Front-end development is the process of creating front-end interfaces such as web pages or apps and presenting them to users. Through HTML, CSS, JavaScript and various derivative technologies, frameworks and solutions, the user interface interaction of Internet products is realized. It evolved from web page making, and its name has obvious characteristics of the times. In the evolution of the Internet, web page making is the product of the era of Web 1.0. In the early days, the main content of the website was static, mainly pictures and words, and the behavior of users using the website was mainly browsing. With the development of Internet technology and the application of HTML5 and CSS3, modern web pages are more beautiful, more interactive and more powerful.

Mobile Internet has brought a large number of high-performance mobile terminal devices and fast wireless networks. With the wide application of HTML5 and node.jS, various framework class libraries emerge one after another.

Is there a future in learning front-end development now? My suggestion is very promising.

With the continuous development of the development market, there are more and more people studying development technology in the market, and more and more front-end development programmers. However, this does not mean that the employment of front-end development technology has reached saturation. Now the company recruits programmers, and the requirements for academic qualifications and practical experience are getting higher and higher. If they want to find a better and more suitable job, they need to improve their learning efficiency and find a more suitable learning method.

What are the employment prospects of front-end programmers?

In the context of the continuous development of the Internet and the Internet of Things, the employment of front-end programmers has been broadened, which means that the employment of front-end developers is not so difficult, and the employment prospects are relatively good, especially with the continuous promotion of 5G network and cloud computing technology, the demand for programmers in related enterprises is gradually increasing, and there are still more employment spaces and opportunities.

The improvement of enterprises' requirements for front-end development technology has invisibly brought great pressure to small partners. Therefore, it is necessary for small partners to have strong pressure resistance, as well as excellent technology and rich practical experience in development. If they don't have strong abilities, they won't find good jobs even if their employment prospects are good.

How can I become a qualified and excellent front-end development engineer?

As mentioned earlier, if you want to be a qualified front-end development engineer, you must first learn the knowledge of front-end programming development technology and find a suitable learning method. For example, zero-based partners can choose the front-end training method when learning to enter the industry, and of course they can also choose self-study, depending on their basic situation.

To become a qualified front-end development engineer, not only need to accumulate more practical experience in projects, but also need to cultivate their own autonomous learning ability, which is an essential factor for programmers. In the process of cultivating their learning ability, we should first correct their learning mentality, develop good study habits, often reflect and summarize, and explore suitable learning methods.

Therefore, it is better for small partners to learn front-end development technology now, and their employment prospects are also better. However, in the process of choosing to study, we should find a suitable learning style and method, not blindly learn and develop technical knowledge, but rationally choose a learning style suitable for ourselves to study systematically, so as to enter the IT industry more quickly.

The development of front-end technology is a microcosm of the development and change of the Internet itself.

Front-end technology refers to the general term from browser to client computer, and the general term stored in server is back-end technology.

The main function of front-end development is to present the interface of the website to users better.

I used to be able to make web pages if I knew Photoshop and Dreamweaver. With the increasing difficulty of website development and the diversification of development methods, web page production is closer to the traditional website background development, and web page production is more called web front-end development. Front-end technology includes four parts: front-end art design, browser compatibility, CSS, HTML "traditional" technology and Adobe AIR, Google Gears, as well as conceptual interaction design and artistic visual design.

In the era of Web 1.0, due to the limitation of network speed and terminal capacity, most websites can only present simple graphic information, which can not meet the needs of users on the interface, and the requirements for interface technology are not high. With the improvement of hardware, the emergence of high-performance browsers and the popularization of broadband, technology can realize more possibilities in user experience, and the front-end technology field has shown great vitality in generate.

After 2005, the Internet entered the Web2.0 era, and a large number of Web applications similar to desktop software emerged, and the front-end has undergone earth-shaking changes. Web pages are no longer just simple words and pictures. All kinds of rich media make the content of web pages more vivid, and the interactive form based on software on web pages provides users with better experience, all of which are realized based on front-end technology.

With the mobile phone becoming an indispensable part of people's lives and an extension of people's bodies, people have ushered in the era when experience is king. The front-end technology of mobile terminal has broad development prospects. In addition, front-end technology can also be applied to smart TVs, smart watches and even artificial intelligence.

Common front-end development engineer responsibilities:

(1) is responsible for the front-end development and page making of products by using Div+css and Javascript.

(2) Be familiar with the differences between W3C standards and major browsers in front-end development, and be able to skillfully use DIV+CSS to provide front-end page solutions for different browsers. The performance and other optimizations of mobile HTML5 provide users with the best interface interaction experience and the best performance. [3]

(3) Responsible for the requirements of related products and the realization of front-end programs, and provide a reasonable front-end architecture. Improve and optimize development tools, development process and development framework [3]

(4) Keep good communication with product and backstage developers, quickly understand and digest the needs of all parties and implement them as specific development work; Can independently complete the design and coding of functional pages, and cooperate with the product team to complete the demand research and analysis of functional pages. [4]

(5) Understand the related work on the server side, and have your own opinions on interactive experience and product design.

Senior front-end development engineer

Compared with the "front-end development engineer", he has a higher level and greater job responsibilities. Generally speaking, senior front-end development engineers need to use JavaScript or ActionScript to write and package front-end interactive components with good performance, and skillfully use CSS+XHTML to output visual interfaces perfectly. At the same time, we provide professional guidance and supervision on the front-end implementation scheme of Web projects, and provide training and guidance to newcomers and related developers in their daily work. In addition, we should follow up the front-end technology and design and implement the front-end optimization of the whole network. The rise of HTML5 and Node.js (background language node.js(JavaScript programming)) requires senior front-end to be familiar with the back-end, and consider the overall layout of the front-end from the perspective of business model and code architecture.

Front-end architect

Front-end architects are more management-oriented, but their responsibilities are not limited to management. The front-end architect needs to lead the team members to realize the front-end framework and optimization of the whole network, create the corresponding standards and specifications of the front-end, and improve, popularize and apply their own standards and frameworks. At the same time, we should stand in the overall role and provide professional suggestions and solutions for the information architecture and technology selection of the whole website.

The front-end industry has a bright future, and it can be suggested to engage in this work.