Over 70 percent of businesses have websites. Most businesses use web- and cloud-based software to conduct their business, both internally and customer-facing. If you would like to tap into this industry, this course helps you discover the most used languages, frameworks, and tools you need to create interactive and engaging websites and web-based applications.

The course begins with teaching you about the roles of front-end, back-end, and full-stack developers and how they work together on development projects. Become familiar with the terminology and skills needed to start a career as a web developer.

Explore HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the languages needed for developing websites and web-based applications. You will learn to use HTML and CSS to complement each other and create engaging visual designs. Then, you learn how JavaScript provides the interactive aspects to your visual design including functionality such as interactive forms, content modification, and sophisticated menu systems.

Empowered with the fundamentals of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript, you can combine these technologies to create website structure, format, and layouts, integrated with rich, interactive applications. These languages enable you to create interactive and beautifully designed user interfaces for your applications.

In this course, you will practice what you learn with numerous hands-on labs. At the end of the course, you will apply everything you learned in a final project by creating a webpage to showcase your skills and make a great addition to your portfolio!

Course Syllabus

Module 1: Introduction to Application Development

Overview of Web and Cloud Development
Insiders' Viewpoints: Aspects of the Web Development Lifecycle
Learning Front-End Development
Insiders' Viewpoints: Front-end and Back-end Web Development
Introducing Application Development Tools
More Application Development Tools
Insiders' Viewpoints: Tools and Technologies
The Importance of Back-End Development
Demo: Web Development in Action

Module 2: HTML Overview

Introduction to HTML
HTML Features
Hands-On Lab: Intro to HTML (JSFiddle)
HTML Management and Support
HTML Scripting
Insiders' Viewpoints: Working with HTML and CSS
Common HTML Elements
Hands-On Lab: HTML - Creating a Simple Web Page

Module 3: CSS Overview & HTML5 Elements

HTML5 Tags and Structural Elements
Common HTML5 Tags and Structural Elements
Hands-on Lab: Unit Conversion using HTML5 Structural Elements
HTML5 Input Element: Attributes for the Input Tag
Additional HTML Elements: HTML Fieldset and Legend Tag
CSS: Styling HTML
CSS Frameworks
Hands-On Lab: CSS Basics - Styling Your Web Page

Module 4: JavaScript Programming for Web Applications

JavaScript Language: Overview and Syntax
JavaScript: Variables and Control Statements
JavaScript: Functions and Prototypes
JavaScript APIs
JavaScript APIs
Client-Side JavaScript: with HTML
Insiders' Viewpoints: JavaScript Best Practices
Hands-On Lab: JavaScript
Client-Side JavaScript: with DOM
Hands-on Lab: Javascript - Browser Console
Using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript
JavaScript Frameworks

Module 5: Career Opportunities and Final Project

Hands-On Lab: Simple Interest Calculator
Final Project Overview and Review Criteria
Hands-On Lab: Single-Page Portfolio Website
Publish your Portfolio to Github Pages
Insiders' Viewpoints: Career Paths for Web Application Development

What You'll Learn

Describe the web application development ecosystem and associated terminology
Explain the functions of web frameworks and integrated development environments (IDEs) used for web application development
Create web page structure using HTML and style web pages with CSS
Write JavaScript to develop interactive and dynamic web pages

Recommended Skills Before Taking this Course

Basic computer literacy.
Understanding of cloud computing concepts and terminology.

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for Beginners

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