Introduction to Web Development
This course introduces the essential ingredients in web development. You'll learn how to use HTML to create simple web pages, how to use CSS to style your web pages, and how to use JavaScript to make your web pages responsive to user actions. The course acts as a springboard for our other web development courses, which dive into the details of particular libraries and technologies.
What you will learn:
- Creating simple web pages using HTML
- Styling web pages using CSS
- Making web pages responsive using JavaScript
Audience:
This course does not assume any prior experience in web development
Content:
Introduction to Web Development:
- Overview of web servers and browsers;
- HTTP essentials
- Overview of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Tools for creating web pages
- Overview of cloud computing
Getting Started with HTML:
- Writing a simple HTML web page
- HTML head and body sections
- Elements and attributes
- Headings, paragraphs, and divs
Going Further with HTML:
- Hyperlinks
- Creating lists
- Creating tables
- Displaying images
Creating Forms:
- Overview of HTML forms
- Input controls
- Submitting forms
Styling Web Pages:
- Overview of styles
- Defining inline styles
- Defining CSS style sheets
Going Further with CSS:
- Colours and backgrounds
- Margins and padding
- Font and text
- Lists
Introduction to JavaScript:
- The role of JavaScript
- Declaring variables
- Writing loops and making decisions
JavaScript Functions:
- Writing functions
- Invoking functions
- Event handing
Accessing Elements on the Web Page:
- Introduction to the Document Object Model (DOM)
- Accessing elements on the web page
- Modifying elements on the web page
- Adding elements to the web page
Additional Libraries and Techniques:
- Overview of jQuery
- Overview of Bootstrap
- Overview of React
- Overview of Angular
Accessing the Server:
- Overview of Ajax
- Overview of REST
- Making simple REST calls to the server
Andy Olsen - author of the course
Andy is a freelance consultant and instructor based in the UK, working mostly in the City of London and Oxford. Andy has been working with .NET since the Beta 1 days and has extensive experience in many facets of .NET development including WCF, WPF, WF, ASP.NET MVC Web development, and mobile applications. Andy has designed and written many Microsoft Official Curriculum courses in the last decade, and has been engaged as author and technical reviewer with Apress on some of their biggest selling books.