Front-End Development Trends

Sometimes we hold so much in our projects that we forget to see what's going on in the rest of the world. As developers, especially as full stack developers, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to stay up to date with every detail of technology. I feel that everything is becoming a specialized skill. The breadth of knowledge you need to have to call yourself, let's say,

- Sahil Malik

a front-end developer is quite expansive and specialized. I thought it would be a good idea to focus an article on the latest trends in front-end development. Yes, we've all heard those rejoinders, like HTML is not a programming language, but let me assure you, it's definitely a specialized skill.

In this article, I'll go through some interesting new trends that have emerged in front-end development.

Semantic HTML

When HTML was first created, it was used to present some basic formatting. You could bold certain text, you could underline certain text, etc. Later, this activity became interactive with forms. Over time, these forms became more complicated and AJAX-based tools really unleashed the possibility of what could be possible in a browser. Then, paired with the additional complexity of security and the fact that accessibility has become extremely important and essential, our plain old HTML friend started clearly showing its age. As a result, HTML had to evolve.

These days, the vast majority of new applications are served through the browser. In fact, sit back and think about it: How many new products that have been launched in the last 10 years that you use on your laptop or desktop are not web applications?

Most of these websites have some common features. They all seem to have a header, paragraphs, navigation footers, etc. For the longest time, we've been trying to twist tags, like div and span, with some clever CSS to act like a header, paragraphs, navigation footers, etc. Semantic HTML changes that.

Semantic HTML is a way of writing HTML that focuses on the meaning of the content rather than just its presentation. It involves using HTML elements that describe the structure and purpose of the content, making it more readable, accessible, and maintainable. Semantic HTML uses elements that provide meaning to the structure of the web page.