# Frontend Masters Front-End Developer Handbook / Learning Roadmap

A guide to modern front-end web development / engineering.

Repository: https://github.com/FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook-2024
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/frontend-masters-front-end-developer-handbook-learning-roadmap
Homepage: https://frontendmasters.com/guides/front-end-handbook/2024/
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Topics: book, front-end, front-end-development, frontend
Last push: 2025-08-21T21:38:09+00:00
Link (homepage): https://frontendmasters.com/guides/front-end-handbook/2024/

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 49/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 38, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1527, "days_push": 377, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1404, forks 99 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:38.039905+00:00)

## What it is
A yearly open-source handbook by Frontend Masters (written by Cody Lindley) that curates the practice of front-end development, learning resources, and tools. It serves as a professional guide and learning roadmap for aspiring and practicing front-end developers.

## Use cases
- learn front-end web development from scratch
- find curated resources for learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- plan a roadmap to become a front-end developer
- understand what tools front-end engineers use
- get an overview of the front-end engineering field for hiring or teaching

## When to choose
- you want a free, curated, high-level guide to front-end development
- you need a structured learning roadmap with vetted resources
- you are a manager or instructor seeking an overview of the front-end practice

## When to avoid
- you need an interactive course or hands-on tutorials rather than a curated reference
- you need up-to-date content for the current year and only the older editions are available
- you need a resource licensed for commercial redistribution (CC BY-NC-ND license)

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, tutorials, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: handbook, learning-roadmap, frontend-masters, curated-resources, html-css-javascript, web-server

## Member repositories
- FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook-2024 (main) score 49
- FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook-2018 (docs) score 32
- FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook-2019 (docs) score 32
- FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook-2017 (docs) score 32
- FrontendMasters/learning-roadmap (docs) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.039905+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:22:38.632214+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FrontendMasters/front-end-handbook-2024 (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:38.039905+00:00, sha ce0ba8982e22)
  - homepage: https://frontendmasters.com/guides/front-end-handbook/2024/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:13:10.551834+00:00, sha ff269bdae99d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.