We’ve collected 34 popular front-end technologies and tools for beginners.

Front-end development — creating a convenient, beautiful, and efficient client-side of the application. Many beginners start with this particular direction of programming, learning markup languages - HTML and CSS, gradually connecting JavaScript and technologies based on it.

The quality and speed of work depend on the choice of tools, and it is determined by the tasks that the project solves. Let’s say most sites today are built using frameworks. But sometimes a project can be written in pure CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, and not impose a new layer of abstraction, slowing down performance. Let’s talk about the most important tools that a beginner front-end developer should be familiar with.

• CSS preprocessors

  • SASS — compiled with Ruby
  • LESS — uses JavaScript or Node.js

• CSS naming schemes

  • BEM
  • CSS Modules
  • SMACSS
  • OOCSS

• HTML preprocessors

  • Haml
  • Jade
  • Slim

• Build tools

  • Gulp
  • Grunt
  • NPM
  • Webpack

• Frameworks

  • React
  • Angular.js
  • Vue.js

• Version control

• Text editors

  • Atom
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Brackets
  • Sublime Text
  • Notepad ++
  • Netbeans

• Validation and testing

  • ESLint
  • JSLint
  • Mocha
  • Jasmine
  • QUnit
  • Jest
  • Ava

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