Become a Front-End Web Developer

Overview

Get the skills to build engaging, interactive user experiences on the web as a front-end web developer. Learn everything you need to design and develop user-facing code, and discover how to bring concepts to life on the browser canvas by combining essential graphic design and coding principles.

Develop competency with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and jQuery.
Master basic version control with Git and GitHub.
Apply best practices in responsive design and progressive enhancement.

Syllabus

Course 1: Succeeding in Web Development: Full Stack and Front End

Do you want to become a web developer? Learn about the skills and tools you need to get a job as a front-end, back-end, or full-stack web developer.

Course 2: Web Programming Foundations

Learn how the web works. Explore the web programming fundamentals you need to know to build robust applications and websites.

Course 3: User Experience for Web Design

Learn how to apply simple UX design principles to your site to make it behave in the way that users want and expect.

Course 4: UX Foundations: Accessibility

Learn how to incorporate accessibility into your design process and make your next web project more accessible to all people, including those with disabilities.

Course 5: HTML Essential Training

Learn how to write HTML, the programming language that powers the web.

Course 6: CSS Essential Training

Explore the concepts that form the foundation of CSS. Learn how to select content, style text, manage layouts, and more as you work on a real-world project.

Course 7: JavaScript Essential Training

Get hands-on experience scripting in JavaScript. Learn how to work with objects, variables, data types, conditionals, functions, loops, the DOM, and more.

Course 8: Search Techniques for Web Developers

Learn effective search skills such as identifying reliable sources, learning where and how to find information, and participating in online communities.

Course 9: Responsive Layout

Learn how to design responsive layouts with HTML and CSS, including the latest standards: Flexbox and Grid.

Course 10: Learning GitHub

GitHub is the industry-standard tool for collaborating on and sharing code. Learn the basics, including common uses, workflows, and best practices for GitHub and Git.

Course 11: Learning React.js

Learn how to develop user interfaces using React.js, the JavaScript framework for building modular, reusable UI components.

Taught by

Ray Villalobos, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Chris Nodder, Derek Featherstone, Jen Simmons, Christina Truong, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Morten Rand-Hendriksen, Clarissa Peterson, GitHub and Eve Porcello