Professional Certificate in Front-End Web Developer

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Course Features

Duration

7 months

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Beginner

Effort

7 hours per week

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

The Web is everywhere! Web development is a complex, creative, and exciting job that can lead you to a rewarding career in a fast-growing, in-demand field.

This Professional Certificate program was created by the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), the creators of the Web standards. It teaches you all the skills necessary to create interactive and responsive Web experiences. This program will help you to understand the three foundation languages that power the Web: HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. Step-by-step instructions will show you how to use all the client-side Web development techniques to create, innovate, and maintain your web presence.

Interactive examples will be included in each course to show you how to code correctly.

Course Overview

International Faculty

Post Course Interactions

Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

Develop web sites using the latest web standards

How to code with modern HTML5 tags, draw and animate fun Web graphics and play audio and video elements

CSS best practices for web page design

Fundamentals of JavaScript to help you develop interactive web apps

Understand why accessibility and internationalization are important

Course Content

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Module 1: CSS Basics

Module 2: HTML5 and CSS Fundamentals

Module 3: HTML5 Coding Essentials and Best Practices

Module 4: HTML5 Apps and Games

Course Instructors

Marwa Hussein

Content Developer

Marwa Hussein is a Content Developer at Microsoft. Marwa has worked in Microsoft as a software developer for about 4 years before she switched her focuses to the education track at Microsoft. Before ...

Andrew Byrne

Senior Content Developer

Andrew's passion for software and teaching comes from 20+ years of software development experience at Microsoft, Siemens, Ericsson and his own startup.

Gerry O'Brien

Senior Content Developer

Gerry O'Brien is a Senior Content Development Manager at Microsoft Learning with a focus on software development and database platforms. He has over 18 years of industry experience in various roles i...

Kasey Champion

Engineer

Kasey Champion is a software engineer turned teacher. She graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Electrical Engineering, but worked for the Computer Science Department as a Teac...