Introducing the MDN Curriculum: Charting Your Course to Front-End Mastery

Exciting news for aspiring and established web developers alike! MDN Web Docs has unveiled its new Curriculum, a structured and comprehensive guide designed to equip new front-end developers with the essential skills and knowledge needed for success in today's dynamic web industry.

For years, MDN has been an invaluable resource for web professionals, known for its in-depth reference documentation. Now, with the launch of the MDN Curriculum, it's providing a clear pathway for those looking to kickstart or enhance their front-end development journey.

What makes the MDN Curriculum stand out?

• Structured Learning: The curriculum offers a defined roadmap, breaking down the vast world of front-end development into manageable modules. This eliminates the guesswork for learners on what to study and in what order.
  
  
• Essential Skillset: It focuses on the core competencies every front-end developer needs, from the fundamentals of Web Standards, Semantic HTML, and CSS fundamentals, to JavaScript fundamentals, Accessibility, and Version Control.
  
  
• Beyond the Code: The curriculum recognizes the importance of "soft skills" crucial for career success. Modules also touch on areas like design principles for developers and essential practices for collaboration and problem-solving.
  
  
• Free and Accessible: True to MDN's mission, the curriculum is entirely free and self-paced, making high-quality web development education accessible to everyone.
  
  
• Community-Driven and Industry-Relevant: Developed by the MDN team with input from a wide range of students, educators, and experienced developers, the curriculum is designed to meet the demands of the current job market.
  
  
• Recommended Resources: While the curriculum provides the structure, it also points to high-quality learning resources, including MDN's own extensive documentation and interactive platforms like Scrimba's Frontend Developer Career Path.

The Curriculum Modules

You can also Learn the curriculum with Scrimba and become job ready in no time! Scrimba's Frontend Developer Career Path teaches the MDN Curriculum Core with fun interactive lessons and challenges, knowledgeable teachers, and a supportive community. Go from zero to landing your first front-end job!

Getting Started Modules

• Soft skills: Develop a great attitude towards learning, researching, and collaborating to enhance your chances of success.
  
  
• Environment setup: Familiarize yourself with your development environment and the tools you'll use to build websites.

Core Modules

• Web standards: Understand how the web works at a high level, and the process for creating web technologies.
  
  
• Semantic HTML: Learn the fundamentals of HTML, the language used to define and structure web content.
  
  
• CSS fundamentals: Dive into the fundamentals of CSS, the language you'll use to style and layout websites.
  
  
• CSS text styling: Focus on using CSS to style text and apply custom web fonts.
  
  
• CSS layout: Learn modern techniques for creating flexible layouts that work on a wide variety of devices.
  
  
• JavaScript fundamentals: Focus on the core JavaScript language and fundamental surrounding topics.
  
  
• Accessibility: Understand the need for universal access to web content and how to write accessible code.
  
  
• Design for developers: Appreciate basic design theory, how to speak design language, and what makes websites look good.
  
  
• Version control: Understand why version control is necessary, and use GitHub to store code and collaborate with others.

Extensions Modules

• Transform & animate CSS: Add animations to your toolbox to enhance user experience and perceived performance.
  
  
• Custom JS objects: Create custom JavaScript objects to gain a deeper understanding of object-oriented programming.
  
  
• Web APIs: Study common WebAPIs in depth to appreciate how WebAPIs work in general.
  
  
• Performance: Explore how to create performant, fast-loading websites and enhance perceived performance.
  
  
• Security and privacy: Learn how to protect data from unauthorized access and how to treat user data responsibly.
  
  
• Testing: Explore the need for testing, and learn how to implement common test types.
  
  
• JavaScript frameworks: Study the features of popular JavaScript frameworks, and use them to implement common use cases.
  
  
• CSS tooling: Look at popular CSS tooling and understand what code problems they can solve.
  
  
• Other tooling types: Understand the purpose and usage of other tooling types commonly found in a web project.

Whether you're just starting your coding journey or looking to solidify your foundational knowledge and boost your employability, the MDN Curriculum offers a clear, comprehensive, and trusted guide. Dive in and start building a better web today!