-I think it is better to advance in the technologies that you know like HTML&#x2F;CSS and PHP.  Advance what I mean is learning about things like<p>- First of all don&#x27;t worry about the new technologies coming out every day. Rather than that give more focus to architecture. learn more about Design patterns, its benefits, its implementation, Code structuring, Optimization, Scalability etc.<p>- If you don&#x27;t know MVC architecture (the most popular architecture) then learn a PHP framework like Laravel or Yii. The framework also teaches you common methodologies like Object-oriented programming, Object-relational mapping, Templating, etc.<p>- Once you learned any framework, and, of course, like everyone you try to build an application. Go for it. But at this type when you deal with HTML try to improve it slowly. Like learning more about tags and setting up the layout. Updating to HTML5 won&#x27;t be that difficult. It&#x27;s all matter in practice and you can practice it while building the application. But don&#x27;t think about CSS until you finish the app.<p>- After Building the app then think about CSS. now you spend time learning CSS. Because most of the people think it&#x27;s a matter of learning the properties and use it. To some extent it&#x27;s true, but when you deal with real scenarios it&#x27;s not. A simple CSS issue can bring down the business for an hour. It&#x27;s very critical. So give a bit time in learning CSS and CSS3. When you learning, understand more about Organizing, Layouts &amp; Web Typography. The terms sound pretty big. But it&#x27;s very easy to make it as a practice.<p>- Once you understand CSS, add that knowledge to the app you are building. But before that, I suggest you make a pencil and paper sketch of the page and components. You can search for grid paper (with browser template) download and print it. And use that for drawing, because it helps to calculate the pixel values. and it helps you writing CSS. The sketch acts as a blueprint for the CSS. and Its fun doing. you feel like an engineer.. :)<p>- After all, if you are still thirsty then learn jquery. after that, Javascript design patterns and then after any frameworks like ReactJS or AngularJs or etc.<p>- Learning a PHP frameworks help you a lot in learning HTML, CSS, and basic javascript uisng jquery. so its worth trying.<p>* This is my modified based on my real experience. Long ago I started from system maintenance to a Geographical information system engineer to a backend developer to a frontend developer and now to a designer. and I also travel through the same path you travelled PHP, HTML and CSS. and little bit python. This is just a vague suggestion. feel free to ask more. All the best<p>Peace