In addition to having a bachelor’s degree, entry-level developers should have experience with JavaScript, CSS, and HTML and have completed an internship, cooperative education experience, volunteer opportunity, or a part-time job with a JavaScript development company
JavaScript developers should have expertise using JavaScript frameworks (React, Angular, Backbone JS, Node.js, Vue.js, etc.) and libraries (JQuery, D3.js, Underscore.js, etc.); strong knowledge of web markup languages, including HTML5, and Cascading Style Sheets; and excellent debugging and optimization skills. They also need knowledge of back-end programming languages, information security protocols and practices, database design and management; web application architecture; algorithms and their formulation; proprietary and open-source libraries for building user interfaces or components; and GitHub, a popular code hosting platform for version control and collaboration.
Important personal traits for developers include drive and self-motivation; top-notch communication, collaboration, organizational, time-management, and leadership skills; flexibility; creativity; a detail-oriented and big-picture–focused mindset, and strong analytical ability.
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