Web Design school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

This course provides instruction and experience in the use of web technologies to create, edit, and manage well-designed Web sites. Students will be introduced to both WYSIWYG software as well as hand-generated HTML and CSS.

A study of basic principles of successful web design, including typography, page layout, and site architecture, coupled with an examination of the Internet as a transformer of culture. Outcome: Students will be able to design and produce web sites that are attractive, functional and communicative. They will gain an understanding of the impact of the Internet and an appreciation of the varieties of artistic expression it contains.

PHP is a scripting language used for creating dynamic websites. In this course, you will acquaint yourself with PHP by working with its common script elements, use the PHP script elements to create forms, address the stateless nature of HTTP by setting cookies and session variables in your scripts, and write the data entered in a form to a database.
Our classes are all instructor-led, hands-on learning. Each student has their own computer and is given a student manual with practice files to t...

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This course introduces you to general programming concepts, and it can serve as the foundation course for a complete path in computer programming skills.
You will learn the basic concepts of programming using Java, including: creating simple programs, create and call methods, in-built methods, object-oriented programming, and fixing programming errors.
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A strong understanding of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is vital to producing websites that look good, load quickly, and are easy to maintain. CSS gives you control over the appearance of your Web sites by separating the visual presentation from the content. It lets you easily make minor changes to a site or perform a complete overhaul of the design.

The class will take students through the Web page creation process, one step at a time. Students will start with a review of CSS essentials, ...

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