Front End Web Development Portfolio

This capstone course, serves as the culminating and integrative experience of the courses offered in the Front End Web Development certificate program.
Students will create a portfolio website utilizing the techniques taught in:

• HTML5 & CSS
• HTML5 & Javascript
• HTML5 & Jquery

In addition students will be introduced to project management techniques such as agile and waterfall and will be asked to utilize them for the course long production of their projects.

These concepts will be implemented when students produce their projects with iterative cycles of feedback from both their peers and the instructor.

By the completion of this course students will have created a portfolio site with examples of their work.

Course Highlights:

• Overview of digital project management
• Wire framing portfolio site
• Interactive prototyping and lean project management
• Designing the site and front end coding
• Implementation of CMS

Course Benefits:

• Analyze job market
• Set goals and job strategy
• Gather assets that adhere to that strategy
• Wireframe portfolio site
• Create a clickable prototype of their portfolio site
• Code the site
• Implement a CMS
• Launch and promote the site

Software:

A modern browser like Chrome or Firefox

Any Text Editor. Here are some recommendations:

• Sublime: https://www.sublimetext.com/
• Atom: http://atom.io
• Visual Studio Code: http://code.visualstudio.com
• ​Brackets: http://brackets.io

Hardware: Linux, Mac or Windows machine with minimum 4 GB 

Course typically offered: Online, Winter and Summer Quarters

Prerequisites: Courses Introduction to Front End Technologies, Introduction to HTML and CSS, and Introduction to JavaScript OR a working knowledge of these concepts are assumed.

Next steps: Upon completion, consider additional coursework in our specialized certificate in Front End Development .

Contact: For more information about this course, please contact infotech@ucsd.edu 

Course Number: CSE-41210
Credit: 3.00 unit(s)
Related Certificate Programs: Front End Development