Professional Web Design & Development Course

This module covers the foundational concepts of websites, including their purpose, components, and different types. You'll also learn the key differences between static and dynamic websites.

• Understanding Websites: Purpose and components, static vs. dynamic websites.

• Core Concepts: HTML, HTML5, HTTP/HTTPS, URL.

• Web Technologies: Website design tools, web browsers, and file extensions.

• HTML Basics: Introduction to HTML syntax and its role in creating webpage structure.

• Assignment: Create an HTML file and practice writing basic HTML code.

This module dives deeper into HTML syntax and best practices, focusing on creating a well-formed webpage with a clear structure.

• HTML Syntax: Review of syntax, W3C standards, and proper use of heading tags.

• Advanced Concepts: Differences between single and double tags, HTML comments, and the use of attributes.

• HTML5 Tags: Introduction to new HTML5 tags and their importance.

• Assignment: Create a complete webpage using various HTML tags learned in class.

This module focuses on using tables to structure content on a webpage, including both simple and complex layouts.

• HTML Tables: Purpose, structure, and attributes for customization.

• Layouts: Designing visually appealing table layouts.

• Nested Tables: Understanding and creating complex layouts with nested tables.

• Assignment: Design a table and a nested table layout.

You will learn how to create interactive elements like forms and lists, as well as incorporate external content.

• HTML Lists: Creating ordered and unordered lists.

• Forms: Designing forms for user input, using various input types, checkboxes, radio buttons, and select menus.

• Advanced Elements: Incorporating iframes for external content and the marquee tag for scrolling text.

• Assignment: Create a webpage that includes lists, a complete form, and iframes.

This module emphasizes the importance of using HTML5's semantic elements for better structure and accessibility.

• Semantic Elements: Understanding the purpose and benefits of semantic tags like <header>, <footer>, <nav>, <article>, and <section>.

• Usage: Proper usage of semantic elements for improved website structure.

• Assignment: Create a webpage using HTML5 semantic elements to ensure proper structure and semantics.

This module serves as a review of all previous HTML concepts, culminating in the creation of a simple website layout.

• HTML Review: Recap of all HTML concepts learned so far.

• Project: Apply all your knowledge to create a simple HTML website layout.

This module introduces CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) as the language for styling webpages, covering the basics of syntax and the box model.

• What is CSS?: Purpose and benefits, inline, internal, and external CSS.

• Syntax and Selectors: Understanding CSS rules, declarations, and selectors.

• Box Model: Understanding the box model and its properties: margin, padding, border, and content.

• Assignment: Apply CSS styles to modify the typography and background of HTML elements.

This module focuses on various CSS properties for styling text, colors, and backgrounds.

• Text Properties: Modifying font size, weight, style, family, alignment, and spacing.

• Color Properties: Understanding color formats (hexadecimal, RGB) and applying colors to elements.

• Background Properties: Setting background colors, images, size, position, and repetition.

• Assignment: Apply various CSS styles to a webpage.

This module teaches you how to control the layout of a webpage using CSS positioning techniques.

• Display Property: Understanding display values and block-level vs. inline-level elements.

• Positioning: Exploring relative, absolute, fixed, and static positioning.

• Floating: Applying floats for layout and using clear to prevent layout issues.

• Assignment: Design and implement a webpage layout using CSS positioning and floats.

This module introduces modern and powerful layout techniques using Flexbox and Grid for creating responsive designs.

• Advanced Box Model: Understanding the box-sizing property for predictable layouts.

• CSS Flexbox: Introduction to flex containers, flex items, and properties for flexible designs.

• CSS Grid: Introduction to grid containers, grid items, and properties for grid-based layouts.

• Assignment: Implement Flexbox and Grid layouts to create responsive webpages.

This module covers how to add visual interest to webpages with animations and transformations.

• CSS Transitions: Animating property changes with transition timing and easing functions.

• CSS Transformations: Rotating, scaling, and translating elements using 2D and 3D transformations.

• Assignment: Apply transitions and transformations to elements on a webpage.

This module focuses on creating websites that adapt to different devices and screen sizes.

• Responsive Design: Introduction and importance of responsive design.

• Media Queries: Targeting specific screen sizes and devices with media queries and breakpoints.

• Techniques: Using Flexbox and Grid for responsive layouts, fluid grids, and flexible images.

• Mobile-First: Understanding and applying a mobile-first design approach.

• Project: Create a complete website that is responsive across different devices.

This module introduces Bootstrap, a popular CSS framework, to streamline the process of building responsive websites.

• What is Bootstrap?: Purpose, benefits, features, and components.

• Grid System: Understanding the Bootstrap grid system for responsive layouts.

• Typography: Using Bootstrap's predefined CSS classes for typography.

• Assignment: Create a responsive webpage layout using the Bootstrap grid system.

You will learn to use Bootstrap's pre-built components to quickly create common website elements.

• Navigation Bar: Creating responsive navigation bars with dropdowns.

• Buttons and Forms: Styling buttons and form elements, including form validation.

• Alerts and Badges: Implementing alerts and badges for messages and notifications.

• Assignment: Build a responsive navigation menu and stylized forms using Bootstrap components.

This module covers more advanced Bootstrap components for creating interactive and dynamic content.

• Carousel: Creating image sliders and carousels.

• Modals: Implementing modal windows for displaying content.

• Tabs and Accordions: Creating tabbed content and collapsible sections.

• Assignment: Implement a carousel and interactive modals using Bootstrap.

This module teaches you how to customize Bootstrap and culminates in building a complete responsive website using all learned concepts.

• Customization: Overriding Bootstrap's default styles with custom CSS.

• Themes: Applying Bootstrap themes for a consistent design.

• Layouts: Creating different layouts and responsive design patterns.

• Project: Create a complete responsive website using Bootstrap, incorporating various components and design techniques.

This module introduces JavaScript and its role in making websites dynamic and interactive.

• What is JavaScript?: Introduction and significance in web development.

• Environment: Setting up a JavaScript development environment.

• Syntax: Basic syntax, variables, constants, and data types.

• Operators: Exploring different operators for mathematical and logical operations.

• Control Flow: Implementing conditional statements (if-else, switch) and loops (for, while).

You'll learn about functions to write reusable code and work with data structures like arrays and objects.

• Functions: Creating, invoking, and understanding function scope and closures.

• Arrays and Objects: Introduction to arrays and objects, including manipulation and methods.

• DOM Manipulation: Accessing and manipulating HTML elements using JavaScript.

• Events: Handling events and creating interactive web applications.

This module covers advanced JavaScript concepts like asynchronous operations and error handling, culminating in a dynamic web application project.

• Asynchronous JavaScript: Introduction to asynchronous programming and Promises.

• Error Handling: Identifying and handling JavaScript errors and debugging techniques.

• Project: Build a dynamic web application using JavaScript, incorporating DOM manipulation, asynchronous operations, and error handling.

This module introduces jQuery, a JavaScript library that simplifies common tasks like DOM manipulation and event handling.

• What is jQuery?: Introduction, benefits, and basic effects (hide/show, slide, toggle).

• Plugins: Integrating and using popular jQuery plugins (e.g., for sliders).

• Form Validation: Validating forms and loading dynamic content with AJAX.

• Project: Create an interactive web application using jQuery, plugins, and UI enhancements.

This module introduces PHP as a server-side scripting language for building dynamic websites.

• Web Development Concepts: Client-side vs. server-side, basic web development tools.

• PHP Basics: PHP coding structure, variables, comments, and concatenation.

• Operations: Arithmetic operations, functions, and constants.

• Control Flow: String functions, conditional statements (if-else, switch), and loops (while, for).

This module focuses on working with data in PHP, including arrays, forms, and file handling.

• Arrays: Introduction to indexed, associative, and multidimensional arrays.

• Forms: Handling form submissions, validation, and using super global variables ($_POST, $_GET).

• Date and Files: Working with date/time functions and basic file handling.

• Project: Build a dynamic web application with PHP that incorporates form submission, data processing, and file handling.

You will learn to manage databases with SQL and connect them to your PHP applications.

• SQL and MySQL: Introduction to SQL, creating databases and tables in MySQL.

• CRUD Operations: Overview of Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations in PHP.

• User Management: Building a system registration and login form.

• PHP Sessions: Understanding and implementing PHP sessions for user authentication.

• Project: Build a user management system with registration, login, and basic data management.

This module introduces Laravel, a powerful PHP framework for building robust web applications.

• What is Laravel?: Introduction to frameworks, Laravel, and the MVC architecture.

• Setup: Setting up the local environment, Composer, and the CLI.

• Project Structure: Overview of the Laravel folder structure and Artisan commands.

• Routing: Understanding and creating your first route in Laravel.

You will learn to build the core components of a Laravel application.

• Views and Blade: Creating views and using the Blade templating engine.

• Controllers: Creating controllers and passing data to views.

• Forms and Database: Handling forms, performing logical operations, and connecting to a MySQL database.

This module focuses on using Laravel's powerful Eloquent ORM for database interactions.

• Models and Migrations: Understanding models and using migrations to create database tables.

• Database Operations: Inserting, reading, updating, and deleting records using Eloquent.

• Authentication: Implementing basic authentication and middleware.

• File Uploads: Uploading images and files using Laravel File Storage.

This module covers more advanced Laravel features and prepares you for deploying your application.

• DataTables: Using the DataTables library for enhanced data presentation.

• Relationships: Understanding one-to-one and one-to-many relationships.

• Deployment: Explanations of domain, hosting, Cpanel, and deploying your application to a live server.

• Project: Build a fully dynamic website with user/admin registration, login, and a dashboard for management.