This course is designed to start you on a path toward future studies in web development and design, no matter how little experience or technical knowledge you currently have. The web is a very big place, and if you are the typical internet user, you probably visit several websites every day, whether for business, entertainment or education. By the end of this course you’ll be able to describe the structure and functionality of the world wide web, create dynamic web pages using a combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, apply essential programming language concepts when creating HTML forms, select an appropriate web hosting service, and publish your webpages for the world to see. Finally, you’ll be able to develop a working model for creating your own personal or business websites in the future and be fully prepared to take the next step in more advanced web development or design course or specialization.
Description
A Verifiable Certificate of Completion is presented to all students who undertake this course.
This Dynamic Web Design with PHP and MySQL training course will give you a working understanding of these important technologies and show you how to use them to create your own impressive websites. When used in combination, there simply isn't a better way to construct sites that involve complexity, large volumes of data, and the flexibility to make adjustments and changes over time. This course goes step by step through the basics of each technology, and then gradually shows you how to build the necessary components and underlying framework of your site. It goes through installation of PHP and MySQL technologies on your local machine as well as hosted servers, explains basic tags, commands and constructs, and helps you build and work within a solid back-end database. One you have the basics of PHP and MySQL covered, you'll also learn how to use CSS, JavaScript and AJAX to create the visual style and added functionality your pages deserve.
Who Should Take This Course
- Individuals and small business owners interested in creating their own fully featured websites with total control over data management, functionality and visual appearance.
- Web developers and programmers looking to learn a new language and set of standards.
- Anyone who has used basic CMS or templates to create basic websites in the past but want much more control.
- Anyone who has tried to learn PHP or MySQL in the past but found it difficult due to a lack of practical examples.
