Web Development for Beginners Course

Have an interest in website design and development? Then
this course is for you. We’ll give you an overview of the core concepts that
you need to know about to build a website. Building a website is not what it
used to be, with modern frameworks including responsive web design, to web
server management and dealing with the ever growing threat of cyberattacks, the
essential learning on this course will provide an overview of what you need to
know. This course is designed to be a high level overview of the core concepts
involved with modern web development to get you going on the right track. For
every topic discussed on this course, we have a more in-depth course covering
the finer details where you can start to learn more about these things.

This course is open to anyone wanting to learn about website
design and development. Whether you are an individual looking to use a website as
a blogging tool, or you are a business looking to use a website for your
business, or you are an aspiring entrepreneur looking to use a website to start
your online business or whether you would like to boost your skills and become
more employable by being able to use various website technologies. This web
development for beginner’s course is designed to give you a solid foundation for
how to build websites that are fit for purpose in the modern world.

Throughout the day you’ll learn;

• The core building blocks powering a modern website
• What HTML is and how it can be used
• What CSS is and how it can be used
• What JavaScript is and how it can be used
• What a web server is and how this relates to your website
• What a domain name is and how this relates to your website
• Why you shouldn’t be using your web server to manage you email systems
• About images and licencing to avoid being fined
• How web development fits with digital marketing aspects including Search
  Engine Optimisation (SEO), Pay per Click Advertising (PPC) on Google
  AdWords, Email Marketing, Social Media and website analytics such as
  Google Analytics.
• What Content Management Systems (CMS) are popular today
• Choosing the right platform for blogging, businesses, hobbyists or ecommerce

What to Bring

The Web Development for Beginner’s course is 100% theory and
demonstration based. Should you wish to get more hands on with the topics
discussed, there are other courses running which allow you to do this.

What’s Included

The full day course includes;

• Tuition taught by Michael Cropper a website development expert who works with a
  large variety of website technologies on a daily basis professionally
• Room hire
• Lunch and refreshments throughout the day
• A copy of the teaching materials

Note

Please note that you will not be learning any
HTML, CSS or JavaScript code on this course. We will be touching on this
information to highlight examples which will provide you with an overview for
how this can be practiced more on one of the more hands-on courses.