Web development. Create and maintain fast, secure and exciting websites.

This web development course provides a key introduction to essential web development languages, your first step into web page creation and maintenance. Course content will focus in HTML, CSS and JavaScript in the context of web development practices. Questions such as what are they, when should we use these languages, for what purpose and to what extent these languages help us create modern, engaging and stable websites will be covered.

This one-day course will prepare you to take further and more confident steps into web development processes. You will experience how to create basic web pages with HTML, including basic structuring of page content, apply basic formatting styles using CSS and understanding JavaScript for basic interactivity.

Start your journey to becoming a front-end developer, or build your portfolio with a set of skills relevant to many jobs in the ‘digital space’.

Outcomes

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

• understand some basic principles of Web Development practice
• understand the difference between HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• create a basic web page with HTML
• insert content into a basic page and structure it according to best practice
• apply styles to basic web page elements
• create, modify, and format content with basic CSS
• link web pages
• understand basic control of page elements with JavaScript
• commence further study of HTML, CSS or JavaScript.

Content

HTML and an introduction to web development

• The stages of web development
• What is it HTML and how to use it
• HTML elements
• HTML formatting
• HTML layouts
• Creating a basic web page
• Inserting images
• Creating hypertext links

CSS as a presentation language

• What is CSS and how to use it
• Creating CSS styles
• Types of CSS styles
• Formatting and managing pages with CSS

JavaScript

• What is JavaScript and how to use it
• The benefits of JavaScript
• Interactivity in HTML
• Introducing basic effects into your web page

Intended audience

Suitable for beginners interested in learning the basics of front-end web development. You may wish to progress to more advanced coding skills courses.

Prerequisites

You should:

• be familiar with using personal computers
• possess basic typing skills
• have experience with both Mac and PC operating systems
• be familiar with using a variety of web browsers.

Delivery mode

Online training via the platform Zoom

Delivery style

If you are attending an online class you will need your own device.

Materials

Course materials are provided electronically using Dropbox