Front-End Web Development Certificate

Overview

Learn the skills for front end web development, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, to build responsive websites that work across all devices. In this hands-on course, you’ll also explore WordPress, the leading content management system, for creating and managing customizable websites.

Syllabus

Web Development with HTML & CSS

Start building websites by hand-coding HTML & CSS
Create multi-page websites with text, images, & more
Learn how to style with CSS
Upload your files using FTP to make the site live

Advanced HTML & CSS

Master important CSS concepts such as positioning, advanced CSS selectors, relative type sizing (px, em, rem), calc(), and much more
Learn sophisticated styling with multiple background images, transparent color using RGBA, CSS gradients, shadows, and more
Create animated effects using CSS transitions & transforms

Flexbox, Grid, & Bootstrap

CSS Flexbox for laying out and aligning webpage content.
CSS Grid for an entirely new way to think about laying out entire webpages.
Learn how to use Bootstrap (which is made with Flexbox) to build out layouts quickly.

JavaScript for Front-End

Write JavaScript code to add animation and interactivity to webpages
Learn the fundamentals of the JavaScript language (variables, loops, arrays, functions, etc.)
Understand how to use free pre-made JavaScripts to quickly can add many different kinds of common functionality
Create animated slideshows and build animated image enlargers
Learn to animate any content within a webpage—including SVG—using GreenSock (GSAP)

Front-End Tools & Portfolio

Go from design to coded website, with guidance from an expert developer
What Git is and how it works
Installing and setting up Git to track changes in your code
Using GitHub for collaboration with other developers

WordPress Bootcamp

Build websites or blogs with WordPress.
Install WordPress themes (which control the appearance of a WordPress site) & customize their appearance.
Use WordPress plugins to add functionality.
Install WordPress locally so you can write and test your code.
Learn how WordPress code work behind the scenes and how to use code (HTML, CSS, and PHP) to customize/control it.

HTML Email Bootcamp

Learn how to code HTML Email messages that are effective and cross-mail-client compatible
Build and work with multiple layouts (single or multi-column layouts)
Gain a deeper understanding about email-friendly HTML/CSS and how to manage various email client issues
Create responsive emails that work across various devices
Optimize images and swap graphics for mobile devices
Use media queries to fine tune mobile styles