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Do you realize that the only functionality of a web application that the user directly interacts with is through the web page? Implement it poorly and, to the user, the server-side becomes irrelevant! Today’s user expects a lot out of the web page: it has to load fast, expose the desired service, and be comfortable to view on all devices: from a desktop computers to tablets and mobile phones. In this course, we will learn the basic tools that every web page coder needs to know. We will start from the ground up by learning how to implement modern web pages with HTML and CSS. We will then advance to learning how to code our pages such that its components rearrange and resize themselves automatically based on the size of the user’s screen. You’ll be able to code up a web page that will be just as useful on a mobile phone as on a desktop computer. No “pinch and zoom” required! Last but certainly not least, we will get a thorough introduction to the most ubiquitous, popular, and incredibly powerful language of the web: Javascript. Using Javascript, you will be able to build a fully functional web application that utilizes Ajax to expose server-side functionality and data to the end user.
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Introduction to HTML5
In this module we will learn the basics of HTML5. We'll start with instructional videos on how to set up your development environment, go over HTML5 basics like valid document structure, which elements can be included inside other elements and which can not, d... - Week 2 - Introduction to CSS3
A lot of people "tinker" with CSS. In this module, we'll take you from the very basics of CSS3 to some fairly advanced concepts like floating and CSS rule conflict resolution. We'll go over the 'box model', background property, etc. We'll finish off the module... - Week 3 - Coding the Static Restaurant Site
Ready for some REAL fun? This module is it! We'll go over some basics of interacting with a client when managing a web site project and then go visit a real client at their place of business (a Chinese restaurant), help the owner figure out what she wants in a... - Week 4 - Introduction to Javascript
What fun would a web site be if there was no functionality to it? In this module, we are going to concentrate on learning the fundamentals of the Javascript language. A lot of even seasoned developers “tinker” with Javascript without really understanding how t... - Week 5 - Using Javascript to Build Web Applications
In this module, we are going to take all those newly learned Javascript language skills and learn how to utilize them within the context of a web page. We’ll start by learning how to properly manipulate the web page components using the Javascript Document Obj...
Instructors
Yaakov Chaikin
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Computer Science
Whiting School of Engineering
Content Designer
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Très bon cours de niveau intermédiaire à destination des professionnels de l'IT pour revoir les bases de HTML et CSS et démarrer sur bootstrap et JavaScript. Bien que le cours soit de 2015, il est encore tout à fait d'actualité et même régulièrement cité dans le top 5 des cours sur le développement web. Une partie du cours s'appuie sur un vrai projet client de développement de site web ce qui le rend encore plus intéressant.
Très bon cours de niveau intermédiaire à destination des professionnels de l'IT pour revoir les bases de HTML et CSS et démarrer sur bootstrap et JavaScript. Bien que le cours soit de 2015, il est encore tout à fait d'actualité et même régulièrement cité dans le top 5 des cours sur le développement web. Une partie du cours s'appuie sur un vrai projet client de développement de site web ce qui le rend encore plus intéressant.
