Introduction to HTML5, CSS3 and Responsive Design

Introduction to HTML5/ CSS3 and Responsive Design Basics is a hands-on basic web development course geared for developers who need to understand what the latest in web technologies and responsive design practices that are central to targeting the entire spectrum of user platforms and browsers. This comprehensive course provides a balanced mixture of theory and practical labs designed to take students through HTML5 and CSS3. Students who attend this course will leave this course armed with the new skills to design, implement, and deploy robust, flexible, and safe web applications.

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Course Objectives

This ‘skills-focused’ course is approximately 50% hands-on, combining expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises. Our instructors are highly experienced practitioners who bring years of current "on-the-job" experience into every classroom. Working within in a hands-on learning environment guided by our expert team, attendees will explore:

HTML5:

  • How to effectively meet requirements using the full range of HTML5 semantic and structural elements
  • To work with technologies such as web storage, application caching, and cross-domain messaging to improve performance and the user experience

CSS:

  • What features CSS3 supports and how they can be effectively used with HTML5 and other technologies
  • To adapt to varying degrees of browser support for HTML5 and CSS3

Debugging and Responsive Web Design

  • What is needed to effectively debug these web technologies
  • How to use both browser-based and proxy-based debuggers and tools
  • To work with Responsive Web Design to effectively adapt to varying screen sizes and delivery channels

 

Course Prerequisites

This is an introductory-level web development course. Ideally students should have prior web development or scripting background, as this course does not teach scripting basics.  However, this course can be tuned for non-developers. Please inquire for details.

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Course Outline

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We will work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.

Session: HTML

Lesson: HTML

  • Define HTML and review its history
  • Look at XHTML and its relationship to HTML
  • Identify HTML limitations and improvements

Lesson: HTML5

  • HTML5 Overview
  • HTML5 Semantic Structure
  • HTML5 Forms
  • HTML5 Media Delivery

Session: CSS

Lesson: CSS

  • Learn the basics of CSS
  • Meaning of cascading in CSS
  • Declaring CSS within your HTML page
  • Creating styles in an external CSS file
  • Control how to display and position HTML elements
  • Overriding standard tag behavior
  • Adding new classes
  • Using custom classes in your page

Lesson: CSS3 Overview

  • What is new in CSS3
  • The Advantages of CSS3
  • Browser Support for CSS3

Lesson: CSS3 Advanced Selectors

  • Selecting Using Attributes
  • Selecting Using DOM Structure
  • Complex Selecting using Pseudo-Classes
  • Selecting Using UI Components and State

Lesson: CSS3 Visual Effects

  • Font Options, Opacity, and Color
  • Distributing Content Across Columns
  • Working with Borders and Boxes
  • Working with Vendor Prefixes
  • Functional Techniques

Session: Advanced Topics

Lesson: HTML5 JavaScript API

  • Cross-Domain Messaging
  • Working with Web Storage
  • Offline with Application Cache
  • Geolocation: What, Why, and How

Lesson: Responsive Web Design (RWD)

  • Adapting to Varying Screen Sizes
  • Scaling Page and Text Content
  • Scaling and Adapting for Media
  • Options for Adjusting Media
  • Lab: Make a Responsive Page


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