In this module, you will enhance your web development skills by learning how to incorporate and style fonts, icons, images, gradients, and host your websites using GitHub Pages. You’ll start by exploring Font Awesome, an external library that provides a vast collection of icons that can be styled like text, adding visual appeal and functionality to your websites. Next, a refresher of CSS font styling, mastering how to control the appearance of text using properties like font-family, font-weight, font-style, and font-size, so it can be applied to Font Awesome icons. You’ll also learn how to effectively use images in HTML and CSS, including the image tag and background images, to enhance the visual content of your web pages. Additionally, you’ll discover how to create and apply CSS gradients, both linear and radial, to add depth and accents to your designs. Finally, you’ll learn how to host your websites using GitHub Pages, a free and integrated hosting solution that allows you to make your projects live on the internet. By the end of this module, you’ll be equipped with the skills to create visually engaging and professionally styled web pages and make them accessible online.

In this module, you will learn how to evaluate design mock-ups, understand user experience principles, create user stories, and manage the life cycle of a web project. You’ll start by exploring how to evaluate a design mock-up, breaking down the visual elements and planning the necessary HTML and CSS. Next, you’ll consider user experience (UX), focusing on the five pillars: discoverability, learnability, efficiency, consistency, and delight. You’ll learn how to create user stories, which are short, simple descriptions of features from the user’s perspective, helping you to build products that meet user needs. Finally, you’ll hear about the life cycle of a web project, from defining the purpose and user stories to organizing tasks, coding, and testing. By the end of this module, you’ll be equipped with the skills to plan, design, and execute web projects effectively, ensuring they meet user expectations and business goals.

In this module, you’ll learn how to make your web pages more responsive and accessible. You’ll start by understanding web accessibility and how to make your websites usable for everyone, including people with disabilities. Next, you’ll learn how to create responsive images using the srcset and sizes attributes, ensuring your images look great on any device. You’ll then explore CSS media queries, which allow you to apply different styles based on the device’s characteristics, and learn how to test these queries using Chrome DevTools. Finally, you’ll get an introduction to the Document Object Model (DOM), which is crucial for making dynamic web pages with JavaScript.