Ask HN: I'm a senior back end dev, what's the best way to learn front end?
So yeah, 8 years of experience as a developer and yet I know nothing of the current front end stack, aside from the bases of CSS and HTML that I learned really long ago. React, vue, SCSS, webpack... nothing.
What would be the best path to learn front end development so I can transition to full stack? I know it's a field that tends to change constantly, so I'd hopefully want updated resources.
I must say that my goal is for my skills to be marketable, so the more mainstream the approach the better.
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My bet was to "learn" about the Web platform and not a specific framework. However, to build a Single Page App, you need a library. At that time, I fell in love with Polymer as a minimal library to create a Single Page App. Nowadays, this is replaced by Lit (lit.dev). The library is minimal and aims to use the Web platform as much as possible. I suggest giving it a look.
Besides, when I say "learn", I mean developing a project or something from scratch. You will most probably end up using TypeScript, Jest, Rollup/Webpack and Lit ;)
Good luck!