Web Development

Week 6: Semantic HTML

• Introduction to semantic HTML and its importance for accessibility and SEO
• Semantic elements such as <header>, <footer>, <nav>, <article>, <section>, <aside>, <main>
• Implementing semantic markup in real-world scenarios

Week 7: HTML5 APIs

• Overview of HTML5 APIs for modern web development
• Geolocation API for obtaining user location
• Local storage and session storage for client-side data storage
• Canvas and SVG for graphics and animations

Week 8: Responsive Web Design with HTML

• Understanding the importance of responsive design
• sing viewport meta tag for mobile responsiveness
• Creating fluid layouts with percentage widths and media queries
• Implementing responsive images with <picture> and <source> tags

Week 9: Accessibility and SEO

• Accessibility best practices for web content
• Semantic markup and its role in accessibility
• Adding alternative text to images for screen readers
• SEO-friendly HTML techniques (proper use of headings, meta tags, etc.)

Week 10: Project Week

• Students work on a final project applying the concepts learned throughout the course
• Project could involve building a simple website, web application, or interactive form
• Instructor provides guidance and feedback as students work through their projects

Week 1: Introduction to CSS

• Overview of CSS and its role in web development
• Inline CSS, internal CSS, and external CSS
• Selectors and declaration blocks
• Adding CSS to HTML documents

Week 2: Basic Styling

• Changing text color, font size, and font family
• Setting background colors and images
• Understanding the box model (margin, border, padding)
• Applying styles to headings, paragraphs, and lists

Week 3: Layout Fundamentals

• Introduction to layout techniques: inline, block, and inline-block
• Positioning elements with relative, absolute, and fixed positioning
• Floats and clearing floats for layout
• Creating simple page layouts with CSS

Week 4: Responsive Design with CSS

• Overview of responsive web design principles
• Media queries for targeting different screen sizes
• Flexbox layout for flexible and responsive designs
• CSS grid layout for complex grid-based layouts

Week 5: Advanced Selectors and Pseudo-classes

• Understanding advanced CSS selectors (descendant, child, sibling, attribute selectors)
• Using pseudo-classes (:hover, :active, :focus, :nth-child, :not, etc.)
• Styling links and form elements with pseudo-classes
• Practical examples of using advanced selectors for styling

Week 6: Transitions and Animations

• Adding transitions to CSS properties (transition property, transition timing)
• Creating simple animations with CSS keyframes
• Using animation properties (animation-name, animation-duration, animation-timing-function)
• Applying animations to elements for user interactions

Week 7: CSS Preprocessors

• Introduction to CSS preprocessors (e.g., Sass, Less)
• Installing and setting up a CSS preprocessor
• Variables, mixins, and nesting in preprocessor
• Compiling preprocessors to standard CSS

Week 8: CSS Frameworks

• Overview of CSS frameworks (e.g., Bootstrap, Foundation)
• Setting up and customizing a CSS framework
• Using grid systems, components, and utilities provided by the framework
• Pros and cons of using CSS frameworks in web development

Week 9: CSS Best Practices and Optimization

• Writing efficient and maintainable CSS code
• Organizing stylesheets with meaningful structure and comments
• Minification and concatenation of CSS files for optimization
• Performance optimization techniques (e.g., reducing repaints, optimizing animations)

Week 10: Project Week

• Students work on a final project by applying the CSS concepts learned throughout the course
• Project could involve creating a responsive website, redesigning an existing site, or building a user interface
• Instructor provides guidance and feedback as students work through their projects

• Overview of JavaScript and its role in web development
• Basic syntax: variables, data types, and operators
• Writing JavaScript code in HTML documents and external files
• Introduction to browser developer tools for debugging

Week 2: Control Flow and Functions

• Conditional statements: if-else, switch
• Looping structures: for loop, while loop, do-while loop
• Functions: declaration, parameters, return statement
• Understanding scope and variable hoisting

Week 3: Arrays and Objects

• Creating and manipulating arrays
• Array methods: push, pop, shift, unshift, splice, slice, forEach, map, filter
• Working with objects: object literals, properties, methods
• Accessing object properties and methods

Week 4: DOM Manipulation

• Introduction to the Document Object Model (DOM)
• Selecting DOM elements using selectors (getElementById, getElementsByClassName, querySelector, querySelectorAll)
• Manipulating DOM elements: changing content, styles, attributes
• Handling DOM events: click, submit, keypress, etc.

Week 5: Asynchronous JavaScript

• Introduction to asynchronous programming
• setTimeout and setInterval functions for delaying and repeating actions
• Understanding callbacks and handling asynchronous operations
• Introduction to Promises for asynchronous control flow

Week 6: Error Handling and Debugging

• Handling errors with try-catch blocks
• Throwing custom errors
• Debugging JavaScript code: using console.log, breakpoints, and browser developer tools
• Best practices for error handling and debugging

Week 7: ES6 and Modern JavaScript

• Overview of ES6 (ECMAScript 2015) features
• Arrow functions, template literals, destructuring assignment
• Let and const for variable declaration
• Enhanced object literals, spread and rest operators

Week 8: Working with APIs

• Introduction to APIs (Application Programming Interfaces)
• Making HTTP requests with JavaScript: XMLHttpRequest, Fetch API
• Handling API responses: JSON parsing, error handling
• Practical examples of integrating APIs into web applications

Week 9: Client-Side Storage

• Working with browser storage: cookies, localStorage, sessionStorage
• Understanding the differences between localStorage and sessionStorage
• Storing and retrieving data from browser storage
• Best practices for using client-side storage

Week 10: Project Week

• Students work on a final project applying the JavaScript concepts learned throughout the course
• Project could involve building an interactive web application, implementing a feature for an existing website, or creating a game
• Instructor provides guidance and feedback as students work through their projects

Week 1: Introduction to PHP

• Overview of PHP and its role in web development
• Setting up a PHP development environment (using XAMPP, WAMP, or MAMP)
• Writing your first PHP script
• Understanding PHP syntax: variables, data types, comments

Week 2: Control Structures

• Conditional statements: if, else, elseif
• Switch statement for multi-condition checking
• Looping structures: for loop, while loop, do-while loop, foreach loop
• Combining control structures to solve real-world problems

Week 3: Functions and Arrays

• Declaring and calling functions in PHP
• Function parameters and return values
• Understanding variable scope
• Working with arrays: indexed arrays, associative arrays, multidimensional arrays

Week 4: Form Handling and Super Globals

• Creating HTML forms for user input
• Handling form submissions using PHP
• Accessing form data using superglobal arrays ($_GET, $_POST)
• Validating and sanitizing form input to prevent security vulnerabilities

Week 5: File Handling

• Reading from and writing to files using PHP
• File manipulation functions: fopen, fclose, fwrite, read
• Working with file paths and directories
• Uploading files to the server using HTML forms and PHP

Week 6: Database Interaction with MySQL

• Introduction to MySQL database and PHP’s MySQLi extension
• Connecting to a MySQL database from PHP
• Executing SQL queries: SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
• Retrieving and displaying data from the database

Week 7: Session Management and Cookies

• Understanding sessions and cookies
• Using sessions to persist data across multiple page requests
• Setting and retrieving cookies in PHP
• Implementing user authentication and authorization using sessions and cookies

Week 8: Object-Oriented PHP

• Introduction to object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts
• Creating classes and objects in PHP
• Class properties, methods, constructors, and destructors
• Encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism in PHP

Week 9: Error Handling and Exception Handling

• Understanding common PHP errors and warnings
• Error reporting and debugging techniques
• Handling errors gracefully using try-catch blocks
• Custom error handling and logging in PHP applications

Week 10: Building Dynamic Web Applications

• Integrating PHP with HTML and CSS to build dynamic web pages
• Building CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) applications with PHP and MySQL
• Implementing user authentication and authorization
• Best practices for organizing PHP code and building maintainable applications

Week 11: Final Project

• Students work on a final project to demonstrate their understanding of PHP concepts
• Project could involve building a web application, content management system (CMS), or e-commerce platform
• Instructor provides guidance and feedback as students work through their projects

Week 1: Introduction to WordPress

• Overview of WordPress and its features
• Understanding the difference between WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org
• Setting up a WordPress site: hosting, domain registration, installation
• Navigating the WordPress dashboard

Week 2: Creating Content

• Understanding the difference between posts and pages
• Creating and formatting posts and pages
• Adding media: images, videos, audio files
• categories and tags to organize content

Week 3: Customizing Themes

• Introduction to WordPress themes and their structure
• Installing and activating themes from the WordPress theme directory
• Customizing themes using the WordPress Customizer
• Working with child themes for advanced customization

Week 4: Plugins and Widgets

• Overview of WordPress plugins and their functionalities
• Installing and activating plugins from the WordPress plugin directory
• Popular plugins for various purposes: SEO, contact forms, social media integration, caching, security
• Adding and customizing widgets in widgetized areas of the theme

Week 5: Managing Users and Permissions

• Understanding user roles and capabilities in WordPress
• Creating and managing user accounts
• Setting permissions and access levels for different user roles
• Best practices for user management and security

Week 6: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

• Understanding the importance of SEO for WordPress websites
• Optimizing content for search engines: keywords, meta tags, permalinks
• Installing and configuring SEO plugins (e.g., Yoast SEO, All in One SEO Pack)
• Analyzing website traffic and performance using Google Analytics

Week 7: E-Commerce with WooCommerce

• Introduction to WooCommerce: features and capabilities
• Installing and setting up WooCommerce plugin
• Creating and managing products: physical products, digital downloads, subscriptions
• Configuring payment gateways and shipping options

Week 8: Custom Post Types and Taxonomies

• Understanding custom post types and taxonomies in WordPress
• Creating custom post types for specific content types (e.g., portfolio, testimonials)
• Registering custom taxonomies to categorize content
• Implementing custom post types and taxonomies in themes and plugins

Week 9: Multilingual Websites with WPML

• Introduction to WPML (WordPress Multilingual Plugin)
• Installing and configuring WPML for multilingual websites
• Translating content: posts, pages, categories, tags
• Implementing language switchers and language-specific menus

Week 10: Website Maintenance and Security

• Performing regular website backups
• Updating WordPress core, themes, and plugins
• Implementing security best practices: strong passwords, SSL certificates, security plugins
• Monitoring website performance and uptime

Week 11: Final Project

• Students work on a final project to showcase their understanding of WordPress concepts
• Project could involve building a complete website, customizing a theme, or developing
• Instructor provides guidance and feedback as students work through their projects

Week 1: Introduction to React

• Overview of React and its advantages in web development
• Understanding the virtual DOM and React’s component-based architecture
• Setting up a React development environment using Create React App
• Creating and rendering your first React component

Week 2: JSX and Components

• Introduction to JSX (JavaScript XML) syntax
• Creating JSX elements and embedding expressions
• Breaking down UI into reusable components
• Composing components and passing props

Week 3: State and Lifecycle

• Understanding component state and its importance in React
• Setting initial state and updating state using setState
• Lifecycle methods: componentDidMount, componentDidUpdate, componentWillUnmount
• Managing component lifecycle and side effects

Week 4: Handling Events and Forms

• Handling user events in React components
• Binding event handlers and passing arguments
• Controlled components and form submission
• Validating form input and handling form errors

Week 5: Lists and Keys

• Rendering lists of data using map method
• Understanding the importance of keys in React lists
• Adding and removing list items dynamically
• Using keys for efficient list item updates

Week 6: Styling in React

• Overview of styling options in React: inline styles, CSS modules, styled-components
• Using inline styles with JSX
• Implementing CSS modules for component-specific styles
• Styling components using styled-components library

Week 7: Routing with React Router

• Introduction to client-side routing in single-page applications
• Setting up routing using React Router
• Creating and configuring routes with Route component
• Navigating between routes using Link component

Week 8: State Management with Context API

• Overview of state management in React applications
• Introduction to Context API for global state management
• Creating context providers and consumers
• Managing global state with useContext and useReducer hooks

Week 9: Handling Asynchronous Data

• Making asynchronous requests with Fetch API or Axios
• Handling asynchronous data loading in React components
• Displaying loading spinners and handling loading states
• Error handling for asynchronous data fetching

Week 10: Testing React Applications

• Overview of testing approaches: unit testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing
• Writing unit tests for React components using Jest and React Testing Library
• Testing user interactions and state changes
• Best practices for testing React applications

Week 11: Building and Deploying React Applications

• Building production-ready React applications
• Optimizing React applications for performance
• Deploying React applications to hosting services like Netlify, Vercel, or AWS Amplify
• Continuous deployment and automated workflows

Week 12: Final Project

• Students work on a final project to apply their knowledge of React concepts
• Project could involve building a complete web application, redesigning an existing application, or implementing a feature
• Instructor provides guidance and feedback as students work through their projects