Absolute Beginners Introduction to web development

Course details

Hello and welcome to this course.

If you are a complete beginner, web development can be challenging —this course  will guide you and provide enough detail for  you to feel comfortable and learn the topics properly.  You should feel at home whether you are a student learning
 web development (on your own or as part of a class), a teacher looking for class materials, a hobbyist,
 or someone who just wants to understand more about  how web technologies work.

The objective of this course is not to take you from "beginner" to "expert" but to take you from "beginner" to "comfortable so you can feel confident to experiment further.

The three technologies every web developer must know are :

• HTML : Used to create  content
• CSS: Used to present the content
• JavaScript : Used to create interaction

These core technologies  are the building blocks of all websites and web based projects.

Topics include:

• Introduction to basic HTML
• HTML document structure
• Anatomy of HTML element
• Marking up text
• Links
• Using comments and HTML Attributes
• Introduction to  basic CSS
• Ways to apply CSS
• CSS Ruleset
• CSS basic selectors
• Styling multiple elements
• CSS Box model
• Using margin and padding properties
• Changing background color
• CSS Display property
• CSS Font property
• Using google fonts
• Introduction to basic JavaScript
• Where to place JavaScript
• Variables
• Data Types
• Operators
• Operator precedence
• Using Conditionals
• Functions
• Events
• Using Linting tools
• Adding image changer
• Adding personalized message

The course is  practical and hands-on and should provide you with enough basic web development skills to be creative building your own projects.