Frontend terms
Building interfaces that humans actually enjoy using
Frontend development sits at the intersection of design, performance, and user psychology. This category covers browser rendering, component architecture, state management, accessibility, web APIs, and the frameworks and build tools that modern frontend teams rely on. What users see and interact with is ultimately what your software is — these terms help you build it well.
HTML Meta Tags
Tags in <head> that provide page metadata — title, description, viewport, Open Graph — for browsers, search engines, and social platforms.
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Open Graph Protocol
Meta tags that control how a page appears when shared on social platforms — title, description, image, and URL shown in link previews on Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, Discord, and Twitter/X.
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CSS Grid Template Areas A CSS Grid feature that lets you name regions of a grid and assign elements to them by name, making complex layouts readable and maintainable without calculating column/row numbers.
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CSS Nesting (Native)
Native CSS nesting lets you write nested selectors directly in CSS without a preprocessor — &:hover inside .card applies to .card:hover — available in all modern browsers since 2023 without any build step.
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HTML Meta Tags & SEO PHP 5.0+
Essential meta tags for search engine visibility and social sharing — title, description, canonical, Open Graph, Twitter Card, and structured data.
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Lazy Loading Images
Deferring off-screen image downloads with loading="lazy" — improves initial page load and LCP by only fetching images as they approach the viewport.
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Native dialog Element HTML5
The HTML dialog element provides accessible modals and non-modal dialogs natively — with built-in focus trapping, backdrop rendering, and the Escape key — without JavaScript libraries.
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Browser Storage APIs HTML5
localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB, and cookies — different scopes, capacities, and access patterns for client-side data persistence.
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CSS Custom Properties (Variables) CSS3
Native CSS variables — --primary-color: #4f9cff — that cascade, inherit, and can be updated at runtime via JavaScript.
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HTML Forms — Validation & Accessibility HTML5
Native HTML form validation, input types, and accessibility patterns — using browser built-ins before reaching for JavaScript.
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Semantic HTML HTML5
Using HTML elements for their intended meaning — <article>, <nav>, <main>, <time> — improving accessibility, SEO, and code clarity.
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