Is Frontend Development Stressful? (Let’s find out)

Learning to make websites and designing them is all we are hearing about these days.

Front-end development is a career choice made by many, mostly because it seems creative and has an artistic side. But Front-end development is not all about creativity. It comes with a lot of responsibility. 

The Never Ending Libraries

For front-end development, just learning CSS and HTML is not enough.

There are many other libraries that are now used for development, and one has to have at least some experience in all of them to be a good developer and excel in the field.

Here are some examples.

Bootstrap 

Bootstrap is the most common open-source framework for front-end development.

Some features of bootstrap:

• It is a flexible and easy-to-use source
• It has HTML and CSS-based designs and most of the frontend developers use HTML and CSS for web development.
• It is open source, free of cost.
• It has a lot of additional JavaScript plugins.
• It has responsive and adjustable features that can be used on phones, tablets, etc.
• All modern browsers provide compatibility with bootstrap.

Skeleton

Skeleton has a CSS framework and it’s a lightweight framework.

Some features of Skeleton

• It is built for mobile applications mainly.
• It consists of elements like grids, lists, buttons, etc.
• It also adjusts to all kind of screens.

Bulma

Bulma is a very popular alternative for CSS, it is a free-of-cost, open-source framework for frontend development.

Some features of Bulma

• It is a framework with a wide range of color schemes and themes.
• It is a flexible and easy-to-use framework
• The grid system is very simple for Bulma
• It is a responsive and adjustable framework.

The above listed are just a few common examples of libraries for front-end development.

To land a good job in front-end development and work in the field, all of these frameworks must be used, and knowledge, if not expert level, an intermediate level is necessary.

Bulma

Bulma is a very popular alternative for CSS, it is a free-of-cost, open-source framework for frontend development.

Some features of Bulma

• It is a framework with a wide range of color schemes and themes.
• It is a flexible and easy-to-use framework
• The grid system is very simple for Bulma
• It is a responsive and adjustable framework.

The above listed are just a few common examples of libraries for front-end development.

To land a good job in front-end development and work in the field, all of these frameworks must be used, and knowledge, if not expert level, an intermediate level is necessary.

Learning all of the front-end development languages

Frontend development may not need much logical code but some languages, used solely for frontend development have to be learned which becomes stressful because newer languages are being introduced with time.

Some of the languages used for frontend development are listed below

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• React
• JavaFX
• Swift

These are some of the common ones, which are necessary to learn as a frontend developer.

All these languages come out with newer versions constantly, and a frontend developer must be updated with the latest versions, which can be frustrating at times.

Stressful Duties of a Frontend Developer

A frontend developer has the most stressful task of the betterment of user experience which is hard to achieve.

Creativity and simplicity is a must to make any application readable and likable, and the responsibility lies on the shoulders of a front-end developer.

List of tasks frontend developer is supposed to perform:

• Make the user experience better every day.
• Keep the user interface up to date.
• SEO optimized maintenance.
• Keep the user interface simple and readable.
• Fixing bugs.
• Testing of new features included.

A backend developer has to code any feature the client requires, which means the path is simple, you are given a feature that you have to implement, but for a frontend developer, it is not that easy.

A front-end developer has to keep on maintaining an app for a better user experience, which might not go right every time.

More Skills

Is learning all the languages and frameworks and libraries enough? NO.

You heard it right, there are some additional skills a frontend developer must know.

Graphic design

Graphic design is used for the creation of prototypes and sketches of what websites should be like.

Code Editors 

For a backend developer a well-written code is just a formality, but for a frontend developer, to maintain different pages, widgets, grids etc, good knowledge of common code editors is a must, like visual studio or eclipse.

Color Schemes and Editing

A front-end developer must have a knowledge of color schemes so that the user interface looks good to look at and not something people would instantly get annoyed with.

Along with that, a frontend developer must have good knowledge of editing tools, to make changes in prototypes, etc.

And as if that was not enough, a front-end developer also has to be artistic and creative with their work.

Overall, frontend development is a huge responsibility, much harder than backend development, but for a creative person, it might be fun actually.

It really depends on the priorities a person has.

If you’re not the artistic or creative type, you can always sit back and work as a back-end developer.

Conclusion

In the article we went through a roadmap for frontend development, we went through all the libraries, frameworks and languages used by frontend developers like bootstrap, skeleton, Bulma, etc.

We went through the responsibilities of a front-end developer and all the additional skills a developer must have.

Overall it is a stressful job, but worth many perks and good salaries.

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