About this Professional Certificate
Prepare for a rewarding career in front-end and web development. This program equips you with high-demand skills such as UI/UX design, programming, and web development, enabling you to become job-ready for an entry-level role in Front-End Development in under four months. No prior experience is required to begin your journey.
In this professional certificate, you will:
In this professional certificate, you will:
- Master the most up-to-date practical skills and tools that front-end developers use in their daily roles
- Develop web pages using programming languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React
- Apply user interface and user experience (UI/UX) principles and create wireframes using Figma
- Manage your code with GitHub repositories and branches
- Integrate with back-end services and NoSQL databases like MongoDB
- Automate website deployment and application enhancements using agile and CI/CD tools
- Gain technical experience through hands-on labs and projects and build a portfolio to showcase your work to potential employers
Program Overview
As a front-end developer, your primary responsibility is to create and enhance the user experience for websites and applications. You will design interactive and visual elements, structure page layouts, and optimize the overall site and app experience.
This program will guide you through planning, building, deploying, and testing web designs and applications. You’ll work on creating applications with automated build tools and gain expertise in cutting-edge skills and tools used by professional front-end developers. These include UI/UX design, web development, and key programming languages, libraries, and frameworks such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and Bootstrap. Additionally, you’ll learn to manage source code using GitHub repositories, integrate with back-end services and databases, and adopt DevOps and Agile practices like CI/CD and Scrum.
Upon completing the program, you will have a portfolio of projects and a Professional Certificate from IBM to demonstrate your expertise. You’ll also earn an IBM digital badge and gain access to exclusive career resources, such as mock interviews and resume assistance, to support your job search.
Applied Learning Projects
Throughout the Professional Certificate, you will build a portfolio of hands-on projects that showcase your proficiency with popular technologies and programming languages in front-end development. These projects and labs include:
· Developing a website using a CMS like WordPress
· Displaying “Hello World” in 11 programming languages
· Developing a single-page portfolio website with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
· Cloning, forking, and managing GitHub projects
· Communicating with back-end services using RESTful APIs
· Accessing a NoSQL database, such as MongoDB, from a front-end application
· Designing compelling user interfaces and experiences (UI/UX) using Figma
· Building a CI/CD pipeline and deploying website updates
You’ll publish these projects on your GitHub repository, making it easy to showcase your skills to peers and potential employers.
Prerequisites
This course is suitable for beginners. No prior programming or web development experience are required.
Prerequisites
This course is suitable for beginners. No prior programming or web development experience are required.