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This will be an 8 week class covering basic web technologies. If you want to make a website or have a friend that wants you to, utilize this class to learn.

Requirements:

  • Laptop (computer of some kind)

  • Familiarity with basic computer usage, Windows or Apple environments or linux (Linux is a plus, but not required).

  • Pen/Pencil and paper for note taking

Synopsis:

  • Class 1: General Principles

  • Course Intro

  • Why should I listen to a guy named r00ster?

  • Scope of course (LAMP stack)

  • Open Source vs. Proprietary (the abridged version - not getting into any debates here)

  • Components of web

  • What is the web?

  • What is a browser?

  • What is a server?

  • What is a database?

  • Operating systems that make up the web

  • Which operating system should I use for web development?

  • A quick word on technology stacks

  • Review of web languages (short introduction)

  • Compiled languages vs. scripted languages (...again, not gonna get into debates)

  • Fundamental

  • HTML

  • XHTML

  • HTML5

  • DocTypes

  • CSS

  • CSS3

  • Javascript

  • XML/JSON

  • Proprietary languages

  • Open Source Languages

  • "Hello World" (hands-on/demo portion of website)

  • Resources

  • Open Discussion

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