React
Use a project where React changes a real implementation decision. Show the code, artifact, test, metric or operational evidence behind the claim.
CAREER PATH · Frontend Developer
Prove you can ship interfaces people can actually use.
Focus on accessible interaction, data loading, responsiveness, performance and maintainable component systems.
ReactTypeScriptAccessibilityPerformanceTestingCSS
WHAT TO PROVE
Turn role requirements into visible evidence.
A portfolio is stronger when each project makes one or two important capabilities easy to inspect instead of trying to mention every technology at once.
TypeScript
Use a project where TypeScript changes a real implementation decision. Show the code, artifact, test, metric or operational evidence behind the claim.
Accessibility
Use a project where Accessibility changes a real implementation decision. Show the code, artifact, test, metric or operational evidence behind the claim.
Performance
Use a project where Performance changes a real implementation decision. Show the code, artifact, test, metric or operational evidence behind the claim.
Testing
Use a project where Testing changes a real implementation decision. Show the code, artifact, test, metric or operational evidence behind the claim.
CSS
Use a project where CSS changes a real implementation decision. Show the code, artifact, test, metric or operational evidence behind the claim.
RECOMMENDED PROJECTS
6 projects for the Frontend Developer path.
Choose one project you can finish, deploy and explain deeply. Quality of proof matters more than collecting unfinished repositories.
Intermediate1 weekend
Accessible Product Dashboard
Build a responsive data dashboard with optimistic UI, keyboard navigation, performance budgets and accessible states.
ReactTypeScriptAccessibilityPerformanceTesting
Open project brief →Advanced2 weekends
Realtime Collaboration Board
Create a multiplayer board with presence, optimistic updates, conflict handling and reconnect states.
ReactWebSocketsState managementRealtime UXTesting
Open project brief →Intermediate1–2 weekends
Production Checkout Experience
Build a checkout flow with validation, loading/error states, saved carts and accessibility.
FormsTypeScriptAccessibilityState machinesTesting
Open project brief →Intermediate2 weekends
Component Design System
Create reusable components, tokens, documentation and visual regression coverage.
Design systemsReactCSSStorybookTesting
Open project brief →Advanced2 weekends
Offline-First Field App
Ship a PWA that remains useful with weak connectivity and synchronizes safely when online.
PWAService workersIndexedDBSync UXPerformance
Open project brief →Intermediate1 weekend
Web Performance Optimization Lab
Take a deliberately slow interface and document measurable improvements to loading and interaction.
Core Web VitalsProfilingCode splittingImagesCaching
Open project brief →HOW TO USE THESE PROJECTS
Build, document, then make the proof easy to review.
Pick one missing signal
Choose the project that best fills a gap in your current portfolio rather than the one with the longest technology list.
Ship a working core
Keep scope small enough to finish. A deployed, testable core gives you more evidence than an ambitious unfinished system.
Document the tradeoffs
Explain architecture, constraints, failure states, testing and what you would change with more time.
Validate the work
Use SkillChirp discovery and Battles where appropriate to expose the project to outside feedback instead of leaving it hidden in a repository.
Make the project visible.
After you ship it, use the rest of SkillChirp to get discovery, validation and feedback instead of leaving the work hidden in a repository.