Web Development Handbook — Beginner Edition
Build your first website and understand how the modern web actually works.
The Web Development Handbook is a hands-on beginner guide designed to take you from little or no programming experience to understanding how responsive, interactive websites are created and deployed. The handbook is organized into 11 progressive modules, covering web architecture, development tools, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, DOM manipulation, APIs, Git, deployment, and a practical capstone project.
You’ll begin by understanding what happens behind the scenes when you open a website—including the client-server model, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, and browser rendering—before moving into actual development. From there, you’ll learn semantic HTML5, forms and accessibility; CSS3, Flexbox, Grid, responsive design and media queries; and modern JavaScript ES6+, including functions, arrays, objects, events, async/await, Fetch API and browser storage.
Rather than stopping at individual concepts, the handbook includes a capstone web application project and introduces Git, GitHub workflows, developer tools, and cloud deployment, helping beginners understand the workflow behind taking a project from code to a live website.
Perfect for: Absolute beginners, students, aspiring web developers, and anyone who wants a structured introduction to front-end web development.
What you'll explore
- 11 progressive learning modules
- Client-server architecture, HTTP/HTTPS and DNS
- Semantic HTML5 and accessibility
- CSS3, Flexbox, Grid and responsive design
- JavaScript, APIs, Git and cloud deployment