Beginners Guide to Web Development

Beginners Guide to Web Development, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.07, with 79 lectures, 3 quizzes, based on 7 reviews, and has 48 subscribers.

You will learn about Build a foundation in HTML and the semantics of good coding style Unravel the worth of the cascading nature of CSS: IDs, classes, tags, and pseudo-classes Develop responsive websites and web applications for any device Get familiar with cross-browser support to ensure your site will look great on different browsers and devices Make dynamic websites and web applications with JavaScript Dynamically load content to a page using Ajax, greatly reducing page load times Create interactive elements quickly with Bootstrap and jQuery to reduce your development time Integrate with thousands of open-source and paid jQuery plugins, allowing you to rapidly create amazing things Learn how to build a simple and powerful JavaScript scraping script Understand how to create a web scraping tool using JavaScript and Node js This course is ideal for individuals who are This is an ideal course for Novice developers looking to get started with web development. It is particularly useful for This is an ideal course for Novice developers looking to get started with web development.

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Summary

Title: Beginners Guide to Web Development

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 4.07

Number of Lectures: 79

Number of Quizzes: 3

Number of Published Lectures: 79

Number of Published Quizzes: 3

Number of Curriculum Items: 82

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 82

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Build a foundation in HTML and the semantics of good coding style

Unravel the worth of the cascading nature of CSS: IDs, classes, tags, and pseudo-classes

Develop responsive websites and web applications for any device

Get familiar with cross-browser support to ensure your site will look great on different browsers and devices

Make dynamic websites and web applications with JavaScript

Dynamically load content to a page using Ajax, greatly reducing page load times

Create interactive elements quickly with Bootstrap and jQuery to reduce your development time

Integrate with thousands of open-source and paid jQuery plugins, allowing you to rapidly create amazing things

Learn how to build a simple and powerful JavaScript scraping script

Understand how to create a web scraping tool using JavaScript and Node js

Who Should Attend

This is an ideal course for Novice developers looking to get started with web development.

Target Audiences

This is an ideal course for Novice developers looking to get started with web development.

Web technologies are growing rapidly, and by building a solid foundation in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you are beginning your journey and riding the wave of innovation.

This practical course is your one-stop guide to learning web development. You will begin with learning HTML and CSS to design and build professional, beautiful, and truly responsive websites. You will then learn basics as well as advanced techniques in JavaScript to build dynamic websites and web applications. Along the way, you will also be introduced to JavaScript frameworks, plugins, and libraries with practical examples. Next, you will learn performing scraping on websites data wherein you will firstly learn to perform scraping on static web pages and then writing more sophisticated scripts for dynamic websites. Finally, you will learn some JavaScript scraping libraries and packages to automate scraping tasks.

Contents and Overview

This training program includes 3 complete courses, carefully chosen to give you the most comprehensive training possible.

The first course, Practical HTML and CSS, covers the fundamentals of HTML and CSS to build professional, beautiful, and truly responsive websites that will maximize the value you can create. This course will give you the confidence to take on any web design by knowing what is possible, how to find the answers to the unknown, and how to make your website stand out from the crowd.

In the second course, Real-World JavaScript: Pro-Level Techniques for Entry-Level Developers, you will not only begin learning the basics of JavaScript, but also enable a high level of interactivity that lets you accept payments, validate inputs, and create a winning User Experience. Along the way, you will learn how to dynamically load content on a page using AJAX and add interactive elements to your site with Bootstrap and jQuery, which will greatly help in reducing page load times and your development time. Integrate your website with both open-source and paid jQuery plugins that will allow you to rapidly enhance your site’s interactivity and responsiveness.

The third course, Learning Web Scraping with JavaScript, is the ultimate guide to using the latest features of JavaScript and Node.js to scrape data from websites. Firstly, you’ll see how to extract data from static web pages. After learning the basics, you’ll get hands-on practice of building more sophisticated scripts. You’ll determine when and how to scrape data from a JavaScript-dependent website using JavaScript scraping libraries. You’ll also learn to automate these actions with JavaScript packages such as Cheerio and CasperJS.

By the end of this course, you will learn the core technologies of web development (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript ) to build your own websites and web applications. You will also learn to perform web scraping on them.

Meet Your Expert(s):

We have the best work of the following esteemed author(s) to ensure that your learning journey is smooth:

Nick Ruffilo has been a software and web developer for 20+ years. He has used JavaScript to develop web sites, web services, video games, native apps, and interactive ebooks. Nick has taught people of all ages, and focuses on providing the most impactful learning while teaching the skills necessary to continue your education. Nick Ruffilo is an entrepreneur, technology manager, software developer, and teacher. He understands the balance between a need to understand what’s going on and the need to actually get things done.

Mustapha Mekhatria is the founder of SmartRTOS com and he is a JavaScript enthusiast. He enjoys setting up projects with Node.js, MongoDB, and VueJS. He publishes articles and videos about programming also has his own Youtube Channel. He likes sharing knowledge and strongly believes that everything is easy to understand if taught well.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Practical HTML and CSS

Lecture 1: The Course Overview

Lecture 2: Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

Lecture 3: Building Your First Website

Lecture 4: HTML Document Structure

Lecture 5: HTML – HTML Tags

Lecture 6: HTML – Linking and Including

Lecture 7: Tags, Defaults, and the Box Model

Lecture 8: Intro to Bootstrap

Lecture 9: Meta Tags and SEO

Lecture 10: Working with Images

Lecture 11: Introduction to HTML5

Lecture 12: CSS and Selectors

Lecture 13: Colors

Lecture 14: Fonts

Lecture 15: Controlling the Box Model

Lecture 16: Additional Directives

Lecture 17: Pseudo Classes, Pseudo Elements, and Cascading

Lecture 18: CSS Frameworks

Lecture 19: Media Queries

Lecture 20: User Experience, Different Devices

Lecture 21: Responsive Design with Bootstrap

Lecture 22: Browser Differences

Lecture 23: Operating System Differences

Lecture 24: Inspect and Debugging

Lecture 25: Cross Browser Testing

Lecture 26: Social Embeds

Lecture 27: Licensing and Rights

Lecture 28: Security Concerns – IFrames Versus Code Snippets

Lecture 29: Customization

Chapter 2: Real-World JavaScript: Pro-Level Techniques for Entry-Level Developers

Lecture 1: The Course Overview

Lecture 2: What Is JavaScript and How Is It Used?

Lecture 3: Using an IDE and Coding Intro

Lecture 4: Variables and Objects

Lecture 5: Operators

Lecture 6: Functions and Scope

Lecture 7: The DOM, Events, and Triggering Functions – Part 1

Lecture 8: The DOM, Events, and Triggering Functions – Part 2

Lecture 9: Objects and Object-Oriented Programming

Lecture 10: Cookies as a Means of Storage

Lecture 11: Understanding the JSON Format

Lecture 12: Objects and Object-Oriented Concepts

Lecture 13: Building a Quiz with JSON – Part 1

Lecture 14: Building a Quiz with JSON – Part 2

Lecture 15: Why jQuery/Bootstrap?

Lecture 16: Other Frameworks – Pros and Cons

Lecture 17: jQuery: Structure, Selectors, and Event Handling – Part 1

Lecture 18: jQuery: Structure, Selectors, and Event Handling – Part 2

Lecture 19: Bootstrap – Interactive Form Handling and Modals

Lecture 20: jQuery Plugins – What and Where?

Lecture 21: Security and Safety Concerns

Lecture 22: How to Read API Documentation

Lecture 23: Bootstrap and jQuery

Lecture 24: Integration with Google APIs

Lecture 25: Integration with Facebook

Lecture 26: Integration with PayPal

Lecture 27: Integration with Twitter

Lecture 28: Development Approach – Design and Spec

Lecture 29: Code Review

Lecture 30: Review of Cookies

Lecture 31: Events

Lecture 32: Debugging

Lecture 33: Everything Else

Chapter 3: Learning Web Scraping with JavaScript

Lecture 1: The Course Overview

Lecture 2: Introduction to Web Scraping

Lecture 3: Scraping an Amazon Webpage Using Simple JS Code

Lecture 4: Installing and Setting Up a Basic Script Using CasperJS

Lecture 5: Setting Up a Project to Scrape Google Using CasperJS

Lecture 6: Best Practices

Lecture 7: Summary with Benefits and Legal Limitations

Lecture 8: Using CasperJS to Scrape Airbnb

Lecture 9: Running and Testing the Script

Lecture 10: Best Practices Using CasperJS

Lecture 11: Scraping Amazon.com Using Cheerio

Lecture 12: Setting Up the Project

Lecture 13: Running the Script

Lecture 14: Summary

Lecture 15: Web Application to Scrape a Website

Lecture 16: Web Application Script

Lecture 17: Run the Web Application

Instructors

Packt Publishing
Tech Knowledge in Motion

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