Professional Learning Path

Your Path to Becoming a Senior Web Developer!

The professional path starts by gaining a deep understanding of the inner workings of the JavaScript language. Will’s course emphasizes in-depth knowledge and technical communication, two skills necessary for becoming a high-performing engineer.

Kyle’s course continues the in-depth exploration of JavaScript by reinforcing many of the foundational concepts covered in Will’s course while going deeper into topics like types, coercion, scope, and modules.

The React course builds an entire real-world, modern application from scratch using a modern development workflow! Whether you’re writing pure JavaScript, Vue, or Angular, you should get a lot out of this course on how to build a real-world web application.

Many JavaScript developers quickly jump into a framework before understanding the power and potential of Vanilla JS. Use Max’s course to understand why you might not need a framework.

Measuring and building high-performance websites is critical to being an effective professional developer. Not only will your content load faster, but it improves the discoverability of your websites and web apps.

An essential part of building a website is laying out the design. Jen teaches you to implement modern design techniques using Flexbox and CSS Grid.

Eventually, you’ll need to deploy your code to the outside world, which requires an entirely different set of skills. There are many off-the-shelf deployment options, but knowing the basics of systems administration allows you to effectively communicate with the server team and make better decisions about your code.

TypeScript has become a standard in many professional development environments. A fundamental understanding of TypeScript will give you the tools to work in and evolve large code bases.

Functional programming with tools like map/reduce/filter, pure functions, and immutability allows you to write more predictable and bug-free code.

The optional courses below will help you get to know your tools better and improve your design skills. Visual Studio Code is today’s most popular code editor for web developers. Chrome Dev Tools have a ton of features most developers aren’t using. Plus, designing and using SVG are skills that can go beyond code and give you more autonomy over your work.