Learn Frontend Development in 180 Days.

180-Day Frontend Development Roadmap
A Professional, Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming a Frontend Developer

This roadmap is designed to take you from absolute beginner to job-ready frontend developer in 180 days. Pair this daily plan with the official CodeWithDhanian ebook: The Modern Frontend Handbook: Learn, Build & Launch in 180 Days for full explanations, code examples, and practice projects.

Phase 1: HTML Foundations (Days 1–20)

Day 1: Introduction to frontend development and how the web works
Day 2: What is HTML and setting up your development environment
Day 3: HTML document structure and first web page
Day 4: Headings, paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines
Day 5: Lists: ordered, unordered, and description lists
Day 6: HTML attributes and nesting elements
Day 7: Anchor tags and linking between pages
Day 8: Images and alt attributes
Day 9: Embedding videos, audio, and iframes
Day 10: Semantic HTML: header, footer, nav, main, article
Day 11: Tables: table, tr, th, td, colspan, rowspan
Day 12: Creating forms: input types, labels, textarea
Day 13: Form controls: checkbox, radio, select, and button
Day 14: Form structure: fieldset, legend, form attributes
Day 15: HTML5 input types and validation
Day 16: Meta tags and SEO basics
Day 17: Create a portfolio homepage using only HTML
Day 18: Create a resume page with semantic tags and sections
Day 19: Combine all pages into a multi-page site
Day 20: Final HTML project: multi-page website with navigation

Phase 2: CSS & Styling (Days 21–50)

Day 21: Introduction to CSS, syntax, and applying styles
Day 22: Inline, internal, and external stylesheets
Day 23: CSS selectors: element, class, ID, grouping
Day 24: Colors, backgrounds, gradients
Day 25: Box model: margin, border, padding, content
Day 26: Width, height, and max/min constraints
Day 27: Text styling: font-size, font-family, weight, line-height
Day 28: Display types: block, inline, inline-block
Day 29: Positioning: static, relative, absolute, fixed, sticky
Day 30: Float and clear
Day 31: Flexbox basics
Day 32: Advanced Flexbox
Day 33: CSS Grid basics
Day 34: Advanced Grid layouts
Day 35: CSS pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements
Day 36: Responsive design principles
Day 37: Media queries
Day 38: CSS transitions and animations
Day 39: CSS variables and custom properties
Day 40: Practice styling a personal website
Day 41: Styling forms and tables
Day 42: Creating a responsive layout
Day 43: Design a landing page from a mockup
Day 44: Create a blog layout
Day 45: CSS best practices and naming conventions
Day 46: Practice: build a UI component library
Day 47: Finalize and review CSS projects
Day 48–50: Build a complete responsive website project

Phase 3: JavaScript Basics (Days 51–90)

Day 51: Intro to JavaScript and setting up dev tools
Day 52: Variables, data types, and console logging
Day 53: Operators and expressions
Day 54: Conditional statements (if, else, switch)
Day 55: Loops (for, while, do-while)
Day 56: Functions and parameters
Day 57: Scope and hoisting
Day 58: Arrays and basic methods
Day 59: Objects and dot notation
Day 60: Practice with arrays and objects
Day 61: Events and event handling
Day 62: DOM Introduction and selectors
Day 63: DOM manipulation (textContent, innerHTML, styles)
Day 64: Adding/removing elements with JS
Day 65: Handling form inputs and submission
Day 66: Error handling and debugging
Day 67: Built-in methods: Math, Date, String
Day 68: JavaScript ES6: let/const, arrow functions
Day 69: Template literals and destructuring
Day 70: Spread/rest operators
Day 71: Array methods: map, filter, reduce
Day 72: Object methods and iteration
Day 73: JSON and data formatting
Day 74: Fetch API and promises
Day 75: Async/await
Day 76–80: Build an interactive to-do app with local storage
Day 81–85: Build a weather dashboard using a public API
Day 86–90: Final JavaScript project: mini SPA with DOM routing

Phase 4: Developer Tools & Git (Days 91–110)

Day 91: Terminal basics
Day 92: Introduction to Git and GitHub
Day 93: Common Git commands
Day 94: Branching and merging
Day 95: Pull requests and collaboration
Day 96: Version control best practices
Day 97: Intro to VS Code and extensions
Day 98: Emmet and code snippets
Day 99: Debugging with DevTools
Day 100: NPM and package management
Day 101–110: Build a full project with Git versioning and collaboration

Phase 5: Advanced Frontend (Days 111–140)

Day 111: CSS frameworks: intro to TailwindCSS
Day 112–115: Practice TailwindCSS components
Day 116: JavaScript modules and bundlers
Day 117: Build tools: Vite, Webpack basics
Day 118–120: Create a Tailwind UI library
Day 121: Introduction to accessibility (a11y)
Day 122: Web performance basics
Day 123: SEO optimization techniques
Day 124–125: Lighthouse and performance audits
Day 126–130: Design to code project (Figma to HTML/CSS/JS)
Day 131: Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) overview
Day 132–135: Build a PWA
Day 136–140: Final advanced project

Phase 6: React Fundamentals (Days 141–170)

Day 141: What is React and why use it?
Day 142: Setting up with Vite + React
Day 143: JSX and rendering components
Day 144: Props and component reusability
Day 145: State management with useState
Day 146: Event handling in React
Day 147: useEffect and lifecycle
Day 148: Lists and keys
Day 149: Forms in React
Day 150: Conditional rendering
Day 151–155: Build a React Notes App
Day 156: React Router basics
Day 157: Navigation and nested routes
Day 158: Context API introduction
Day 159–160: React with API integration (fetch)
Day 161–165: Final React Project (e.g., dashboard or task manager)
Day 166–170: Polish and deploy your React app

Phase 7: Final Portfolio & Launch (Days 171–180)

Day 171–172: Set up your portfolio site
Day 173–174: Add HTML, CSS, and JS projects
Day 175–176: Add React and API projects
Day 177: Write your developer bio and resume
Day 178: Host your site with GitHub Pages, Vercel, or Netlify
Day 179: Share your work on LinkedIn and developer communities
Day 180: Celebrate and apply to frontend jobs or freelance gigs

Continue deepening your knowledge by building, contributing to open-source, or starting your own SaaS projects. Use The Modern Frontend Handbook to revisit topics, follow along code examples, and stay on track in your journey.