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Learn HTML, CSS and JavaScript from your first tag to your first React component.

Three modules that build the front end in order: structure, then style, then behaviour – finishing with React components and state. Every concept demonstrated on screen, then graded.

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Web Development Mastery

By Board Infinity · Offered on Coursera

  • 24 video lessons · 11 assignments
  • Runs in your browser – nothing to install
  • Shareable certificate on completion
  • Flexible schedule – fully self-paced
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Every concept on screen

24 short lessons, each one demonstrated as it is written

Certificate included

Shareable on LinkedIn the day you finish

Graded, not just watched

11 assignments across the three modules

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01 About the course

One course that goes all the way to React.

Most beginner web courses stop at a styled page. This one keeps going – through Flexbox and Bootstrap into JavaScript, the DOM, and components with state.

3
Modules
Web basics to React
24
Video lessons
Most under 10 minutes
11
Assignments
Practice and graded quizzes
16h
Total learning time
2 weeks at 10 hrs a week

Web Development Mastery is a beginner course in front-end web development. It starts with the ground floor – what web development actually involves, where front-end stops and back-end begins, the tools developers work in, and what separates a good user interface from a frustrating one – then gets you writing HTML and CSS.

Module two goes deeper into structure and style: semantic HTML, HTML5 elements, forms and input types, CSS Flexbox, and the Bootstrap framework, including its components and how to customise them.

Module three is behaviour: JavaScript syntax and variables, functions and events, DOM manipulation, ES6 features and asynchronous code with callbacks, promises and async/await – ending with React components, props and state management.

02 Who it's for

Built for people starting at the beginning.

Coursera lists five kinds of learner for this course. If one of these is you, it was written for exactly this starting point.

Aspiring developers

Want the whole front end

You want comprehensive front-end skills rather than a snippet here and a tutorial there – HTML through to React.

Career changers

Moving into tech

You are transitioning into the tech industry and need a beginner-level route in that assumes nothing.

Business owners

Building your own site

You would rather build and change your own website than wait on someone else for every edit.

Students & pros

Adding to the skillset

You are enhancing an existing digital skillset with the part of the web everyone can see.

Freelancers

Expanding what you offer

You want to widen your service offering with responsive websites and interactive front ends.

03 What you'll learn

Four capabilities, in the order they build.

These are the four outcomes Coursera lists for this course – the things you should be able to do with an empty file at the end of it.

Module 1

Analyze modern web development principles

Evaluate best practices for creating effective user interfaces – what good UI design rests on, and the patterns that keep showing up in interfaces that work.

Modules 1–2

Create responsive websites

Build with HTML5 semantic elements, advanced CSS techniques and JavaScript functionality, so a page holds together on any screen it lands on.

Module 2

Apply Flexbox, Grid and Bootstrap

Use CSS Flexbox, Grid layouts and the Bootstrap framework to build professional-grade web applications instead of fighting the layout by hand.

Module 3

Develop interactive React components

Write React components with props and state management, and integrate them into dynamic web projects rather than one-off static pages.

1:1 coaching · optional add-on

Learn the front end with someone in your corner.

A dedicated coach who builds for the web for a living – someone who can look at the layout that will not behave and tell you why.

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  • A written roadmap you keep
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Get unstuck in minutes

The div that will not centre, the event that will not fire – explained by someone who has seen it.

Your code read line by line

Not just whether the page renders – whether the markup and CSS are ones you would want to maintain.

Practice beyond the quizzes

Layouts and components set for you, then reviewed, so the syntax turns into fluency.

Aim it at a role

Which front-end path fits you – UI work, JavaScript, React or freelance builds – and what to learn next.

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04 Syllabus

Three modules, from your first tag to React state.

About 16 hours end to end – two weeks at ten hours a week, fully self-paced. Every lesson, reading and assignment is listed below.

24 videos 8 readings 11 assignments ≈ 16 hours
Learning objectives – by the end of this module you can:
  • Explain what web development involves and where front-end stops and back-end begins
  • Name the tools and technologies used to build and ship a website
  • Apply the principles of good UI design and recognise common design patterns
  • Write your first HTML documents and style them with CSS
What's inside
8 videos48 min
3 readings120 min
4 assignments150 min
1 discussion prompt10 min
2 plugins30 min
Videos
Overview of Web Development7 min
Understanding Front-End and Back-End4 min
Tools and Technologies for Web Development5 min
What is a User Interface?5 min
Principles of Good UI Design9 min
Common UI Design Patterns7 min
Introduction to HTML5 min
Introduction to CSS6 min
Readings
Read More About Web Development30 min
Read More About User Interfaces30 min
Read More About HTML and CSS Basics60 min
Assignments
Practice Quiz: Basics of Web Development30 min
Practice Quiz: Introduction to User Interfaces30 min
Practice Quiz: HTML and CSS Basics30 min
Graded Quiz: Introduction to Web Development and User Interfaces60 min
Discussion prompt & plugins
Your Journey Into Web Development Begins10 min
Introduction to Web Development and User Interfaces15 min
Quick Course Check-In15 min
Topics covered
Web development basics Front-end vs back-end Developer tools User interfaces UI design principles UI design patterns HTML CSS
You leave with: a working grasp of how websites are built, and your first pages written by hand in HTML and CSS.
Learning objectives – by the end of this module you can:
  • Structure a page with semantic HTML and the newer HTML5 elements
  • Build forms using the right input types for the data you are collecting
  • Lay out responsive interfaces with CSS Flexbox
  • Use, compose and customise Bootstrap components to build faster
What's inside
7 videos54 min
2 readings90 min
3 assignments120 min
Videos
Semantic HTML8 min
HTML Forms and Input Types9 min
HTML5 New Elements4 min
CSS Flexbox10 min
Introduction to Bootstrap9 min
Using Bootstrap Components9 min
Customizing Bootstrap5 min
Readings
Read More About Advanced HTML30 min
Read More About CSS Frameworks60 min
Assignments
Practice Quiz: Advanced HTML30 min
Practice Quiz: CSS Frameworks30 min
Graded Quiz: Advanced HTML and CSS Techniques60 min
Topics covered
Semantic HTML HTML forms Input types HTML5 elements CSS Flexbox Bootstrap Bootstrap components Customising Bootstrap
You leave with: semantic, responsive pages laid out with Flexbox and assembled from Bootstrap components.
Learning objectives – by the end of this module you can:
  • Write JavaScript with confidence: syntax, variables, functions and events
  • Manipulate the DOM so a page responds to what the user does
  • Use ES6 features and handle async work with callbacks, promises and async/await
  • Build React components with props, and manage state across them
What's inside
9 videos84 min
3 readings120 min
4 assignments150 min
1 discussion prompt10 min
1 plugin15 min
Videos
Introduction to JavaScript9 min
JavaScript Syntax and Variables12 min
JavaScript Functions and Events8 min
JavaScript DOM Manipulation9 min
JavaScript ES6 Features25 min
Async JavaScript: Callbacks, Promises, and Async/Await5 min
Introduction to React5 min
React Components and Props6 min
State Management in React5 min
Readings
Read More About JavaScript Basics30 min
Read More About Advanced JavaScript30 min
Read More About Front-End Frameworks60 min
Assignments
Practice Quiz: JavaScript Basics30 min
Practice Quiz: Advanced JavaScript30 min
Practice Quiz: Introduction to Front-End Frameworks30 min
Graded Quiz: JavaScript and Front-End Frameworks60 min
Discussion prompt & plugin
When Websites Come Alive—What Makes It Work?10 min
JavaScript and Front-End Frameworks15 min
Topics covered
JavaScript syntax Variables Functions & events DOM manipulation ES6 Async JavaScript React Components & props State management
You leave with: interactive pages driven by JavaScript, and your first React components with props and state.

Lesson titles, durations and counts are taken from the course page on Coursera and may be updated by the instructor.

05 Tools & skills

The stack you work in, and the skills you leave with.

Nothing to install before you start – everything here runs in a browser and a text editor.

Structure
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HTML

Hypertext Markup Language: elements, forms and input types, and the semantic HTML5 tags that give a document meaning.

Style & layout
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CSS

Cascading Style Sheets: type, colour and spacing, plus the Flexbox and Grid layouts behind responsive design.

Behaviour
JS

JavaScript

The language that makes a page respond – syntax, functions, events, the DOM, ES6 and asynchronous code.

UI components
UI

Bootstrap & React

A front-end framework of ready-made UI components, and a JavaScript library for building interfaces out of your own.

Skills you leave with

The twelve capabilities Coursera lists for this course, grouped the way the work actually splits – structuring a page, designing it, and making it move.

Building pages

Getting real structure onto the screen.

  • Web Development
  • Web Design and Development
  • HTML and CSS
  • Semantic Web

Design & layout

Making it work on every screen, for a person.

  • Responsive Web Design
  • Web Design
  • User Interface (UI) Design
  • User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design

Front-end engineering

Turning a static page into an interface.

  • Front-End Web Development
  • JavaScript
  • React.js
  • User Interface (UI)
Certificate

Proof you can link to.

Finish the graded work and Board Infinity issues a shareable certificate through Coursera – with a verification link, and a one-click path onto your LinkedIn profile.

Issued on completion of the 11 assignments across the three modules. It can be added to LinkedIn, included on a resume or CV, and shared on social media.

On your profile in one click

Filed under Licenses & Certifications, where recruiters actually look.

Anyone can verify it

Its own verification link, so a hiring manager confirms it in seconds.

Earned, not attended

Awarded on 11 assignments – it certifies what you can build.

Counts toward the specialization

The same work moves you through the Full-Stack Web Development specialization.

06 Career impact

The front end is where most web work starts.

These are the kinds of work HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React feed into. Board Infinity does not promise a job, a salary or a placement – what this course gives you is the skill set those areas are built on.

Where these skills get used

Front-end web development

The direct path. Markup, styling and JavaScript are the day job, and React is the layer most teams add on top.

UI development

Turning a design into a working interface – components, states and layouts that behave the way the mockup implied.

Responsive website development

Flexbox, Grid and Bootstrap are exactly the tools that keep a site usable from a phone to a wide monitor.

Web design

UI principles and design patterns from module one, with enough CSS to build what you draw rather than hand it over.

JavaScript & React development

DOM work, events, ES6 and async code are the foundation every JavaScript framework assumes you already have.

Freelance and small-business sites

Enough to build, style and maintain a real site for a client or for your own business, and to change it later.

The honest comparison

All of this is free to learn. So what is a course for?

Every topic in this syllabus exists free somewhere on the internet. Nobody is pretending otherwise. What a structured course adds is the order you meet things in, the checking that makes them stick, and something to show at the end.

What you get
This course
Free videos and blogs
A sequenced pathStructure → style → behaviour → components
3 modules that build on each other
Whatever the algorithm shows you next
Someone checkingLearning that sticks
11 practice and graded quizzes
You never find out what you missed
It goes far enoughMost beginner material stops at a styled page
Through Flexbox and Bootstrap into the DOM and React
Usually ends before components and state
Nothing to set upThe usual first hurdle
Tools and technologies covered in module 1
Where a lot of beginners quit
Proof for recruitersVerifiable, on LinkedIn
Certificate with a verification link
Nothing to show
07 Where to go next

This course is step one of three.

It stands on its own, and it is also the opening course of the Full-Stack Web Development: PHP, HTML, CSS & JavaScript Specialization from Board Infinity on Coursera.

You are here Course 1 · Front end

Web Development Mastery: HTML, CSS & JavaScript Fundamentals

The part of the web people see: HTML5 and semantic markup, CSS and Flexbox, Bootstrap, JavaScript and the DOM, then React components and state.

3 modules · 24 lessons · 11 assignments

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Course 2 · Back end

Backend Development: Node.js, Express, MongoDB & REST APIs

The other half of the stack: the server, the database and the APIs your front end talks to.

Next in the specialization

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Course 3 · Web apps

PHP Mastery: Build Web Apps

Server-side PHP: building and running complete web applications end to end.

Completes the specialization

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08 FAQ

Common questions

Everything learners ask before enrolling, answered plainly.

About the course

It is a beginner course in front-end web development from Board Infinity, hosted on Coursera. Across three modules it covers how the web works and what makes a good user interface; HTML and CSS; then advanced HTML5, forms, CSS Flexbox and the Bootstrap framework; then JavaScript – syntax, functions, events, DOM manipulation, ES6 and asynchronous code – finishing with React components, props and state management.

Coursera lists four outcomes: analyze modern web development principles and evaluate best practices for creating effective user interfaces; create responsive websites using HTML5 semantic elements, advanced CSS techniques and JavaScript functionality; apply CSS Flexbox, Grid layouts and the Bootstrap framework to build professional-grade web applications; and develop interactive React components with state management and integrate them into dynamic web projects.

Aspiring web developers seeking comprehensive front-end skills, career changers transitioning into the tech industry, business owners wanting to build their own websites, students and professionals looking to enhance their digital skillset, and freelancers aiming to expand their service offerings.

Yes – Coursera lists it at beginner level. Module one opens with what web development is, the difference between front-end and back-end, and the tools involved, before introducing HTML and CSS. No prior programming experience is assumed.

Coursera's guidance is two weeks at ten hours a week – about 16 hours of material across three modules. The schedule is flexible and fully self-paced, so evenings and weekends can stretch it out without penalty.

The course is taught in English, and Coursera lists 9 languages available for subtitles.

Technologies covered

HTML and HTML5, CSS including Flexbox and Grid layouts, the Bootstrap front-end framework, JavaScript (syntax, functions, events, the DOM, ES6, asynchronous code) and React. The tools Coursera lists for the course are Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), web development tools, UI components, Bootstrap, JavaScript frameworks and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Yes. Module one introduces HTML and CSS, and module two covers semantic HTML, HTML forms and input types, HTML5 elements, CSS Flexbox, and the Bootstrap framework including its components and how to customise them.

Yes – module three is nine JavaScript and React lessons: an introduction to JavaScript, syntax and variables, functions and events, DOM manipulation, ES6 features, and async JavaScript with callbacks, promises and async/await.

Yes. Responsive Web Design is one of the skills Coursera lists for the course: you create responsive websites with HTML5 semantic elements and advanced CSS, and apply CSS Flexbox, Grid layouts and Bootstrap.

Yes – three lessons in module two: Introduction to Bootstrap, Using Bootstrap Components, and Customizing Bootstrap, plus a reading on CSS frameworks and a practice quiz.

Yes. Module three closes with Introduction to React, React Components and Props, and State Management in React, backed by a reading on front-end frameworks and a graded quiz.

Assessment, certificate & enrollment

Eleven assignments: practice quizzes after each topic and a graded quiz at the end of every module – four in module one, three in module two and four in module three. The course also includes 8 readings, 2 discussion prompts and 3 plugin activities.

Yes. Completing the course earns a shareable certificate that can be added to your LinkedIn profile, included on a resume or CV, and shared on social media. It carries its own verification link.

Coursera's financial aid is available to eligible learners, and the course is included with a Coursera Plus subscription. Pricing is shown at checkout on the Coursera course page and can vary by region.

This course is course 1 of 3 in the Full-Stack Web Development: PHP, HTML, CSS & JavaScript Specialization. Enrolling in the specialization gives you all three courses – this one, Backend Development: Node.js, Express, MongoDB & REST APIs, and PHP Mastery: Build Web Apps – and a specialization certificate once you complete them.

Yes – this page is Board Infinity's own overview of the course. Enrollment, payment, video lessons, grading and the certificate all happen on Coursera, where the course is hosted.

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