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"The essentials" seem to be up for debate... but if you break it down in terms of necessity then it speaks for itself. HTTP, FTP, HTTP (general idea of protocal), a history of what web documents are emulating and why, HTML (hit wall), CSS (hit wall), CSS (flex/grid), PHP (to help with componentizing HTML), PHP (hit wall), JavaScript... then - it's up to you. This book: Exercises for Programmers is languages agnostic - and it's set of challenges will very quickly outline what is "essential." If you understand that book, you can pick up Vue or Node on the job. Here's that larger thought process listed out in a post.