Web Development Foundation - HTML & CSS Course Overview

The Web Development Foundation - HTML & CSS course introduces delegates the core aspects of web development technologies for those delegates beginning web development. Covering markup with HTML, XHTML and introducing HTML5, through styles and separation of styling concerns using CSS, and including aspects of web design and IDE/tool choices, this wide reaching course serves as a broad coverall for those new to the web technology landscape.

The course should serve as a starting point for web developers, providing the preliminary knowledge to move towards proficiency in a chosen area.

Skills Gained

The delegate will gain exposure to:

• Web protocols (TCP/IP)
• Web browser choices and plugins
• HTML, XHTML, HTML5
• CSS, including CSS3
• Web design and development approaches
• Web development best practice
• Web development tools and software
• Web development issues
• JavaScript basics

Who will the Course Benefit?

The Web Development Foundation - HTML & CSS course is aimed at communications, marketing professional, designers, developers and managers that require a thorough grounding in web technologies.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course delegates should be able to:

• Understand the need for HTML, XHTML, and CSS
• Appreciate the W3C DOM
• Appreciate the need for JavaScript/AJAX
• Understand web development tools and techniques
• Review common web languages
• Use open source software to build web pages
• Understand the web landscape

Requirements

Attendees should be familiar and comfortable with the basic use of the keyboard and mouse as well as having had exposure to browser environments such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox or Opera.

Follow-On Courses

• JavaScript Web Development

NOTE: Course technical content is subject to change without notice.

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Contents - DAY 2