Want a Web Dev Job? Master These Front-End Essentials

Want to land a front-end job in today’s market? You’ll need more than HTML and CSS. Employers are looking for developers with serious skills in frameworks, performance, mobile-first design, and API integration.

August 11, 2025

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Top 3 Front-End Skills to Highlight on Your Resume

  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and TypeScript
    These are non-negotiable. You need rock-solid fluency in the foundational web stack (plus TypeScript, which is now a baseline requirement in many teams).

  • React, Angular, or Vue
    Modern JavaScript frameworks are essential. Companies expect fluency in at least one, plus hands-on experience with state management and routing.

  • Responsive Design & Mobile-First Development
    You need to build mobile-first. That means clean UI on all screen sizes, performance on low-powered devices, and full accessibility support.

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What Else Should You Know?

Beyond the basics, here’s what makes front-end developers stand out today:

  • Advanced CSS Layout (Flexbox, Grid, media queries)

  • Real Performance Optimization (image compression, lazy loading, code splitting)

  • Testing and Debugging with Jest, Mocha, and Cypress

  • API Integration with REST and GraphQL

  • Dev Tools like Git, Chrome DevTools, and Lighthouse

  • Soft Skills like Agile workflows, version control, and communication

Modern front-end development is about making them work fast, work everywhere, and work reliably. If you can prove that with projects, GitHub commits, or side work, you’re already ahead of the pack.

That’s it for today.

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