Introduction to the Web
In this web design tutorial, we'll go from zero knowledge about the web to learning fundamental concepts that'll give you the foundation of knowledge you need to get started designing or developing for the web. Software required: None.
What you'll learn
In this web design tutorial, we'll go from zero knowledge about the web to learning fundamental concepts that'll give you the foundation of knowledge you need to get started designing or developing for the web. We start out by learning how and why the internet came to be. Then we'll discuss the technologies used to make websites and the different contexts where websites are displayed. By the end of this web design training, you'll have learned what a typical website design and development process looks like, and fundamental web concepts like usability, accessibility, and web standards. Software required: None.
Table of contents
- Pre-history of the Web: ARPA 10m
- The Information Processing Techniques Office 8m
- ARPANET 10m
- The Browser Wars 10m
- The Start of Web Standards 8m
- Web Standards 4m
- Usability 12m
- Accessibility 8m
- WCAG Guidelines 9m
- Understanding How the Web Works 5m
- Inside a Website 10m
- What Websites Are Made Of 10m
- What Websites Are Made With 10m
- Web Browsers 13m
- A Website Workflow: Research to Prototype 13m
- A Website Workflow: Prototype to Launch 5m
- Roles on the Web 5m
About the author
Susan is a web design tutor for Pluralsight. Growing up, Susan was both a passionate artist as well as a computer tech aficionado. When she discovered the world of web development, she found that she could meld those two passions together into something amazing. Soon after, Susan began devoting herself to building beautiful and functional web content for businesses and nonprofits. It was through those experiences Susan developed a fluency for web coding languages. Since then, Susan has develo... more