FRONT-END
DEVELOPMENT
I.
Introduction
I.
Front-end Introduction
Development is the
process of creating
visually-pleasing
interface that users
interact with. It's
major part is creating
an UI with markup
languages and styling
tools. It's importance
shows when an user
is struggling to
navigate through the
interface so it should
be well structured.
What is a Front-
de
end?
The front-end in web
development is made up three
basic tools: HTML, CSS, and
Javascript.
HTML (Hypertext Markup
Javascript - a programming CSS (Cascading Style Language) - is the tool for
language responsible for Sheets) - is the styling tool the structure of the
scripting and making the used for designing markup- interface. Majority of its code
interface properly written documents. contain tags where it
functional. describes what kind of
content should be in it.
What is a Back-
The back-endend?
of a web application
refers to the server-side components
that handle data processing, storage,
and retrieval, as well as the business
logic of the application. It is everything
that happens behind the scenes that
users don’t directly see, but it powers
the functionality of websites and
Relationship of
Front-End to Back-
End
These two work together to create a
fully functional application. The front-
end makes requests to the back-end
using various methods (APIs,
fetching), and the back-end processes
the requests, communicates with the
database, and replies to the front-
Front-
end Framewo
rks
is an open-source JavaScript library developed and maintained by
Facebook (Meta) for building interactive user interfaces, especially
React.js for single-page applications (SPAs). It allows developers to create
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reusable UI components and efficiently update the DOM using a
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virtual DOM mechanism. React promotes a component-based
Front-end development
architecture, making it easier to build is
and a crucial
manage complex UIs.
part
What React.js of creating
is used for user How
interface as its
React.js works
•Uses a virtual DOM to efficiently
job isinteractive
to make
•Creating fast, dynamic web
applications with UI a user-friendly, visually-
update only changed parts of the UI.
components.
appealing, and
•Developing SPAs where only parts
responsive interfaces.
•Implements a component-based
architecture, where UIs are built
With
of the page the
update help of the three
dynamically. main tools,
using independent, reusable
components.
•Improving performance with a
a well-designed
virtual DOM that minimizes direct front-end ensures
•Uses state and props to manage
dynamic data within components.
DOM manipulations.
performance and accessibility •Supports hooksmaking
(like useState and
useEffect) for handling state and
it a key part in the application's
side effects.
functionality. •Can integrate with external state
management tools like Redux or
Context API.
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Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
Vue.js is a progressive JavaScript framework designed for building user
interfaces and SPAs. It is known for its simplicity, flexibility, and ease
of integration into existing projects. Vue’s core library focuses on the
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view layer only, making it easy to adopt and extend with additional
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libraries for advanced features like state management and routing. It
Front-end development
combines declarative is a
rendering, component-basedcrucial
reactive data binding to create modern web applications.
architecture, and
part of creating user How
What Vue.js is used for
interface
Vue.js worksas its
• job SPAs
Developing is to andmake
dynamica user-friendly,
•Uses a reactivevisually-
data model, where
front-end applications. changes in data automatically
•
appealing,
Creating interactive user
and responsive
update theinterfaces.
UI.
•Provides a template-based syntax
With the help of the three
interfaces with minimal setup. main(v-if,
using directives tools,
v-for, v-bind).
• Easily integrating with existing
projectsadue
well-designed
to its progressive front-end
•Supportsensures
both the Options API
(traditional Vue setup) and the
nature.
performance and accessibility making
Composition API (for more flexible
component logic).
it a key part in the application's
•Uses Vue Router for navigation and
Vuex (or Pinia) for state
functionality. management.
•Can be used for both simple web
pages and complex applications.
Vue.js
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Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
is a full-fledged front-end framework developed by Google, built on
TypeScript. It is designed for creating scalable, maintainable, and
Angular modular applications, especially large enterprise-level SPAs. Angular
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offers a powerful ecosystem, including built-in dependency injection,
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two-way data binding, a modular architecture, and RxJS for handling
Front-end
asynchronous development
events. is a crucial
part
What Angular of creating
is used for user How
interface as its
Angular works
•Uses TypeScript to provide better
job isstrong
to make a user-friendly,
•Building enterprise-level
applications with tooling and type visually-
safety.
architecture.
appealing,
•Developing SPAs that require
and responsive interfaces.
•Implements two-way data binding,
where the UI automatically updates
With
scalability,
testability.
the help
maintainability, and of the three
versa. main tools,
when the model changes and vice
•Creating a well-designed
real-time applications front-end ensures
•Uses a component-based structure
using RxJS for reactive with modules, components,
performance and accessibility
programming. templates, and making
services.
•Relies on dependency injection to
it a key part in the application's
manage services efficiently.
functionality. •Supports RxJS (Reactive Extensions
for JavaScript) for handling async
operations like API calls and event
streams.
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Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
Svelte is a modern JavaScript framework that shifts much of the work to
compile-time, resulting in highly efficient and optimized applications.
Unlike React or Vue, which use a virtual DOM to track changes,
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Svelte compiles components into pure JavaScript at build time,
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reducing runtime overhead and improving performance. This
Front-end development
approach makes is a crucial
Svelte apps fast, lightweight, and simple to develop.
part
What Svelte of for
is used creating user How
interface
Svelte worksas its
•Svelte components are written
overhead job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
•Creating high-performance, low-
web applications. in .svelte files containing HTML, CSS,
and JavaScript.
•Reducingappealing,
JavaScript bundleand
sizes responsive interfaces.
for better load times. •During build time, Svelte compiles
With the help
•Developing reactive UIs without of the three
JavaScriptmain tools,
components into optimized
with minimal overhead.
the need for a virtual DOM.
a well-designed front-end ensures
•Uses reactive declarations (e.g., $:
syntax) to automatically update the
performance and accessibility making
UI when state changes.
•Directly updates the DOM without
it a key part in the application's
needing a virtual DOM reconciliation
process.
functionality.
Svelte
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Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
Next.js is a powerful framework built on top of React that enables server-
side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and API routing,
making it ideal for high-performance, SEO-friendly applications.
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Developed by Vercel, Next.js extends React’s capabilities by allowing
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developers to choose between different rendering strategies,
Front-end
improving development isSEO.
performance, scalability, and a crucial
How Next.js works
part of creating user •interface
What Next.js is used for
as its
Uses file-based routing, where
•Building fast, SEO-optimized
job is to make a user-friendly,
React applications. visually-
pages are automatically created
based on the folder structure
inside /pages.
appealing, and
•Creating static sites (SSG) or
dynamically rendered pages (SSR).responsive interfaces.
•Supports multiple rendering modes:
With
•Simplifying the help of the three
full-stack
development with built-in API
main tools,
•SSR (Server-Side Rendering): Pages
routes. a well-designed front-end are rendered on the server for better
SEO. ensures
performance and accessibility
•SSG (Static Sitemaking
Generation): Pages
are pre-built at compile time for
it a key part in the application's
ultra-fast loading.
•CSR (Client-Side Rendering): Pages
functionality. are rendered in the browser like
traditional React apps.
Next.js
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N
Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
Traditional
CSS CSS - is writing
Traditional
pure CSS style without
Traditional VS
using pre-defined
libraries. The developer
CSS CSS .
has full control of
customizing styles. When
to use: custom designs,
Frameworks
performance is the top
priority, small projects,
Challenges: Time-
consuming and
unavoidable redundant
Traditional
CSS CSS - is writing
Traditional
pure CSS style without
using pre-defined
libraries. The developer
has full control of
customizing styles. When
to use: custom designs,
performance is the top
priority, small projects,
Challenges: Time-
consuming and
unavoidable redundant
CSS
Frameworks
CSS
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Frameworks
-ready-to-use styles.NInstead of Sample Frameworks:
Front-end development is a crucial
creating styles from scratch, - Bootstrap
part ofgives
frameworks creating user interface as
the developer its CSS
- Tailwind
job is to make a user-friendly,
tools to quickly create UI. It is also visually-
- Foundation
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
customizable.
With the help of the three main tools,
Whenatowell-designed
use: Fast Development,
front-end ensures
large projects Benefits:
performance andQuick UI
accessibility making
development, responsive design.
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
is a popular open-source front-end framework that
helps developers quickly build responsive, mobile-first
Bootstr websites by providing a flexible grid system, pre-
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JavaScript libraries, cross-browser compatibility, and a
Front-end development
mobile-first design approach. is a crucial
What Bootstrap is used for How Bootstrap works
part of creating user interface as its
•Building responsive •Bootstrap is built on HTML, CSS,
websites:job is to
Bootstrap's make
grid systemacan
user-friendly, visually-
and JavaScript.
update based on screen size.
•It includes a collection of syntax for
•Creating appealing,
consistent and responsivetemplateinterfaces.
designs.
interfaces: Bootstrap provides pre-
With the
designed templates help of the three
and styles. main
•Developers tools,
can insert code into a
pre-defined grid system.
•Saving time: Developers can use
a avoid
Bootstrap to well-designed
writing basic front-end ensures
•Bootstrap includes media queries to
commands and functions from scratch. define custom breakpoints for each
performance
•Creating visually appealing
and accessibility
column. making
it a buttons,
key part in the application's
sites: Bootstrap includes predefined
alert messages, and image
display rules.
functionality.
Example Bootstrap:
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Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
Tailwind is an open-source framework used to style your website
in HTML without external CSS. It is a utility-first
CSS framework used for building custom user interfaces. It
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helps us build a website that stands out from the rest.
You can style your website using the pre-defined utility
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classes without external CSS.
Front-end
What Tailwind development
CSS is used for: isTailwind
How a crucial
CSS works:
part of creating
•Building custom designs: Tailwind's
user interface as its
•Tailwind is built on utility-first CSS:
joballow
utility classes is toyou make
to build a user-friendly,
unique, visually-
Tailwind provides low-level utility classes
tailored designs without predefined that can be applied directly to HTML
components.
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
elements.
•Creating With the help layouts:
responsive of the three main tools,
Tailwind’s mobile-first design and •It includes a wide range of utility
responsive a well-designed
utilities front-end
let you easily adjust ensures
classes: Tailwind offers classes for
your layout performance and
for different screen sizes. accessibility making
margins, padding, colors, fonts, shadows,
•Speeding up development: With utility and more, all customizable through
it a keycanpart
classes, developers stylein the application's
elements configuration.
directly in the HTML, avoiding the need
functionality.
for writing custom CSS. •Developers apply classes directly in
•Ensuring design consistency: Tailwind HTML: Instead of writing custom CSS,
Example Tailwind Css:
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Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.
Foundatio is a responsive front-end framework developed by
ZURB, similar to Bootstrap and Tailwind CSS. It provides
n a collection of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript tools for
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building responsive and mobile-first websites and web
applications. It focuses on offering a flexible,
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customizable set of components that you can use to
Front-end
What Foundation is useddevelopment
for: Howis Foundation
a crucial
build modern, responsive interfaces quickly.
Works:
part of creating
•Building responsive websites:
user interface as its
•Foundation relies on a set of HTML
Foundation job
comesiswith
toa make a user-friendly,
flexible grid structure andvisually-
CSS classes that are used in
system that automatically adjusts to your markup to define responsive layouts,
appealing, and
different screen sizes, allowing you to
responsive interfaces.
typography, buttons, forms, and other UI
With
create layouts theonhelp
that work oftablet,
mobile, the three main tools,
components.
and desktop devices.
a well-designed
•Rapid prototyping: You can quicklyfront-end ensuresincluded in Foundation
•The JavaScript
performance
build a prototype and
using Foundation’s accessibility
pre- allows you to making
add interactivity (e.g.,
built components without worrying about dropdown menus, modals, and carousels).
it a from
design or layout keyscratch.
part in the application's
•Creating consistent interfaces: It •You can customize Foundation's styles
functionality.
offers consistent styles for navigation, using Sass, which gives you control over
buttons, forms, modals, alerts, and more, colors, spacing, and typography.
Example Foundation:
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Front-end development is a crucial
part of creating user interface as its
job is to make a user-friendly, visually-
appealing, and responsive interfaces.
With the help of the three main tools,
a well-designed front-end ensures
performance and accessibility making
it a key part in the application's
functionality.