Module 1: Introduction to Web Design and Frontend Development
- Overview of Web Design and Development
- The difference between frontend and backend development
- The role of frontend development in web applications
- Introduction to the development workflow (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Frontend Development Tools and Environment Setup
- Installing a code editor (Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, etc.)
- Setting up version control with Git and GitHub
- Understanding the browser developer tools (Inspect Element, Console, Network)
Module 2: HTML – The Structure of Web Pages
- Introduction to HTML
- Basic HTML structure:
<!DOCTYPE>
,<html>
,<head>
,<body>
- Working with text elements: headings, paragraphs, and lists
- Organizing content with
<div>
,<section>
, and<article>
- Links, images, and multimedia embedding (
<a>
,<img>
,<video>
) - Forms and form elements (
<form>
,<input>
,<textarea>
)
- Basic HTML structure:
- Semantic HTML
- The importance of semantic elements for SEO and accessibility
- Using
<header>
,<footer>
,<main>
,<nav>
,<article>
, and<section>
- HTML5 Features
- HTML5 elements:
<figure>
,<figcaption>
,<mark>
,<progress>
,<output>
- HTML5 input types (
email
,tel
,number
,date
)
- HTML5 elements:
Module 3: CSS – Styling Web Pages
- Introduction to CSS
- What is CSS and how it interacts with HTML
- Inline, internal, and external CSS
- CSS selectors: classes, IDs, and elements
- CSS Layout Techniques
- The Box Model (content, padding, border, margin)
- CSS positioning (static, relative, absolute, fixed, sticky)
- Flexbox: Flex container and items, alignment, and justification
- CSS Grid: Creating two-dimensional layouts with grid-template-columns and rows
- Responsive Design
- Media queries and breakpoints for responsive design
- Mobile-first approach: designing for different screen sizes
- Fluid layouts using percentage-based widths, and flexible grids
- Using responsive frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap or Foundation)
Module 4: Advanced CSS Techniques
- CSS Transitions and Animations
- Adding interactivity with transitions
- CSS keyframe animations
- Hover effects and button animations
- CSS Preprocessing with SASS
- What is SASS and why use it?
- Variables, nesting, partials, and mixins
- Creating reusable styles and themes with SASS
- CSS Frameworks
- Introduction to popular CSS frameworks (Bootstrap, Tailwind CSS)
- Using pre-built components and utilities from a CSS framework
- Customizing frameworks to suit project needs
Module 5: JavaScript – Bringing Interactivity to Web Pages
- Introduction to JavaScript
- JavaScript syntax, variables, and data types
- Operators, control structures (if-else, loops)
- Functions, parameters, and return values
- DOM Manipulation
- The Document Object Model (DOM)
- Selecting and manipulating elements with
getElementById()
,querySelector()
- Modifying content and styles with JavaScript
- Adding event listeners (click, input, change)
- JavaScript Functions and Objects
- Functions, arrow functions, and function expressions
- Understanding objects, arrays, and loops
- Working with arrays and array methods (map, filter, reduce)
Module 6: Asynchronous JavaScript and Fetch API
- Introduction to Asynchronous Programming
- The difference between synchronous and asynchronous operations
- Callbacks, promises, and async/await
- Handling errors with
.catch()
andtry-catch
- Working with APIs and Fetch
- Making API requests with the Fetch API
- Fetching JSON data and displaying it on the page
- Understanding HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
- Handling API responses and parsing JSON
Module 7: Introduction to JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries
- Overview of JavaScript Frameworks and Libraries
- The need for JavaScript frameworks in modern web development
- Overview of popular frameworks: React, Angular, Vue.js
- When to use libraries vs. frameworks
- React Basics
- Introduction to React: Components, props, and state
- Setting up a React project with Create React App
- Building a simple React component
- Handling events and state changes in React
- Vue.js Basics
- Introduction to Vue.js: Vue instances, directives, and templates
- Setting up a Vue project with Vue CLI
- Creating Vue components and working with data binding
- Event handling and Vue lifecycle methods
Module 8: Advanced JavaScript Frameworks
- Advanced React Development
- React Router for navigation
- Managing state with Context API and Redux
- Form handling and validation in React
- Fetching data from APIs in React using hooks
- Vue.js Advanced Concepts
- Vue Router for navigation
- State management with Vuex
- Fetching data and lifecycle hooks in Vue
- Other Tools for React and Vue.js
- JSX and template syntax
- Component styling with CSS-in-JS (styled-components for React, scoped styles in Vue)
Module 9: Build Tools and Version Control
- Using Version Control with Git
- Introduction to Git and GitHub
- Basic Git commands: clone, commit, push, pull, branches
- Collaborating with others using GitHub repositories
- Task Runners and Bundlers
- Introduction to NPM (Node Package Manager)
- Using task runners like Gulp or Grunt
- Setting up Webpack for bundling JavaScript and assets
- Code Minification and Optimization
- Compressing CSS, JavaScript, and images for production
- Using tools like Terser, CSSNano, and image compressors