This course will be useful for anyone who wants to gain a firm technical understanding of the core languages and tools used in web development. You will begin by preparing your web platform, preparing your development tools and processes, and monitoring the web request–response cycle. Then, you'll create a basic web page, provide navigation links between pages, and improve web-page structure and navigation.
Web Dev: Environment Setup and Basic Page Creation
Web Dev: Environment Setup and Basic Page Creation
This course is part of Web Development with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript Specialization
Instructor: Bill Rosenthal
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
In this course, you will set up the tools and resources needed for web development, and create web pages in HTML.
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Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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This course is part of the Web Development with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course
To be able to test web content as you develop it, you need to have a web platform where you can host your work in progress. You also must have tools you can use to create the various files that comprise your websites, and processes for taking your web projects from ideas to deliverables.
What's included
1 reading6 plugins
HTML provides the foundation for all web development. Whether you are creating a simple website with static, unchanging content or a complex, interactive web application, you will undoubtedly need to work with HTML.
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5 plugins
You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.
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