3 Impactful JavaScript Projects for Portfolio and Resume to Land Your First Job

You need to showcase your skills inorder to land your first job.

Simply listing your qualifications on the resume isn't enough. Employers want to see how you can apply your skillset in real-world scenarios. A portfolio is an effective tool to showcase your skills and experience.

Here are 3 projects that you can build in a week to showcase your skills.

1. A Web Application that Consumes a Third-Party API

Working with APIs a common task for developers.

This project will demonstrate your skills in API consumption, data manipulation, and reading API documentation. You will learn how to handle API requests and responses, and format and display data in a user-friendly way.

Use any API of your choise like weather API, movie API, news API etc.

2. A Landing Page

Designing a landing page requires an understanding of web design principles.

This project will showcase your ability to create visually appealing web pages, by using layout, typography, and color theory.

You can look up designs on Dribble or Behance and attempt to translate the design to code.

3. Simple E-commerce Site

Creating an e-commerce site shows ability to create functional web applications.

This project will demonstrate your ability to implement features such as authentication, routing, database management, payment gateway etc.

The project doesn't need to be as complex as Amazon or eBay. A simple approach like customers selecting a product, adding it to the cart and completing the purchase is enough.

Demonstrating skills is key to landing your first job, start building these projects today.

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