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Front-End Web Development Quick Start With HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript

by Shawn Wildermuth

For the beginner, starting to learn web development can be daunting. In this course, Shawn Wildermuth shows you step-by-step how to use client-side web development techniques to create immersive web sites.

What you'll learn

If you've never experienced client-side web development, learning the plethora of technologies can be difficult.

Trying to get started in a quick fashion can be daunting. But by learning the basics and how they work together, you can get up to speed quickly.

In this course, Shawn Wildermuth will walk you through the basics of client-side web development by showing you the basics of how to build web pages with HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, and jQuery.

This course is set up to be the starting point of learning web development and the basics of HTML5, Javascript and CSS.

Course FAQ

What exactly is front end web development?

Front-end (client-side) web development is the implementation of visual elements that users can view and interact with in a web application, primarily through use of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Are front end web developers in demand?

Absolutely! Front end developers skills with web design and development are highly in demand. Learning web development will definitely make you a more valuable asset and open doors to careers and other opportunities.

What will I learn in this course?

This course will teach you the basic fundamentals of front end web development, including:

  • HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript basics
  • Structure of an HTML page
  • HTML forms
  • CSS class selectors and style sheets
  • Sizing and box model in CSS
  • JavaScript functions and conditionals
  • JavaScript objects, arrays, and variables
  • Much more
Who is this course for?

This tutorial is for total beginners who want to learn front end web development and how to create/design web sites.

Are there prerequisites to this course?

Nope! This course is set up to be the starting point of learning web development and the basics of HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. No prior experience with front end web development is required!

About the author

Shawn Wildermuth has been tinkering with computers and software since he got a Vic-20 back in the early ‘80s. As a Microsoft MVP since 2003, he’s also involved with Microsoft as an ASP.NET Insider and ClientDev Insider. He’s authored eight books and innumerable articles on software development. You can also see him at one of the local and international conferences he’s spoken at including TechEd, Oredev, SDC, NDC, VSLive, DevIntersection, MIX, Devteach, DevConnections and Dev Reach. He is one of... more

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