FreeCodeCamp.org: Front End Development Libraries

Overview

FreeCodeCamp.org offers a certification in Front End Development Libraries, focusing on popular libraries used in the industry to enhance skills in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Key Libraries Covered:

• Bootstrap
• jQuery
• Sass
• React
• Redux
• React and Redux Combined

Courses and Content

Bootstrap

• A front end framework for responsive web design.
• Mobile-first approach, includes pre-built CSS styles and JavaScript.
• Topics include responsive design, Bootstrap grid, custom CSS, and Font Awesome icons.
• Progress: 0/31 challenges completed.

jQuery

• JavaScript library that simplifies client-side scripting.
• Ensures code works across different browsers.
• Focuses on selecting, removing, cloning, and modifying page elements.
• Progress: 0/18 challenges completed.

Sass (Syntactically Awesome StyleSheets)

• CSS language extension to simplify and maintain styles.
• Features: variables, nesting, mixins, logic, and loops.
• Progress: 0/9 challenges completed.

React

• JavaScript library for building component-driven UIs.
• Combines HTML and JavaScript in JSX format.
• Teaches component creation, state management, and lifecycle methods.
• Progress: 0/47 challenges completed.

Redux

• State management library for JavaScript applications.
• Learn about Redux stores, actions, reducers, and middleware.
• Progress: 0/17 challenges completed.

React and Redux

• Integrates React with Redux for managing shared data.
• Focuses on building React components and state management with Redux.
• Progress: 0/10 challenges completed.

Projects

• Application of learned skills in 5 projects to earn certification.
  • Random Quote Machine
  • Markdown Previewer
  • Drum Machine
  • JavaScript Calculator
  • 25 + 5 Clock

Additional Resources

Other Certifications:

• Certified Full Stack Developer Curriculum (Beta)
• A2 and B1 English for Developers

Interview and Job Prep:

• The Odin Project
• Coding Interview Prep
• Project Euler

Archived Courses:

• Responsive Web Design
• JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures
• Data Visualization
• Scientific Computing with Python

Professional Certifications:

• Foundational C# with Microsoft Certification

Mission and Support

• FreeCodeCamp is a non-profit aiming to help people learn to code for free.
• Supported by donations which go toward educational initiatives.
• Offers a variety of learning resources freely available to the public.
• Encourages donations to support its mission.

Additional Guides

• REST APIs, Clean Code, TypeScript, JavaScript, and more.

Mobile App

• Available on the App Store and Google Play.

Community and Policies

• About, Alumni Network, Open Source, Shop, Support, Sponsors, Academic Honesty, Code of Conduct, Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, Copyright Policy.