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JavaScript

Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points
Posted by Kevin Faust
Kevin Faust
15,353 Points

Do you need to advanced html+css for javascript jobs?

All i know is how to create text on a page and add pictures/links as well as basic css such as changing background color and font color. If i master all javascript aspects by doing the javascript track, would I still need to master html+css? What are some specs of being a front end web developer?

2 Answers

Chad Donohue
Chad Donohue
5,657 Points

Knowing HTML and CSS will be extremely helpful for your career as a front end developer.

Think of it in these terms:

  • HTML defines structure
  • CSS defines presentation
  • JS defines behavior

Knowing how these three pieces fit together and the role that each one has in front end development is extremely useful and will let you divide problems and solve them in the proper way.

Hope this helps!

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

I will agree with Chad on this. A front-end developer's job is to create the frontend of the site, like how Chad states, HTML, CSS, and JS. You might also need to learn some preprocessors like SASS, LESS and also some frameworks like Bootstrap. When writing JS you often evoke CSS to an element, so knowing CSS is huge even with JS. So I will say yearn the basics of HTML, know its sematic structure, and learn CSS and JS as best as your can. The more you know the more you can do, and then the more jobs are available. Also I highly recommend learning a backend language as well. I would start with Python then see where you want to go, like PHP, Ruby and so on.