Digital graphic design training
Web design Primer course
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This Web design Primer course introduces the fundamental concepts, tools, and learning paths for web design. Our instructor explains what it means to be a web designer, the various areas of specialization, and explores multiple software packages to code and design with you. We aim at turning this alphabet soup of technologies into a well structured foundation in web design.
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Course Objectives
Targeted towards beginners, this course aims to master the foundations of web design.
4 main objectives:
| Understand how the web is myriad of cooperating technologies: know the components and interactions . | |
| Learn the basics of designing, coding, imagery, scripting. | |
| Analyze and make critical assessments on different web approaches. | |
| Ability in choosing the right software tools for the different web design jobs. |
Prerequisites
Computer literacy is required.
Contact your instructor for more details on software and hardware requirements.
Web design Primer course outline
| Intro: Design at the heart of communication. | |
| Web clients and servers. | |
| Exploring HTTP. | |
| How browsers work. | |
| Structuring HTML. | |
| Controlling presentations with CSS. | |
| Scripting with Java-script. | |
| Dealing with data. | |
| Working with a content management system (like Joomla, WordPress or Drupal). | |
| Using cloud services. | |
| Understanding how the web works. | |
| Working with clients and servers. | |
| The DNS and why it matters. | |
| Internet protocols. | |
| Exploring HTTP. | |
| Anatomy of a URL. | |
| Web standards and the W3C. | |
| Web server basics. | |
| Front-end design with Adobe Muse. | |
| HTML, the language of the web. | |
| Text editors. | |
| Building websites without Dreamweaver. | |
| Structuring HTML. | |
| Controlling presentation through CSS. | |
| Client-side scripting with Java-script. | |
| Common image types. | |
| What is an API?. | |
| HTML5 APIs. | |
| Web fonts. | |
| Server-side scripting. | |
| The importance of PHP. | |
| Other popular server languages. | |
| Dealing with data. | |
| Using SQL databases. | |
| Content management systems. | |
| Content delivery networks. | |
| Cloud services. | |
| What is GitHub? | |
| Java-script libraries. | |
| Frameworks and grid systems. | |
| CSS preprocessors. |
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After this course
Upon completion of the Web design Primer course, perhaps you are interested in building a website with Dreamweaver or in upgrading your Photoshop, Illustrator or InDesign skills:
Dreamweaver webmaster
Photoshop Primer
Illustrator Primer
InDesign Primer
Student reviews
"This course worked flawlessly for me. Concise and exactly what I needed. Thank you! "
"This class does a great job in explaining the core parts of the web. I wish I found this earlier as it really helps in making the right technology choices later on. "