When you’re trying to learn something new—whether you’re a beginner, mentoring a junior developer, or preparing someone for frontend interviews—one challenge keeps coming up: where to start.
Many developers jump straight into frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular, hoping to quickly build something impressive. But without understanding the core fundamentals of web development, this approach often leads to confusion, frustration, and burnout.
In my experience as a senior frontend engineer, I’ve seen time and time again that mastering the fundamentals—HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and the browser itself—makes everything else easier. When you understand how the web works under the hood, you can switch between frameworks or tools confidently. You won’t get stuck when the abstraction breaks or the tutorial ends.
Let me be clear: you don’t need to master every framework out there. In fact, if you’re strong in fundamentals, TypeScript, and you understand the core principles of frontend architecture, adapting to any tool or library becomes second nature.
This blog series will walk you through the essential building blocks of frontend development, one piece at a time.
Stay tuned for the next post, where we’ll dive into how browsers really work—the foundation for everything else you build on the web.
