The complex world of front-end development: What do you really need to know?​

The trends in front-end development alternate at breakneck speed. But there are a few that remain standing:

• The sharing economy
• The basis remains JavaScript

The sharing economy

The sharing economy is not only materialistic in nature. Sharing knowledge is an increasing trend among front-end developers. Platforms like Github, Hubspot and StackOverflow are the places to be for questions and answers, sharing pieces of code and build upon. The benefits of this are endless:

1. It makes your job easier
2. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel
3. It leaves room for innovation
4. Collaboration towards sustainable clean code

The base continues JavaScript

JavaScript remains the basis of front-end development. The open-source piece is important to the sharing community. JavaScript can best be seen as a collective name, as it lays the foundation for Angular6, ReactJS, VueJS, and also ES8, the very latest front-end version. In 5 years we will probably talk about other stacks, but JavaScript remains the basis.