Front-End Web Developer

The Front-End Web Developer content introduces students to front-end, or client -side, web development technologies, including JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and jQuery. Participants learn how to make interactive applications that run inside a web browser and can communicate with a web server running remotely. Participants also learn how to use the version control program Git and collaboration website GitHub. Once complete, participants will have the basic skills necessary to work as a front-end web developer.

At the conclusion of this content, participants will be able to:

• Create simple web pages using HTML and CSS and get those pages up on a website
• Explain how JavaScript is used, format and execute code, define ar rays, assign functions, and more
• Use JQuery to manipulate DOM and perform Ajax requests
• Verify that the individual functions that make up the application perform as expected using JsUnit
• Make rich user interface elements using jQuery UI
• Build an interactive application and add it to a GitHub repository to show prospective employers