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Front-end Curriculum Draft

Module 1

  • Semantic markup
  • HTML standards mode and quirks mode
  • HTML fundamentals
    • Classes and IDs
  • CSS fundamentals
    • Selectors
    • Resets and normalizers
    • The box model
      • border-box
  • Mobile design principles
  • Desktop design principles
  • JavaScript fundamentals
    • Variables and functions
    • Data structures
    • Object-oriented JavaScript
    • First-class functions
    • Scopes and closures
    • Types and grammar
    • Node.js basics
  • Test-driven JavaScript
  • Version control

Module 2

  • How the Web Works
    • HTTP actions
    • Request/response headers
  • Browser Events
  • Prototypal inheritance in JavaScript
  • AJAX
  • Client-side debugging strategies
  • User research
  • UX fundamentals
  • UI prototyping
  • UI architecture
  • Usability and accessibility
  • jQuery fundamentals
  • jQuery UI
  • HTML templating (e.g. Handlebars, etc.)
  • Front-end Build Tools and Workflows
  • Intermediate CSS
    • Floats
    • Clearing techniques
    • Writing efficient CSS
    • CSS transitions and animations
    • Translations
  • CSS preprocessors: SASS, LESS, and Stylus
  • Progressive enhancement (and graceful degradation)

Module 3

  • Asynchronous JavaScript
    • Callbacks
    • Promises
  • Functional JavaScript
    • Partial application
    • Currying
    • Immutable data
  • Localization and internationalization
  • Responsive design, media queries, and breakpoints
  • CSS frameworks (e.g. Bootstrap, Foundation, Pure, Skeleton)
  • CSS methodologies
    • OOCSS
    • BEM
    • SMACSS
  • cookie, sessionStorage, and localStorage
  • HTML 5 Media APIs
    • Canvas
    • Web Audio
    • Video
    • WebRTC
  • Flexbox
  • Image replacement techniques
  • Web fonts and responsive typography

Module 4

  • CORS
  • Web components
  • WebSockets
  • Cross-browser development and testing
  • Front-end JavaScript Frameworks
  • Mobile Development with Apache Cordova
  • CDNs and Asset Delivery
  • Offline Caching
  • Client-side security
  • Data visualization wit D3
  • Scalable Vector Graphics
    • Styling SVG
    • Limits of SVG
  • Client-side performance
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