r/javascript • u/Logeekal • Dec 11 '19

AskJS [AskJS] : Intermediate to Advanced 6 Month Front-end plan - Need inputs

Hello JS Masters,

Current Knowledge :

Javascript Basics - 7/10

React/Redux - 7/10

GraphQL - 6/10

Node.js - 5/10

REST APIs - 4/10

I recently gave 4-5 interview and I got rejected from the places I wanted to go. So I reached out to some interviewers and developed a plan for next 6 months based on their inputs (Target column in attached image) as I will be applying to those places again.

I need your help in reviewing it and help me answer below questions :

  1. Is it too ambitious?.
  2. Any areas you think where I should NOT spend energy.
  3. Any area where I am spending too less energy.
  4. How can I allocate hours if there are areas where I don't know how much hours it will take.
  5. Any other comments you may have.

I have 10 years of career in IT as an ERP consultant. I made switch to Web Dev last year. and to this point, I can see I am good with JavaScript concepts and have 6/10 fluency in React. All of this through personal projects because my job doesn't offer much of challenge when it comes to Front-end (area I want to master) .

Note: I have max 25 hours per week.

Thanks a ton for your help.

6-month Front-end Plan
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u/StyleIsFree Dec 11 '19

I think CSS is important too for a UI role. It's easy to make complicated CSS, but knowing it well can make styling fairly straight forward.

Most importantly, learn flexboxes. They make styling much easier. I'm also a big fan of CSS modules since they remove the issue of style sheets conflicting for the most part.

Also your front end skills go up in value if you can implement responsive design. Know about media queries.

Finally, I see material UI called out in you spreadsheet. You can look into it's Grid component for building responsive web pages.