Modern Frontend Development: A Structured Learning Plan
Introduction: Your Frontend Journey
The modern frontend landscape is complex, driven by dynamic UIs, component-based architectures, and sophisticated frameworks. Mastering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript fundamentals is crucial for building advanced skills. This plan provides a structured roadmap, blending theory with hands-on practice.
Why Structured Learning?
- Avoid Overwhelm: Break learning into manageable modules.
- Progressive Learning: Build knowledge layer by layer.
- Practical Application: Integrate mini-projects and a capstone.
- Notion Integration: Organize notes, links, and progress in Notion.
Module 1: Foundational Web Basics (HTML & CSS)
HTML5
- Core Concepts: Document structure, elements, attributes.
- Semantic HTML: Improve accessibility and SEO using
<article>, <nav>, etc.
- Metadata:
<head> elements, <meta> tags for viewport, description, etc.
- Forms:
<form>, <input>, <label>, client-side validation.
CSS3
- Fundamentals: Selectors, specificity, cascade, inheritance.
- Box Model: Content, padding, border, margin, box-sizing.
- Modern Layouts: Flexbox and Grid.
- Responsive Design: Media queries, mobile-first design.
- Mini-Project: Static personal portfolio with responsive design.