New to web design? Start here first. In these tutorials, James Williamson introduces the fundamental concepts, tools, and learning paths for web design. He explains what it means to be a web designer, the various areas of specialization, and whether web design is the right hobby or career for you. Along the way, he talks to five prominent designers and developers, who have each found success in a different corner of the web. If you want to get up and running fast, check out the chapter on getting online, choosing a domain name and web host, and getting around the backend of a standard website.

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Need to stock your tool chest? Learn what you'll need to build a brand new site, from web design software and content management systems, to testing and prototyping tools and development frameworks.

Finally, James outlines learning paths for where to go next, touching on subjects such as standards and accessibility, responsive design, and the three core web technologies: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. This course is part of a Learning Path approved by the American Marketing Association. Gain the skills you need to become an by using the industry-leading courses and resources in the Learning Path. Take the AMA certification exam to show that you have what it takes to lead the digital transformation. Instructor. Related courses. Course By: James Williamson 2h 4m 26s.

Course By: James Williamson 2h 4m 26s. Course Transcript - Web design is a huge field with multiple areas of specialization, and often the term is used to identify anything from creating the visual design of sites all the way through the development of sophisticated web applications. Because of this, it's really difficult to summarize which skill sets someone will need to master in order to become a web designer.

Much of that is gonna depend upon the area of web design that you wanna focus on. However, there are some basic core skills that almost all web designers will need to learn. Regardless of which area of web design you specialize in, you'll need to have a working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. These languages form the core of almost all web content and should be considered as essential skills. Although there are a lot of web design tools that make the process of authoring content easier, none of them allow you to create professional websites without writing code. Regardless of what their marketing teams tell you. And that's not likely to change in the near future either, so if you're serious about learning web design, you'll need to embrace the prospect of learning to code.

Some people tend to have anxiety over learning to code while others just naturally dive right into it. If you're one of the ones that are a little hesitant about it, let me reassure you that coding is not hard, and picking up the basics is incredibly easy. To show you how easy, this first chapter is gonna be a quick introduction into those three languages. We're not gonna do any deep dives, or focus too much on syntax. Rather, I want you to experience firsthand how simple most of the code that's required for websites really is. I found that once people get in, write a few lines of code, and then see it work, all that anxiety tends to melt away.

We'll start our next movie by exploring the foundation of all web pages: HTML. I think it's important to set expectations at the outset here.

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This is not a hands-on course. Although we'll be doing some basic exercises over the next few movies, this course is more focused on the concepts and approaches of learning web design. At the end of the course, I'll provide links to courses that will allow you to practice the concepts that we'll cover here in an applied way. Practice while you learn with exercise files.