Weekly Class Breakdown

Below is the anticipated breakdown of the classes in this course. Our schedule is very aggressive as my aim is to give you exposure to the types of things you will deal with as future web developers.

With every class being different, please understand that we may or may not get to all of the topics listed on this class breakdown. If there are topics here you are most interested in, please let me know and I will do my best to ensure we cover it.

Week 1

Web Site Development - Information Architecture
What is Information Architecture
Purpose of a Web Site Design Document

HTML
Exploring a Basic Web Page
HTML: Document Structure
HTML: Headings and Paragraphs
Creating Your First Web Page

Other Topics
Web Developer Jargon 101
Explain Web Site Development Project
Explain Week One Homework

Week 2

Web Site Development - Information Architecture
Design Document: Writing the Introduction
Design Document: Determining the Site Requirements
Design Document: Defining the User Experience
Design Document: Competitive/Comparative Analysis

HTML
HTML: Headings and Paragraphs
HTML: Horizontal Rules
HTML: Lists
HTML: Blockquote
HTML: Images
HTML: Comments
HTML: Symbols (Entities)

CSS
Inline Styles

Other Topics
Explain Week Two Homework
Explain Web Site Development Project - Part A

Week 3

Web Site Development - Content
Determining the Content

HTML
HTML: Hyperlinks

CSS
Benefits of CSS
Internal Style Sheets
External Style Sheets
Element Selector
ID Selector
Class Selector

Other Topics
Presentations of Assignment 1
Explain Assignment 2
Explain Week Three Homework

Week 4

Web Site Development - Site Structure
Determining the Site Structure

CSS
Simple Page Layout with CSS

Other Topics
How to Upload to a Web Server with FTP
Explain Week Four Homework
Domain Names and Web Hosting

Week 5

Week 6

HTML
Setting up a Web Form

JavaScript
Programming Basics
Form Validation
DHTML

Other Topics
Explain Week Six Homework

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10