Day one
Introduction
• Overview of the roles and responsibilities of:
• HTML
• CSS
• Javascript
• PHP/ASP
• From Wireframe to code - review of HTML Structural Elements
• To div or not to div
CSS Essentials
• Cascade and Inheritance
• Locations – where to hold the CSS and why:
- External, Internal, Inline, Imported
• CSS Syntax
• Core Selectors Theory and Practice:
- Tag (Type)
- Class
-ID
-Groups and Descendants
Working with Text
• Font size and family
• System Fonts and Server Fonts
• Text colour and background colour
• Alignment, line spacing and letter spacing
• Styling Links
Layout Fundamentals
• CSS Box Model
• Working with padding, margins and borders
• Longhand and shorthand syntax
• Changing the width of elements
• Understanding the difference between Block and Inline Levels
Image Essentials
• Understanding background images
• Creating tiled backgrounds
• Controlling background repeats
• Controlling background positions
• Using image headers
• Using fixed backgrounds
• Creating Custom Bullet Points
• Controlling Icons
• Working with Unicode
Questions and answers
Day two
Responsive Design
• Mobile first or Desktop first?
• Fixed units versus percentage values
• Applying responsive font size
• Responsive image and video techniques
• Using media queries to create breakpoints
• Using the browser mobile emulator for testing
Practical Layout Techniques
• Styling Data Tables and Forms
• Using Image Floats
• Creating columns with floats
• Understanding box-sizing
• Working with overflows
• Inserting content with :before and :after
• Fixing float issues with overflow hack
• Fixing float issues with clearfix hack
• Modern columns with Flexbox
• Layering content with absolute Positioning
Pseudo Selectors
• Hover effects
• Styling the first letter and first line
• Styling first, last, alternate and nth elements
• Styling by Attribute
• Styling direct descendants
• Using : not to omit elements
• Overview of various other pseudo elements
CSS Effects
• Rounded corners, Box Shadow and Text Shadow
• CSS Transitions
• CSS Animation
Questions and answers
| Course Dates | Venue | Price | ||
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| London Bridge | £449 + VAT | |||
| Online | £449 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £449 + VAT | |||
| Online | £299 + VAT save £150 | |||
| London Bridge | £349 + VAT save £100 | |||
| Online | £349 + VAT save £100 | |||
| London Bridge | £379 + VAT save £70 | |||
| Online | £379 + VAT save £70 | |||
| London Bridge | £399 + VAT save £50 | |||
| Online | £399 + VAT save £50 | |||
| London Bridge | £449 + VAT | |||
| Online | £449 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £449 + VAT | |||
| Online | £449 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £449 + VAT | |||
| Online | £449 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £449 + VAT | |||
| Online | £449 + VAT |
Tom works in Internal Communications for an NHS service provider. Listen to his experience about attending our online Adobe Premiere Intro course.
Meija works for the MOD, in marketing and communications and here tells us about attending her online Social Media Marketing course with Alice.
Katie works for the Ministry of Defence as a Digital Content Editor and here tells us about attending her online Social Media Marketing course with Kirsty.
"Answering every question I had, explaining things again when needed, checking my code when something didn't work, and making me feel a valued member of the course. I learned a huge amount in a short amount of time, but it didn't feel overwhelming at any point."
