I'm a senior back end dev, what's the best way to learn front end?

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So yeah, 8 years of experience as a developer and yet I know nothing of the current front end stack, aside from the bases of CSS and HTML that I learned really long ago. React, vue, SCSS, webpack... nothing.What would be the best path to learn front end development so I can transition to full stack? I know it's a field that tends to change constantly, so I'd hopefully want updated resources.I must say that my goal is for my skills to be marketable, so the more mainstream the approach the better.

lpellegr · Accepted Answer

I was in the same situation about 5 years ago: a lot of experience as a backend engineer and no real experience in frontend. Today, I am quite proud of what I know and built: noticeable.io, especially the dashboard.
My bet was to "learn" about the Web platform and not a specific framework. However, to build a Single Page App, you need a library. At that time, I fell in love with Polymer as a minimal library to create a Single Page App. Nowadays, this is replaced by Lit (lit.dev). The library is minimal and aims to use the Web platform as much as possible. I suggest giving it a look.
Besides, when I say "learn", I mean developing a project or something from scratch. You will most probably end up using TypeScript, Jest, Rollup/Webpack and Lit ;)
Good luck!

PaulHoule · Answer

create-react-app