Web Development with HTML and CSS Course

Course Description

The Web Development course teaches delegates how to create cross-browser compatible web pages using HTML / XHTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Design guidelines and standards are discussed, as well as web accessibility. It also provides an introduction to JavaScript.

Course Objectives

Delegates who complete the Web Development with HTML and CSS course will be able to:

• Develop valid web pages in HTML, without the need for expensive GUI tools
• Create web pages that contain text, images, lists, headings and tables.
• Create links between web pages.
• Create web pages that use frames.
• Create web-based forms that can be used within web applications.
• Format web pages using Cascading Style Sheets.
• Understand the role of Javascript in web development.
• Be aware of design Do's and Don'ts.
• Understand the importance of web standards and web accessibility.

Intended Audience

Any person who wants to develop web pages, and who must maintain intranet or Internet web sites.

Developers who must develop web-based applications.

Course Prerequisites

Familiarity with browsers and the Internet. Basic Windows knowledge of directories (folders) and file names. Some programming or web development experience is beneficial, but not required.

Please ensure you meet the prerequisites for the Web Development with HTML and CSS Course before you attend the course. Read the importance of course prerequisites to understand why this is necessary.

Course Contents

Introduction

How the Web works: client versus server technology. •  The concept of a mark-up language. •  The W3 Consortium. •  The evolution of HTML, including XHTML. •  Deprecated and obsolete elements. •  HTML editors and converters.

Basic HTML elements

The role of the DOCTYPE and how to validate pages. •  Structural elements. •  Block elements. •  Text formatting elements. •  Source and destination links. •  Images.

Tables and Frames

Creating tables. •  Creating frameset pages. •  Target frames in links.

Web Forms

Creating forms in HTML. •  Different control elements used in forms e.g. radio buttons, checkboxes, selection lists and textboxes.

Cascading Style Sheets

Introduction to style sheets. •  Ways to incorporate style information. •  Style sheet selectors. •  Style sheet properties and values. •  The CSS cascade.

Design and Management

Accessibility guidelines. •  Basics of Search Engine Optimisation. •  Planning a web-site. •  Design considerations - some Do's and Don'ts. •  The importance of standards. •  Compatibility issues and testing.

Introduction to JavaScript

The role of client-side scripting and Dynamic HTML. •  Embedding scripts in HTML pages. •  Examples of Dynamic HTML.

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