Website Development

In this course, students will learn about the processes involved in web development and will learn to code in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

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Timothy Kravets
Website Development
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About the Course

Students will receive instructions on how to set up a website using the javascript platform node.js and learn how to design a website using HTML and CSS. Students will be enabled to use their creativity to build a website, however they want, from the ground up. The class will build up to the creation of a static website.

Prerequisites: None

Recommended software: None, but Sublime 3 is strongly recommended

Recommended ages: It is strongly recommended that students have a basic understanding of a coding language prior to taking this course. Additionally, the course is being targeted at students in grade 7 and above.

Course Syllabus

Lesson 1 - Intro to HTML

Topics covered:
  • What is HTML?
  • Tag Syntax
  • Tag Attributes
  • Structure

Lesson 2 - More on HTML + Intro to CSS

Topics covered:
  • Inline vs. Block Elements
  • Forms
  • Images
  • Tables
  • Lists
  • CSS Properties
  • Font Color, Size, Type

Lesson 3 - More on CSS

Topics covered:
  • Multiple Selectors
  • Inheritance and Overriding
  • Borders/Lines
  • Classes
  • Font Weight
  • External Stylesheets
  • Inline Style

Lesson 4 - More on CSS

Topics covered:
  • Text Decoration
  • Web Colors
  • Font Sizes (cont). and Style
  • Line Height
  • Box Model
  • Background Image Property
  • Text Align Property

Lesson 5 - Intro to JavaScript

Topics covered:
  • Data Types
  • Print Statements and Comments
  • Declaring and Assigning Variables
  • Operators
  • Strings and Escape Characters
  • Arrays

Lesson 6 - More on JavaScript

Topics covered:
  • Functions
  • Scope
  • If Statements and Comparison Operators
  • Switch Statements

Lesson 7 - Lesson

Topics covered:
  • Final Project Day