The Future of Front End Development: Will AI Replace It?

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If you don't know about the Frontend developer job, it is basically a developer who develops the UI part of a website/app. This type of developer works mainly on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, Angular, and Vue technologies.

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The job market for Frontend developers is still very large. But what about the future?

As of 2024, new AI tools have emerged like V0 by Vercel, Claude.ai, ChatGPT, Gemini by Google, and many more. Using these tools, anyone can create UI elements if given the right prompts.

Nowadays, many claim that anyone can be a Frontend developer. But this is not completely true.

We can create UI Components using these tools, but we still need developers who will fix the bugs in these AI-developed UI elements. For example, some alignment issues, sizes (width and heights), and more complex UI can't be created in one prompt or using these AI tools alone.

Basically, these AI tools will help to increase the productivity of Frontend developers; the same can be applied to backend or any developer.

Due to AI, entry-level jobs might vanish, but not senior-level jobs.

I believe this because what the entry-level Frontend developer does can be done with the help of AI tools by any senior developer.

Also, there are many tools being developed which primarily focus on developing code, which we need to take into consideration. Redundant work, like writing unit tests, reusing the same code with little change, and creating basic components can be done with the help of AI.

How you can leverage AI to improve your skills as a front-end developer

1. Using AI, try to develop complex projects. You can use AI for developing small parts of it, but high-level design and low-level code design you have to do yourself.

2. Become a master in writing correct and detailed prompts so that you get what you want from these AI tools.

3. Focus on problem-solving and debugging skills. Improve them, meaning leverage AI to enhance these skills.

These are the points you can consider to become a great developer using AI. With this read everyday about AI, New technologies, Blogs related to AI in software development; to keep up to date with current market trends.

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