Front-End Development Skill Assessment

作者：Coursera • 更新于 Aug 4, 2025

Test your front-end development skills with this quick assessment. Answer 10 multiple-choice questions to get your score, then check the scoring guide to find your level and recommended learning path.

Front-End Development Quiz

A front-end developer is a type of software developer who creates the user-facing side of websites and applications. You can start working as a front-end developer once you have developed the core base of skills required for entry-level roles, and as you gain experience, progress to more advanced roles.

Take the quiz below to better understand your current skill level and explore courses designed to take you to the next level of your front-end development career.

Test Structure

10 multiple-choice questions
Takes approximately 5-10 minutes
Immediate results with course recommendations

Answer the following skill-based questions and click Submit to calculate your score. Use your score to find recommendations that align with your current skill level and explore courses that interest you.

1. What is the purpose of the alt attribute in an HTML image tag?

2. Which CSS selector has the highest specificity?

3. What will be the output of: console.log(2 + "2")?

4. How do you properly center a div horizontally and vertically using Flexbox?

5. What is the purpose of the useEffect hook in React?

6. What is a closure in JavaScript?

7. Which HTTP method should be used for a request that retrieves data?

8. What is the purpose of media queries in CSS?

9. What is the Virtual DOM in React?

10. What is the difference between localStorage and sessionStorage?

Scoring Guide & Course Recommendations

Your quiz score above aligns with a general proficiency level of beginner, intermediate, or advanced. Match your score to the ranges below and explore course recommendations below to expand your skill sets.

0-30: Beginner Level

Skill Level: New to web development, familiar with basic computer usage
Recommended Coursera Courses:
- HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers by Johns Hopkins University
  1. Perfect starting point covering all fundamentals
  2. Includes hands-on projects
- Web Design for Everybody: Basics of Web Development & Coding Specialization by University of Michigan
  1. Comprehensive introduction to web development
  2. Covers HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
- Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSSby Duke University
  1. Great for absolute beginners
  2. Focus on programming concepts through web technologies

40-70: Intermediate Level

Skill Level: Comfortable with basics, ready for frameworks and advanced concepts
Recommended Coursera Courses:
- Front-End Web Development with React Specialization by NIIT
  1. Comprehensive React.js training
  2. Covers components, routing, and state management
- Developing Front-End Apps with React by IBM
  1. Interactive User Interfaces
  2. Application of Advanced React features
- Programming with Javascript by Meta
  1. JavaScript programming concepts
  2. Covers event-driven programming

80-100: Advanced Level

Skill Level: Experienced developer ready for advanced concepts and optimization
Recommended Coursera Courses:
- Full-Stack Web Development with React Specialization by NIIT
  1. Advanced React patterns
  2. Redux, testing, and deployment
- Advanced React by Meta
  1. Advanced component patterns
  2. Performance optimization
  3. Integration testing
- Frontend Development Using React by Board Infinity
  1. Advanced react techniques
  2. Interactive web application development

Career Paths

Your front-end development career path will be unique to your strengths and interests. Below are some common roles at different skill levels. Explore our front-end developer career roadmap to better understand digital marketing roles and the skills needed to advance from beginner to advanced.

Beginner Level: Junior Frontend Developer, Web Content Developer, HTML/CSS Developer, UI Developer Assistant
Intermediate Level: Frontend Developer, UI Developer, React Developer, Web Application Developer
Advanced Level: Senior Frontend Developer, Frontend Architect, Lead Frontend Engineer, Technical Team Lead

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