Code a Small Business Website using popular web frameworks

ABOUT THE COURSE

This course is for the beginner who wants to get a quick introduction to various popular front-end CSS frameworks by recreating the same project multiple times. By taking this course you'll get introduced to the latest versions of Bootstrap 4, Bootstrap 5, Bulma, Semantic UI, Foundation 6 and Materialize. These frameworks are some of the most popular ones used today by web designers and developers all over the world.

In this course you'll learn how to create a Small Business Website using various popular front-end CSS frameworks. Using one framework at a time I will start from scratch and walk you through how to create the same project. The project created with each framework will have the same general layout and design, however there will be some small visual differences from project to project due to the specific features and styles of the various frameworks.

The idea behind re-creating the same project with different frameworks is to learn how each framework use different code structure, classes and attributes to create the same kind of component. You will also learn how each framework differ in the visual style of each component, and learn what is possible and what isn't with each framework.

ABOUT THE PROJECT

This project is about creating a Small Business Website. You'll learn how to structure various pieces of content, how to design a user-friendly interface, and how to make it look great on all device sizes by using a responsive grid.

The project will contain the following pages:

• Home
  Menu, dropdown, hero section, message, highlights, responsive grid layout with cards, footer with icons

• Services
  Menu, dropdown, responsive grid layout with large images, text and buttons, footer with icons

• About
  Menu, dropdown, text, responsive grid layout with images, footer with icons

• Team
  Menu, dropdown, responsive grid layout with images, icons and headings, footer with icons

• Contact
  Address, opening hours, contact form, embedded Google Maps
  

ABOUT THE FRAMEWORKS

The following frameworks will be used to create a Small Business Website:

• Bootstrap 4 (compatible with the latest version v4.6.0)

• Bootstrap 5 (compatible with the latest version v5.1.0)

• Bulma (compatible with the latest version v0.8.0)

• Semantic UI (compatible with the latest version v2.4.2)

• Foundation 6 (compatible with the latest version v6.5.3)

• Materialize (compatible with the latest version v1.0.0)

Bootstrap 4:

We'll use the following parts of Bootstrap 4:

• Layout: Containers, Grid system

• Content: Typography, Images

• Components: Alert, Button, Card, Dropdown, Forms, Input Group, Jumbotron, Navbar

• Utilities: Border, Embed, Flex, Spacing, Text

Bonus:

As a bonus you'll also learn how to use Font Awesome 5 to add icons to your project and how to use Google Fonts to add web fonts to your project.

Bootstrap 5:

We'll use the following parts of Bootstrap 5:

• Layout: Containers, Grid system

• Content: Typography, Images

• Components: Alert, Button, Card, Dropdown, Forms, Input Group, Navbar

• Utilities: Border, Embed, Flex, Spacing, Text

Bonus:

As a bonus you'll also learn how to use Font Awesome 5 to add icons to your project and how to use Google Fonts to add web fonts to your project.

Bulma:

We'll use the following parts of Bulma:

• Modifiers: Color Helpers, Typography Helpers

• Layout: Columns, Container, Footer, Hero, Section

• Forms: General, Input, Select, Textarea

• Elements: Button, Content, Icon, Image, Notification, Title

• Components: Card, Dropdown, Navbar

Bonus:

As a bonus you'll also learn how to use Font Awesome 5 to add icons to your project.

Semantic UI:

We'll use the following parts of Semantic UI:

• Elements: Button, Container, Header, Icon, Image, Input, List

• Collections: Form, Grid, Menu, Message

• Modules: Dropdown, Embed

• Views: Card

Foundation 6:

We'll use the following parts of Foundation 6:

• General: XY Grid, Forms, Icons

• Utilities: Prototyping Utilities

• Controls: Button

• Navigation: Top Bar, Menu

• Containers: Callout, Card, Dropdown

Materialize:

We'll use the following parts of Materialize:

• CSS: Color, Grid, Helpers, Media

• Components: Buttons, Cards, Footer, Icons, Navbar

• JavaScript: Dropdown, Sidenav

• Forms: Select, Text Inputs

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I hope you will be inspired to create your own Small Business Website afterwards. Please send me a link if you do so. I would love to see it!