How to Become a Web Developer - From HTML to PHP

Overview

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Embark on a comprehensive journey into web development with this 4-hour 46-minute course. Learn to create web pages using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and understand fundamental internet concepts like URLs, DNS, and HTTPS. Dive into JavaScript basics, package management tools, and the jQuery framework. Explore Bootstrap for responsive design, master DOM manipulation, and fetch JSON data. Delve into back-end development with PHP, set up a local server, and build a simple application. Culminate your learning by creating a functional blog app with user and post database integration. Gain hands-on experience through practical exercises and access downloadable source files to reinforce your learning.

Syllabus

1.1 Introduction
1.2 What You Need
2.1 Networks and DNS
2.2 HTTP and the Web Server
3.1 Marking Up a Document small glitch here - skip to next lesson!
3.2 Making Our Document Valid
3.3 Semantic and Generic Elements
4.1 Adding Style
4.2 CSS Selectors
4.3 Modifying Layout
5.1 Variables and Functions
5.2 Writing Your Own Functions
5.3 Objects
6.1 DOM Basics
6.2 Finding Elements
6.3 Working With `NodeLists`
6.4 Manipulating an Element's CSS Classes
6.5 Listening for Events
6.6 Practicing the Concepts
7.1 The `fetch` API
8.1 Introduction to Server-Side Development
8.2 Your First Line of PHP Code
8.3 Functions and Variables
8.4 Parameters and Decisions
8.5 Getting Data From the User
9.1 Create a Users Table
9.2 Create a Posts Table
9.3 Inserting Data
10.1 Reading and Displaying Data
10.2 Passing and Validating Data
10.3 Updating Data
10.4 Joining Data And Deleting Posts
11.1 Conclusion