Front-End Developer Handbook 2017

by Cody Lindley

This is a guide that anyone could use to learn about the practice of front-end development. It broadly outlines and discusses the practice of front-end engineering: how to learn it and what tools are used when practicing it in 2017.
It is specifically written with the intention of being a professional resource for potential and currently practicing front-end developers to equip themselves with learning materials and development tools. Secondarily, it can be used by managers, CTOs, instructors, and head hunters to gain insights into the practice of front-end development.
The content of the handbook favors web technologies (HTML, CSS, DOM, and JavaScript) and those solutions that are directly built on top of these open technologies. The materials referenced and discussed in the book are either best in class or the current offering to a problem.
The book should not be considered a comprehensive outline of all resources available to a front-end developer. The value of the book is tied up in a terse, focused, and timely curation of just enough categorical information so as not to overwhelm anyone on any one particular subject matter.
The intention is to release an update to the content yearly.

The handbook is divided into three parts.

Part I. The Front-End Practice
Part one broadly describes the practice of front-end engineering.

Part II: Learning Front-End Development
Part two identifies self-directed and direct resources for learning to become a front-end developer.

Part III: Front-End Development Tools
Part three briefly explains and identifies tools of the trade.

Genres: Technology

156 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Cody Lindley is a front-end/JavaScript developer and recovering Flash developer. He has an extensive background working professionally (20+ years) with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and client-side performance techniques as it pertains to web development. If he is not wielding client-side code he is likely toying with interface/interaction design or front-end application architecture. When not sitting in front of a computer, it's a sure bet he is hanging out with his wife & three boys in Meridian, Idaho. In his spare time Cody is working towards being a "One Dollar Apologist" and enjoys defending the evidence for a classical Christian world-view with reason and empathy at c-m-c-a.com.

Reviews

[Maksim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Является очень показательным момент, что дочитываю книгу в конце года, некоторые конкретные подходы и технологии уже были замещены, а не которые вопросы в книге уже были даны ответы.

[Julia Roslyakova · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent bunch of links to start.

[Julia Yakutova · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is not really a book it is useful collection of links separated by modules. I think Cody did really good job. You could find all the information if you google it but Cody already did it for you and added some comments. I spent few hours to browse through and find out gaps in my knowledge about modern web-development.

[Piotr Stapp · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is not exactly a book, rather a bunch of useful links. A great resource for a fast scan to check interesting parts.

I scrolled most of it, but few technologies and links I will explore more.