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Looking for ideas for projects to practice web development skills? Try one (or all) of our real-world web development projects. This collection includes some of our best web development practice project ideas. They're all based on real world development scenarios, and include Figma files and style guides to help you get started.
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Create an elegant-looking, responsive landing page for an applicant tracking system SaaS app.
Practice essential frontend development skills by building this expandable and collapsable menu component.
Create a responsive, reusable card layout for an event planning website.
Hone your responsive design and JavaScript or React skills by building an RSVP feature for a practical event management application.
Master DOM manipulation, event handling, dynamic CSS styling and more by building a custom toast notification system using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Sharpen your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills by practicing responsive design, dynamic content manipulation, and user interaction in implementing a testimonial carousel for a creator services app.
Create an elegant-looking, responsive profile page for a project management software, allowing users to view and update their personal and account information.
Flex your proficiency with responsive design, CSS Flexbox/Grid, and JavaScript interactivity by creating a Pricing Page for a software-as-a-service application that looks good on desktop and mobile.
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The best practice projects mirror real world assignments. Coding problems and toy websites are useful, but if your goal is to become a professional web developer, your practice should simulate professional situations. Pro golfers don't just go to the driving range, they also play practice rounds of golf, because there's no substitute for getting into situations where you have to use a group of your skills together to solve problems. Real-world practice projects help you build problem solving and analytical skills to pair with your technical skills, which will help you stand out to potential employers.
A great practice project should be challenging. You should aim to go a bit outside your comfort zone with a problem. If you get stuck and have to research something you aren't sure about, that's good -- that's the life of a developer. By tackling these challenges, you’ll grow in confidence and capability, preparing you to handle more complex, real-world applications.
Lots of practice projects just give you an idea for a website - it could be a blog or a recipe website, or a clone of a popular website. These are fine project ideas, but they're not necessarily targeted to specific parts of the stack, and they're prone to scope creep. Great practice projects are more targeted, and don't require you to do a lot of extraneous work.
For example, at Curricular, our web development practice projects include starter code and creative assets, because as a professional web developer, you'll build from a designer's mockups rather than designing the UI from scratch. Curricular web development practice projects give you a focused assignment - 3-4 user stories within one feature of a website. This way, you can focus on solving a specific problem using a range of skills, and can also focus on following best practices for testing, debugging, error handling, and writing clean code.
And above all, a great project should be fun—something that engages your creativity and passion. When you’re invested in the outcome, the learning feels natural, and the final product is something you can proudly showcase in your portfolio and discuss enthusiastically with potential employers.
At Curricular, we've developed a series of web development projects with all of these things in mind. Create a free account to start building projects today.
Curricular Projects put you in a real-world professional situation to test how well you can actually apply your skills. Take on tickets, build to spec, and solve user problems.
Go beyond toy apps and clone sites, and level up your developer portfolio.
Hiring managers want problem solvers. Our projects give you a tough assignment and trust you to solve it independenty, without hand-holding.
Prepare to sweat, hunt for answers when you get stuck, and reach new heights.
Upload your project solutions and receive personalized feedback from professional developers.
Validate your skills, celebrate your progress, and uncover specific areas to continue improving.
Accelerate your growth with a personalized learning path designed around your goals, your current skill level, and your learning style preferences.
We'll recommend a series of projects along with curated learning resources from around the web.
Make the most of your time by practicing the most relevant skills for professional web development.
