How to decide for a beginner?

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Hello!
To be honest, I don’t even really understand how to formulate all this correctly, what has accumulated in my head, but I’ll try.
I'll start by saying that I'm a self-taught beginner, I've been learning pure html/css/js for 5 months now. The design also attracts me, I spent about 5 years of my life on various works in flash, it didn’t seem to be in vain, although I did various scenes there with graphics from a computer. games and lessons worked a little. So, there are several questions:
1. Firstly, I really don’t want to choose between layout and design, because both attract me, but everyone in defiance says that you have to choose, you can’t pull it and that’s it. I would like to hear an opinion on this matter.
2. Recently I saw a question from a guy here who had been typing on pure html/css for 8 years and suddenly realized that he was standing still and couldn’t go on like this :D , which came to my hand (in particular, I didn’t sleep all night studying bootstrap), but again, I started reading, but is it necessary at all or not, and as always, how many people - so many opinions. Do I even need to teach them so early?
3. How can you find like-minded people in this area? Together it seems like it's always easier and more fun to learn and move forward :D

Answer 1

but everyone in defiance says that you have to choose, like you can’t pull it and that’s it

No, you can combine (I myself do both design and development). It is very useful to look at what the guys from Tubik Studio are doing - if you learn to combine the skills of a designer in terms of "think and draw" and the skills of "implement it in html / css / js" - you will become a very valuable specialist.
If you do the same type of projects with the same tools - this moment will come regardless of what kind of tools they are.
Having experience in design, you should not just "learn everything that comes across", but figure out what can be made up and what is not, what there is a ready-made solution for, and where you have to write with your hands all day. This is a very useful skill - no one will have the desire to "tear your head off." It will also be very useful to learn all the possibilities of CSS .
In the Russian-speaking Internet - it is extremely problematic (probably the mentality affects). Look at the codepen , combining the skills of a designer and a front, you can regularly get to the first page and get some kind of feedback, make friends. As a bonus - you can watch what others are doing and learn from experience in creating something not very standard (animations, non-obvious layout, etc.)

Answer 2

1) do everything yourself, be an independent adult, don’t rely on like-minded people
2) ask questions on the Toaster if Google doesn’t help
3) first hardcore (see: HTML10), then frameworks
4) your field is GUI development:

Answer 3

1. Why do you need engines if you already know JS? Application architecture - learned how to build? Well vue.js can advise.
2. To create complex animation: a list of game engines

Answer 4

1. You can do both the design and the code yourself. (Personally, I start typesetting without a ready-made design and everything seems to work out well)
2. Learn js, php, css, html and then practice. In order not to stand still, study not only web languages, but also c++, java, c#, etc.
3. You can find both help and friends on the forums.

Answer 5

1) It's quite possible to work as a full-stack developer, but of course it's better with a team
2) Frameworks are not something so heavenly, they only simplify the work, and you can also write them if you want. If you only need a grid from Bootstrap - use it, but don't think about the rest.
3) There is also a desire to develop collectively, so if there is a desire to communicate - write, we will contact :)