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HTML, CSS & JavaScript: The Three Skills Every Developer Must Master Before Chasing Frameworks

Every time I get stuck in a framework, the solution usually comes back to understanding vanilla JavaScript.

Well that is something every beginner to code ends up making atleast once even warned.
Even I too went thorugh the same though I was warned by many of my seniors about it.

I prefer the analogy of a body: HTML is the skeleton, CSS the skin, JS the muscles. (Structure, appearance, and interaction - although CSS has been blurring some lines on interactivity)

Well the foundation are useful but honestly it’s mostly JavaScript that actually takes you back