With the drastic movement of technologies over this past decade, there is no running away from the fact that front-end technologies have really advanced and catching the world of web development in surprise.
“Great web design without functionality is like a sports car with no engine.”
– Paul Cookson
So in order to be able to stay in the loop of this emerging technologies and be relevant in the world of web development a front-end developer has to be able to comprehend and understand how the user thinks, what they love, what they want to see, the trends in the world of web development and finally the best front-end technologies that best suits this tasks
Here is a list of front-end technologies a front-end developer needs to know:
Vue.js
Vue.js has turned out to be a competitor for Angular and React, and that may be quite a surprise for some. It is easy to understand their surprise, too. Vue.js was developed and launched by an ex-Google employee, Evan You; it doesn’t have any large IT companies (like Facebook or Google) behind it to provide support, thus it is often referred to as a one-man project.
Vue.js has one purpose: it exists to make the user interface development easier and simpler, and it completely fulfills this task; however, just like any other framework, it has its advantages and disadvantages.
Next.js
Next.js is backed by Zeit company. It was developed for server-rendering React applications. The number of such web apps tends to be growing, which is another web development trend. The Next.js web framework is a response to Vue.js on React’s behalf. If you combine React with Next.js, you get as close to what Vue.js offers you as possible in terms of development simplicity.
Angular
Even though we started this list with Vue.js, Angular remains one of the most popular front end frameworks. It is not going to disappear anytime soon, so let’s take a look at what Angular is going to bring us this year.
December 2017 brought us a long-awaited Christmas present: Angular 5. It included such new features as the support of PWAs, build optimizer, and some improvements to Material Design implementation. Many experts say it is the best frontend framework 2020.
Gatsby
Gatsby is a reflection of the new front end 2020 trends that have arrived. It is a framework built by Kyle Matthews for developing static websites. Gatsby is a perfect fit for those who aim to use the latest technologies but have a restriction on budget.
React
React is an open-source, front end, JavaScript library for building user interfaces or UI components. It is maintained by Facebook and a community of individual developers and companies. React can be used as a base in the development of single-page or mobile applications.
Thanks for reading, if you have great suggestions about other front-end technologies that are not listed yet in this blog post kindly comment them
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