Delve into web development fundamentals, exploring HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and version control. Gain insights into essential web technologies to confidently pursue further learning and projects.

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If you're interested in getting into web development, this course is the perfect place to start -- whether you're a high-schooler looking to learn a new skill, or an entrepreneur who wants to build their own website. The course encompasses everything from the basics of networks to the principles of front-end web development with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. 

After taking this course, not only will you be comfortable learning any web technology, but you'll also have a better idea of what different technologies are out there and what you'll want to learn. You'll also become familiar with version control systems, which are a global industry standard.

Web Development: A Primer

# Introduction
JavaScript is the web scripting language developed by Netscape. It is the most popular programming language in the world today. The language was standardized to ECMAScript, as a cross-platform Internet standard for scripting, but it is still most commonly called JavaScript. 

## Java vs JavaScript
A lot of people confuse JavaScript with Java and are under the impression that JavaScript is a 'script-ier' version of Java and begin to learn it. That cannot be further from the truth; Java is to JavaScript what car is to carpet. They don't have anything to do with each other.


JavaScript is syntactically similar to C and C++, though. If you are familiar with these languages, you will be comfortable learning JavaScript. However, if you don't have any prior programming experience, you will find JavaScript a bit challenging.


## Why JavaScript?
JavaScript allows you to implement complex things on web pages; every time a web page does more than just display static information such as content updates, interactive maps, and animated 2D/3D graphics, JavaScript is probably involved. It is the third layer of standard web technologies, two of which (HTML and CSS) we have already covered.

# The web browser console
If you have taken a basic programming course, you would know that you can print things on to the terminal. For example, you can use `cout << string` in C++ to print `string`. But how do you do this in a JavaScript program since JavaScript runs on browsers? Well, it turns out all browsers have a console that is not *displayed* by default but can be viewed. If you are on Chrome or Firefox, for example, just hit Cmd+Option+J on Mac or Ctrl+Shift+J on Windows to view the console! You can do something similar on [Safari](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Safari_Developer_Guide/KeyboardShortcuts/KeyboardShortcuts.html).

# Hello World!

Let's look at a basic hello world program in JavaScript. 

Here is a brief introduction to JavaScript as used on the front end.

Introduction

Networks

Databases

The Front End

The Back End

Web Development Frameworks

Version Control with Git

Principles of Software Engineering

Conclusion

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