Front-End Developer Jobs in Nigeria (Page 2)

Who is a frontend developer?

A front-end developer is a type of software developer who specializes in creating and designing the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) of websites and web applications. The primary responsibility of a front-end developer is to ensure that the visual and interactive aspects of a website or application are user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, and functionally efficient.

A front-end developer has one general responsibility: to ensure that website visitors can easily interact with the page. They do this through the combination of design, technology and programming to code a website’s appearance, as well as taking care of debugging. Whenever you visit a website, anything that you see, click on or otherwise use is the work of a front-end developer.

Job description of a front-end developer

• Optimizing the user experience.

• Using HTML, JavaScript and CSS to bring concepts to life.

• Developing and maintaining the user interface.

• Implementing design on mobile websites.

• Creating tools that improve site interaction regardless of the browser.

• Managing software workflow.

• Following SEO best practices.

• Fixing bugs and testing for usability

Skills of a front-end developer 

• Content Management Systems (aka CMS)

• Node.js

• Cross-Browser Testing

• Cross-Platform Testing

• Unit Testing

• Cross-Device Testing

• Accessibility / WAI-ARIA

• Interaction or User Interface Design

• User Experience

• Usability

• Wireframing

• CSS Layout / Grids

• DOM Manipulation (e.g., jQuery)

• Mobile Web Performance

• Load Testing

• Performance Testing

• Progressive Enhancement / Graceful Degradation

• Version Control (e.g., GIT)

• MVC / MVVM / MV*

• Functional Programming

• Data Formats (e.g., JSON, XML)

• Data APIs (e.g Restful API)

• Web Font Embedding

• Scalable Vector Graphics (aka SVG)

• Regular Expressions

• Microdata / Microformats

• Task Runners, Build Tools, Process Automation Tools

• Responsive Web Design

• Object-Oriented Programming

• Application Architecture

• Modules

• Dependency Managers

• Package Managers

• JavaScript Animation

• CSS Animation

• Charts / Graphs

• Code Quality Testing

• Code Coverage Testing

• Code Complexity Analysis

• Integration Testing

• Command Line / CLI

• Templating Engines

• Single Page Applications

• XHR Requests (aka AJAX)

• Web/Browser Security

• HTML Semantics