Step 8

Pick a Framework

Task Runners (npm scripts)

Module Bundlers (Webpack)

Step 9

Writing CSS

CSS methodologies (BEM, SMACSS)

CSS-in-JS

Step 10

CSS Architecture

Scalable and modular architecture

Atomic CSS

Step 11

CSS Preprocessors

Sass

Less

Stylus

Step 12

Build Tools

Webpack

Parcel

Rollup

Step 13

Module Bundlers

Webpack

Parcel

Rollup

Step 14

Linters and Formatters

ESLint

Prettier

Step 15

Testing your Apps

Jest

Mocha

Jasmine

Step 16

Authentication Strategies

OAuth

JSON Web Tokens (JWT)

Password-based Authentication

Step 17

Web Security Basics

Server-side Security

Web Security Testing

OWASP Top 10

Step 18

Web Components

Introduction to Web Components

Lit

Stencil

Step 19

Type Checkers

TypeScript

Flow

Step 20

Server Side Rendering (SSR)

SSR (Server-side Rendering)

Next.js

Nuxt.js

Angular Universal

Step 21

GraphQL

Learn GraphQL

Apollo GraphQL

Prisma

Step 22

Static Site Generators

Gatsby

Next.js

Nuxt.js

Step 23

Progressive Web Apps

Introduction to PWAs

Mozilla’s PWA Guide

Building your first PWA

Step 24

Mobile Applications

Android Development

iOS Development

Flutter

Step 25

Desktop Applications

Electron

NW.js

Windows Desktop Apps