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IBM Front-End Developer Professional Certificate

Build job-ready front-end skills employers need. Master the development skills to plan, build, deploy, and test web designs and application interfaces in just 4 months! 

IBM Skills Network Team
Michelle Saltoun
Muhammad Yahya

Instructors: IBM Skills Network Team

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Earn a career credential that demonstrates your expertise
4.6

(897 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
4 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Job-ready skills in front-end development, supported by hands-on experience employers are looking for in just 4 months

  • How to develop web pages using programming languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React

  • UI/UX design using tools like Figma and Bootstrap, and managing code and version control with Git and GitHub

  • PLUS, build a portfolio that showcases your expertise, including a capstone project where you'll design, build, and deploy a dynamic web application

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Professional Certificate - 11 course series

What you'll learn

  • Define front-end development, list roles and skills, outline web development steps, and explore UI/UX design, collaboration, and industry trends.

  • Explore web browsers, load balancing, and define web frameworks, platforms, hosting, languages, accessibility, and cloud benefits.

  • Compare front-end and back-end roles, version control, and CI/CD, discuss No-Code advantages and tools, and define CMS and SEO patterns.

  • Create websites using WordPress and plugins for website enhancement, outline qualifications, portfolio elements, and specialization paths.

Skills you'll gain

Category: React (Web Framework)
Category: Web Development
Category: Front-end Development
Category: User Interface
Category: JavaScript

What you'll learn

  • Describe software engineering, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and software development tools, technologies and stacks.

  • List different types of programming languages and create basic programming constructs such as loops and conditions using Python. 

  • Outline approaches to application architecture and design, patterns, and deployment architectures. 

  • Summarize the skills required in software engineering and describe the career options it provides.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Coding Challenge
Category: Career
Category: interview Preparation
Category: Full Stack Developer
Category: Software Engineer

What you'll learn

  • Explain design, UI/UX concepts, best practices of visual development, and the key duties and responsibilities of a UI/UX designer.

  • Examine web design methodologies like Responsive Web Design (RWD), and Progressive Web Development.

  • Use Figma, the essential concepts of Figma, and its various features.

  • Develop applications and websites with web development frameworks, like Bootstrap.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Progressive Web Development
Category: Figma
Category: Website Wireframe
Category: User Interface design (UI Design)
Category: User Experience (UX)

What you'll learn

  • Describe the Web Application Development Ecosystem and terminology like front-end developer, back-end, server-side, and full stack.

  • Identify the developer tools and integrated development environments (IDEs) used by web developers. 

  • Create and structure basic web pages using HTML and style them with CSS. 

  • Develop dynamic web pages with interactive features using JavaScript. 

Skills you'll gain

Category: React (Web Framework)
Category: Front-end design
Category: Software Development
Category: Web Development
Category: Front-end Development

What you'll learn

  • Summarize key features and benefits of using Bootstrap

  • Demonstrate your proficiency in building flexible and responsive websites using Bootstrap

Skills you'll gain

Category: javascript library
Category: Wordpress
Category: Webpack
Category: Debugging
Category: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

What you'll learn

  • Describe version control and its place in social and collaborative coding and in DevOps.

  • Explain basic Git concepts such as repositories and branches used for distributed version control and social coding.

  • Create GitHub repositories and branches, and perform pull requests (PRs) and merge operations, to collaborate on a team project.

  • Build your portfolio by creating and sharing an open-source project on GitHub.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Continuous Integration
Category: Devops
Category: agile
Category: Mongodb

What you'll learn

  • Develop interactive user interfaces (UIs) and web applications using JavaScript technologies including React, JSX, and ES6.

  • Build dynamic front-end applications quickly and easily with reusable React components.

  • Employ various React concepts and features, including props, states, hooks, forms, and Redux.

  • Demonstrate your React skills by building several front-end applications such as a shopping cart.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)
Category: Cloning and forking
Category: open source
Category: Github
Category: Git (Software)

What you'll learn

  • Define CMS and SEO, identify their types, and list their features and benefits.

  • Describe Webpack 5 and list its advantages, functions, and significance.

  • Define Mocha and Jasmine’s testing frameworks and compare and contrast their advantages and disadvantages.

  • Describe the debugging process, explain its importance, and identify various debugging methods.

Skills you'll gain

Category: UI/UX Designer
Category: Wordpress
Category: No-code
Category: Web Development
Category: Front-End Web Development

What you'll learn

  • Explore cloud native applications concepts and methodologies, recognize CNCF’s impact, and analyse the benefits of CI/CD, Agile, and Scrum.

  • Recognize the DevOps culture, and its significance, differentiate between TDD and BDD, and explore the principles and characteristics of MongoDB.

  • Implement CI/CD practices and connect and integrate user stories using Zenhub to facilitate the Agile development process.

  • Enhance application functionality using tools and techniques, store, manage, and perform basic data operations using MongoDB and CRUD operations.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Architecture
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Agile and Scrum
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Communication
Category: Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Category: Python Programming

What you'll learn

  • Apply your UI/UX design and Figma skills to demonstrate your proficiency in designing the layouts for various components of a responsive website

  • Develop static website pages and integrate them into the Landing page while demonstrating your expertise in HTML and CSS.

  • Demonstrate your React proficiency to create dynamic react components and convert static pages into a responsive website

  • Apply your GitHub concepts and skills along with the software development process to build, deploy, and update a fully functional website

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Category: Web
Category: Web Development
Category: JavaScript

What you'll learn

  • Describe the role of a software engineer and some career path options as well as the prospective opportunities in the field.

  • Explain how to build a foundation for a job search, including researching job listings, writing a resume, and making a portfolio of work.

  • Summarize what a candidate can expect during a typical job interview cycle, different types of interviews, and how to prepare for interviews.

  • Explain how to give an effective interview, including techniques for answering questions and how to make a professional personal presentation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Web Development Framework
Category: Responsive
Category: Grid system
Category: Front-End Web Development
Category: Bootstrap

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Instructors

IBM Skills Network Team
IBM
67 Courses1,221,228 learners
Michelle Saltoun
IBM
2 Courses218,770 learners
Muhammad Yahya
IBM
5 Courses77,278 learners

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