FRONT END DEVELOPMENT

Course Content for Front-End Development (HTML, CSS)

1. Introduction to Web Development

• Overview of web development

• Understanding the role of front-end development

• Introduction to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

2. HTML Basics

• What is HTML?

  • Structure of HTML documents

  • HTML elements and tags

• Common HTML Tags

  • Headings, paragraphs, links, images, lists, tables

• Forms and Input Elements

  • Creating forms, input types, and validation

• Semantic HTML

  • Importance of semantic elements for accessibility and SEO

3. CSS Fundamentals

• What is CSS?

  • Role of CSS in web design

• CSS Syntax and Selectors

  • Understanding selectors, properties, and values

• Box Model

  • Margins, borders, padding, and content

• Styling Text and Fonts

  • Font properties, text alignment, and decoration

• Colors and Backgrounds

  • Color models, gradients, and background images

4. Advanced CSS Techniques

• Layout Techniques

  • Flexbox and Grid layout

• Responsive Design

  • Media queries and mobile-first design principles

• CSS Frameworks

  • Introduction to frameworks like Bootstrap for rapid development

5. JavaScript Basics (Optional)

• Introduction to JavaScript

  • Understanding the role of JavaScript in front-end development

• Basic Syntax and Operators

• DOM Manipulation

  • Selecting and modifying HTML elements with JavaScript

6. Project Work

• Building a Simple Website

  • Applying HTML and CSS to create a multi-page website

• Responsive Design Project

  • Creating a responsive layout using CSS techniques learned

What you'll learn

If you've never experienced client-side web development, learning the plethora of technologies can be difficult.

Trying to get started in a quick fashion can be daunting. But by learning the basics and how they work together, you can get up to speed quickly.

In this course, Shawn Wildermuth will walk you through the basics of client-side web development by showing you the basics of how to build web pages with HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, and jQuery.

This course is set up to be the starting point of learning web development and the basics of HTML5, Javascript and CSS.