Building Your First eCommerce Site Workshop AstroLabs Academy
Price: AED 1,100
Instructor led live virtual classroom online. Classes may be individual or in group.
  • Location: JLT - Dubai
  • Duration: 1 Day

    Course details

    Have you ever wanted to build your own professional fully functional website? It's not as hard as you think. Learn the basics of how websites work, how to build a site with minimal effort (using a CMS, content management system), and the basics of front-end programming (HTML, CSS and WordPress).

    No coding knowledge is required to get started, and by the end of the class, you'll have everything you need to start building amazing looking responsive websites. By the end of the day, you will learn the basics of web development and build a fully functional eCommerce website using WordPress!

    Agenda
    • 10:00 am -> 10:30 am: Understanding the new Web in 2017 (intro to static websites, front / back end, frameworks, CMS's, Hybrid apps & Progressive Web Applications)
    • 10:30 am -> 11:30 am: Building off of a CMS - A look at WordPress, Shopify, Drupal, Joomla and ;Practical Session: Building A professional grade WordPress eCommerce Site out of the box
    • 11:30 am -> 12:30 pm: Practical Session: Setting up your domain, hosting and installing WordPress
    • 12:30 pm -> 1:00 pm: Lunch
    • 1:00 pm -> 2:00 pm: Practical Session: Setting up themes and eCommerce plugins
    • 2:00 pm -> 2:30 pm: Understanding browser interactions (JavaScript) and the backend (NodeJS, Ruby on Rails, Django, PHP and SQL versus NOSQL databases)
    • 2:30 pm -> 3:45 pm: Practical coding session: Finalizing our eCommerce site, with implementing/debugging complex front-end site changes and using ready-made plugin
    • 3:45 pm -> 4:00 pm : Next steps, free resources to learn to code, support groups, and recommended learning paths.
    Updated on 21 February, 2018

    Eligibility / Requirements

    Willingness to learn and have a good time! All levels of experience (including complete beginners) are welcome!

    About AstroLabs Academy

    AstroLabs is an entrepreneurship platform for the Arab world that convenes top startups in our Dubai tech hub, runs specialized educational programming through our academy, and advises the region's most influential institutions on digital strategy. AstroLabs Academy's curriculum is designed to deliver actionable learning to startup founders as well as corporate managers on the most relevant topics in digital business. 

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