Inspired by JSParty #77, a breakdown of 5 of the top skills for junior JavaScript developers to learn.

My personal favorite point is this one on the importance of looking for bigger picture patterns:

One of the great things about front-end development in 2019 is that despite the abundance of frameworks, we’ve also started to see some big megatrends that are true across frameworks. This is good news for developers because it means that as you go deep in one framework you can still pick up skills that will translate to others if need be.