Build track
Web Development
The Web Development course takes you from HTML, CSS and JavaScript to building and launching responsive, fast websites, including the technical SEO that makes them rank: titles, canonicals, structured data, sitemaps and Core Web Vitals.
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Who is this course for?
Beginners, designers who want to build what they design, and anyone who wants to launch client websites.
What will you be able to do?
- Write clean, semantic HTML and modern CSS layouts (flexbox, grid)
- Add interactivity with JavaScript without a framework
- Build a responsive site that scores well on PageSpeed
- Set up technical SEO: titles, canonicals, JSON-LD, sitemaps, robots
- Deploy a site to a real domain with HTTPS and a CDN
What does the course cover?
- HTML and CSS fundamentals, semantic structure, accessibility
- Responsive layout: flexbox, grid, fluid type, mobile first
- JavaScript: DOM, events, fetch, forms
- Performance: images, fonts, caching, Core Web Vitals
- Technical SEO for developers
- Launch project: domain, DNS, HTTPS, Cloudflare, deployment
Which tools are used?
- VS Code
- Git and GitHub
- Chrome DevTools
- Cloudflare
Frequently asked questions
Does it cover WordPress?
No. You learn to build sites by hand so you understand what every page does; that knowledge transfers to any CMS later.
Which framework is taught?
None in this course. Frameworks and backends are covered in the Web Applications course.
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