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JavaScript

Posted by Benjamin Hedgepeth
Benjamin Hedgepeth
5,672 Points

JavaScript Development question

I wanted to gain some knowledge as to what JavaScript Developers do for the purpose of making the right decision on what path I want to take. What do they do? What is their extent of HTML and CSS knowledge and involvement?

1 Answer

Alec Plummer
Alec Plummer
15,181 Points
Alec Plummer
Alec Plummer
15,181 Points

It really depends on the work you are doing. JS can be found on the front end and back end (node.js). In terms of front end development, you will need to know html and css pretty well and how to manipulate DOM elements. Most of what you will be doing is adding interactivity to websites and/or creating various features/functionality for web apps.

Do you have specific project types you would like to work on? Javascript is literally everywhere now lol.