"No-nonsense: Roadmap to Front-end Web Designing"

Do you want to become an amazing web designer?

Learning how to design a webpage is easy and so much fun. In this blog, I will talk about some basic steps in order to design a website. Easier to design a website with small and fun codes rather than writing a million lines.. am I right? 


Let's Begin!!!


What describes a  front-end developer? 🤔

Imagine you could create any web page and design it however you like. Sounds amazing right? 

Well, in simple terms that is what a front-end developer does. A front-end developer builds the front-end portion of websites and web applications—that is, the part that users actually see and interact with. 


Step one: Understand the basics

You don't want to start learning how to design web pages without having knowledge of fundamental understanding of the web, how it is structured, and how your application fits within it, trust me!


Once you have a complete understanding of networks (i.e. IP addresses, internet protocol, packets), databases (i.e. SQL, NoSQL, caching), clients, and servers, you can then move on to the actual basics of web development: fun coding, yay!

The most essential coding languages used to design a basic webpage are: drumroll please >> HTML, CSS, and JavaScript!!


Step two: What is HTML? 

HTML (or Hypertext Markup Language) is a programming language used to create web pages. If you use the Internet, you've witnessed the work of HTML. This very website wouldn't be possible without HTML. It's used to tag elements like size, font, paragraph breaks, headings, etc.


Fore more detailed explanation, click here: Introduction to HTML

Step three: Now the fun part, CSS

If you like playing around with colors and brainstorming designs, you will love CSS. 😃

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) provide these web pages with a look and feel for the web page that displays to the user. In general, CSS files are the layout and design for a web page. From the placement of images and text to the font size and background color, CSS controls the way these HTML elements display in a browser. CSS allows adding animations as well. How cool is that? 

There are a bunch of awesome CSS frameworks you could use, but the most popular ones are: 

  • Bootstrap
  • Tailwind CSS


So the thing is that all frameworks has their own pros and cons. Some are strict and fixed, while others are very loose and only give guidelines. Before deciding which one to use, do your full research and see what suits you the best!

Fore more detailed explanation, click here: Touching base with CSS

Step four: JavaScript 

JavaScript is a programming language used to give instructions to a computer. When a web page responds to keystrokes from a keyboard or mouse actions, it is usually thanks to JavaScript. JavaScript is widely popular and the preferred programming language for most web developers.


The most common JavaScript frameworks available to front-end developers are:

  • Angular
  • React.js
  • Vue.js



Now you know the concepts for how to write basic front-end code to create structured, stylized, and dynamic websites. Let’s see how we can push this knowledge even further. 

Step five: Here comes, Version Control

Every developer has their own ideas about the best ways to code/program a website, but they all agree that Version Control is the most essential part of building a website. Version Control manages all your project’s files so that you can keep track of all your builds and changes.

Git is the world’s most popular version control system due to its flexibility. It remembers any change ever made to a project, making it easy to revert to earlier versions; it allows for multiple people to work on a project simultaneously.

Step six: Create some cool kick-ass projects

Research about amazing beginner projects which can help you understand the process in more depth. Maybe start by building your personal website, restaurant templates, calculator using JavaScript, etc.

The more you practice and the more you build, the more intuitive the entire process will become for you. Before you know it, building websites and applications will become second nature.

PS: Wait for the upcoming blog posts for more details! ✌️

Now that you know the steps you need to take, Happy designing people! 😎

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