Web Fundamentals

ScheduleRegister for this courseOutline106 | WestLake Capstone Series: Web Fundamentals & Design

5 days, 9am-4pm (3.0 CEUs)
Delivery: Open-Enrollment | Customized Onsite | Virtual Classroom
Price: $2,525 or 5 Vouchers

WestLake's Web Fundamentals and Design Capstone Series teaches students the most up-to-date methods for designing Web pages using HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 as established by the W3C within a Web Standards framework. Students learn the fundamentals of HTML layout and design. Then, by introducing dynamic technologies including Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript, students gain the skills they need to design a truly attractive and fully functional website.

By the end of the class students will be able to:

  • Format and layout text in HTML and XHTML, the current standards for Web pages and the preferred markup for use with CSS
  • Apply design decisions for a group of pages, ensuring a consistent look and feel and shortening the time it takes to develop and maintain the site with CSS
  • Insert and Position Graphics
  • Add color
  • Link to other pages and sites
  • Design data tables
  • Develop pages that are compliant with Web Accessibility standards
  • Insure that Web pages comply with the W3C standards and Web Standards framework
  • Incorporate various multimedia to your Web page
  • Design simple HTML forms with simple client-side validation, allowing users a selection of input options
  • Design complex tables for layouts and data
  • Introduce the basic concept of JavaScript, including functions, objects, methods, event handlers and an understanding of the DOM
  • Implement JavaScript to validate forms, ensuring that the user fills in the form properly
  • Review concept of Dynamic Scripting or DOMScripting as a whole to better understand why a dynamic website is the future
  • Know what to do with your Web pages to get them published
  • Complete a capstone project to incorporate all of the concepts within the course

Courses in this Capstone series include:

Students can choose to enroll in this 5-day course or choose to attend classes individually. By enrolling in the Capstone Series instead of the individual courses, students benefit from a $100 savings off the total tuition. Students who successfully complete the class exercises and/or Capstone project will receive the WestLake Certification along with real-world sample code.

  • Prerequisites:
    Familiarity with Web browsers and the Windows user interface
    Touch typing skills are required