Front-End Developer
Build the interfaces people actually use — modern JavaScript, React and professional UI. The most visible route into six-figure software work.
Median salary $105,000 · 40-week programme · from $87/week
The skills this track builds
Every one of these appears in real job descriptions for this field.
Used by: All roles
Used by: All roles
Phase by phase
Foundations (wks 1–8): modern JavaScript (types, scope, closures, async), the DOM, and CSS layout to a professional standard.
React core (wks 9–20): components, props, state and hooks, data fetching, forms, and component architecture.
Professional front-end (wks 21–32): design systems and accessible UI, performance, testing, TypeScript, and a real app build.
Capstone & placement (wks 33–40): a portfolio-grade application, the Skills Passport, interview phase and the hiring funnel.
Certification preparation: OpenJS Node.js (JSNAD-adjacent JS depth) · portfolio-led hiring.
Live, mentored, and built to stick
Live small-cohort classes, a weekly 1:1 mentor, hands-on labs, and a spaced-repetition system so week-3 skills are sharp in week 30.
Front-End Developer — free brochure
Build the interfaces people actually use — modern JavaScript, React and professional UI. The most visible route into six-figure software work.
- The skills you'll master — and the jobs that pay for them
- How Derry teaches: live classes, a personal mentor, spaced repetition
- Salary ranges, certifications and where this leads
- Exactly how to become a student
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