Intro to HTML and CSS | Not Your Typical Intro to Web Dev
Details
HTML and CSS are markup languages and the building blocks that make up the web. This course is called "Not your Typical Intro..." because it does not follow the usual pattern of other courses and tutorials that you find on the Internet. Usually HTML and CSS are taught with a focus on language syntax. But knowing syntax alone does not enable you to create a webpage from a design. You need to know where to start and how to approach the task, in other words - you need to learn how to think like a front-end developer.
In this course you will learn how to convert digital design mockups into static web pages. We will teach you how to approach page layout, how to break down a design mockup into page elements, and how to implement that in HTML and CSS.
You will also learn about responsive design techniques, which are increasingly important in a world where mobile devices and TV screens are used more and more often to look for information and entertainment.
Front-end Web Developers must have a fundamental understanding of HTML and CSS, which we’ll accomplish in this course by converting digital design mockups into static web pages. To build the web pages you will use HTML, CSS and Bootstrap, the popular Twitter CSS framework.
After completing this course you will be able to build a responsive portfolio site with your own CSS framework. You'll also have the functionality in place to add future projects to your portfolio. Most importantly, you will have an understanding of the DOM and how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript relate to each other.
This course's project is part of our Front-End Web Developer Nanodegree.
You should have ability and skills to download and use a text editor for editing your web pages, we recommend Sublime Text or Atom. You can use another text editor if you want, but it should have the ability to highlight code syntax for your own convenience.
You should be able to download and install Google Chrome, which is the browser we’ll be exploring developer tools with in this course.
See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity here https://www.udacity.com/tech-requirements.
Projects
Take a design mockup as a PDF-file and replicate that design in HTML and CSS.
Outline
Diligently employ a code/test/refine strategy as you precisely and deliberately translate initial design documents into static web pages. You'll also investigate the Document Object Model (DOM) and its implications for web development.
Lesson 2 -Your Own FrameworkTake pride in creating and personalising your own multi-platform, responsive CSS framework for publishing your professional portfolio projects to the web.
Lesson 3 -Learning and Using BootstrapStrategically investigate an existing professional CSS framework as you use it to build a website using responsive design principles while maintaining code readability.
Speaker/s
A passionate educator and programmer, Cameron lives and breathes web development as he creates programming courses at Udacity. Before coming here, Cameron was a combination Director of Content and web developer at Seattle startup LearnBIG. He taught four years of high school physics and chemistry in Nashville, TN, during which time he pioneered teaching physics with the video game Portal 2. Cameron graduated with a degree in physics and astronomy from Vanderbilt University and earned his master's in teaching from Belmont University.
Jessica fell in love with teaching as a wee child when she forced her younger siblings to play "school" and learn about subjects she had mastered during the school year. She spent her early career in hardware, where she trained teachers to use microcontrollers and robotics in the classroom. She earned her BS in Electrical Engineering Technology from the University of Central Florida and ME in Engineering Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In her spare time, Jessica enjoys reading, skiing, and traveling the world.
Once upon a time Gundega was a Udacity student. In a way she still is, because she is learning new things from instructors she works with and her Udacity coworkers every day.
If you occasionally want to read fun news about robotics, science and games, follow her on G+ - https://plus.google.com/+GundegaDekena.
Our mission is to bring accessible, affordable, engaging, and highly effective higher education to the world. We believe that higher education is a basic human right, and we seek to empower our students to advance their education and careers.
Education is no longer a one-time event but a lifelong experience. Education should be less passive listening (no long lectures) and more active doing. Education should empower students to succeed not just in school but in life.
Related Courses
