Introduction to HTML5 / CSS3 and JavaScript

Course Objectives

Learning Objectives

This course combines engaging instructor-led presentations and useful demonstrations with valuable hands-on labs and engaging group activities.  

Working in a hands-on learning environment guided by our expert instructor you’ll explore:

• Get comfortable with HTML5: Learn to create web pages with modern structure and interactive forms.
• Have fun with CSS3: Play with styles, colors, and layouts to make your web designs pop.
• Dive into JavaScript: Discover how to bring your web pages to life with interactive elements.
• Tackle web challenges: Use debugging tools to solve problems and improve your site’s performance.
• Embrace flexibility: Learn how to make your websites look great on any device and browser.

Course Prerequisites

Audience

This Introductory-level course is targeted for aspiring web developers who have software development experience or background. The course can also be adjusted for non-developers upon request.

Pre-Requisites

• Basic Computer Literacy and Text Editing: Comfort with using computers, basic software applications, and text editors for coding.
• Fundamentals of Web Development: General awareness of web development concepts and processes, including how web pages are structured and served. Basic understanding of HTML including elements, tags, and basic page structure and Introductory knowledge of CSS including styling text and layout basics would be helpful.

Course Agenda

1. HTML Quick Refresh

• Define HTML and review its history
• Look at XHTML and its relationship to HTML
• Identify HTML limitations and improvements
• Hands-On Lab

2. Getting Started with HTML5

• HTML5: Status and Support
• Semantic Structure and Tags
• Handling Complex Media Options

3. Working with HTML5 Forms

• Working with Legacy Browsers
• Forms, Input Types, and Data Qualification
• Hands-On Lab

4. CSS Basics

• Learn the basics of CSS
• Meaning of cascading in CSS
• Declaring CSS within your HTML page
• Creating styles in an external CSS file
• Control how to display and position HTML elements
• Overriding standard tag behavior
• Adding new classes
• Using custom classes in your page
• Hands-On Lab

5. Exploring CSS3

• What is new in CSS3
• The Advantages of CSS3
• Layout of elements using the display property
• CSS Flexbox
• Hands-On Lab

6. CSS3 Advanced Selectors

• Selecting Using Attributes
• Selecting Using DOM Structure
• Complex Selecting using Pseudo-Classes
• Selecting Using UI Components and State
• Hands-On Lab

7. CSS3 Visual Effects

• Font Options, Opacity, and Color
• Distributing Content Across Columns
• Working with Borders and Boxes
• Working with Vendor Prefixes
• Functional Techniques
• Hands-On Lab

8. JavaScript Basics

• JavaScript Defined
• Variables and Operators
• Flow Control and Conditionals
• Hands-On Lab

9. Debugging Tools

• Using the strict mode and setting breakpoints
• Browser debugging tools
• Monitoring resource usage and performance
• Emulating devices Exceptions in JavaScript
• Exceptions in JavaScript
• Hands-On Lab

10. JavaScript Functions

• Functions in JavaScript
• Invoking Functions
• Function Constructor
• Function Scope and Closures

11. JavaScript Arrays, Math and Date

• JavaScript Literals
• JavaScript Arrays
• Working with Numbers and Dates
• Hands-On Lab

12. JavaScript Event Handling and the DOM

• Events and Event Handling
• HTML Document Object Model
• Accessing the DOM
• Dynamically Working with the DOM
• DOM Challenges
• Hands-On Lab

13. Object-Oriented JavaScript

• JavaScript “Objects” and “Classes”
• Constructors and Prototypes
• Prototypes
• Extending Classes with Prototype
• Reusable, Flexible Classes
• Hands-On Lab

Course Materials

Student Materials: Each participant will receive a digital Student Guide and/or Course Notes, code samples, software tutorials, step-by-step written lab instructions (as applicable), diagrams and related reference materials and resource links. Students will also receive the project files (or code, if applicable) and solutions required for the hands-on work.

Hands-On Setup Made Simple! Our dedicated tech team will work with you to ensure our ‘easy-access’ cloud-based course environment, or local installation, is accessible, fully-tested and verified as ready to go well in advance of the course start date, ensuring a smooth start to class and effective learning experience for all participants. In some cases we can also help you install this course locally if preferred. Please inquire for details and options.

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