The Ultimate 2026 Fullstack Web Development Bootcamp

Learn essential web development tools: a clean text editor (TVs code), four testing browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge), and command line tools, plus internet access for research.

Fullstack web development combines front end, backend, and a database, with developers writing front and back end code in JavaScript and Python, and using stacks such as lamp and mern.

Learn how web developers collaborate using git-based services like GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket to commit, merge code, and back up work across teams and time zones.

Start by installing a text editor and a browser, then create and save a file with the dot html extension to render your web page, 'Hello, world', in a browser.

Learn how web requests fetch information from websites, from the initial get request to post, delete, and patch actions, and how image loads affect speed.

Trace the request life-cycle from domain mapping to an IP address and server, then how HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and images are delivered, cached, and rendered by the browser.

Discover how I use VS Code daily to manage files: open folders, create and rename files and folders, delete items, collapse folders, and use keyboard shortcuts to minimize mouse use.

Explore VS Code for fullstack development with language modes, syntax highlighting, and extensions for Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Django, plus the integrated terminal, spaces or tabs, and multiple terminals.

Master keyboard shortcuts for editing code with Mac and Windows workflows, from word-by-word navigation to indenting, selecting, copying, pasting, and undoing.

Master keyboard-driven file management in vscode, closing files with command/ctrl w and quickly opening with ctrl/command p, managing new files, saving, and enabling syntax highlighting for html.

Explore and customize code editor views, including explorer, extensions, terminal, and appearance; show or hide the sidebar, status bar, and panel to focus on code.

Learn to type in multiple places at once using multi-cursor editing with command-click on Mac or control/alt-click on Windows, and use add next occurrence to edit several instances simultaneously.

Explore what HTML stands for, why it is not a programming language, and how HTML forms the backbone of every website, with HTML5 as the last version and no HTML6.

Explore the base structure of a web page, from doctype and html to head and body, and learn to create a hello world page with emmet autocomplete.

Explore how paragraphs and headers shape a web page using p and h1–h6 tags. Practice opening and closing tags, insert lorem ipsum, and refresh to see heading sizes.

Explore how white space is ignored by browsers and how to structure content with h2 and p elements. Create distinct paragraphs by closing and reopening p tags.

Explore the div element, a nonsemantic block element with no inherent meaning that represents its children, takes up the full width, and contrasts with inline elements in layout.

Compare block elements, which span the full width, with inline elements that sit beside text. Identify blocks like paragraphs and divs, and inline players such as bold, italic, and underline.

Create absolute and relative links using the anchor tag and href attribute to navigate to external sites like Google and Instagram, and to internal pages, including handling missing pages.

Learn to control link behavior by using target="_blank" to open external pages in a new tab, and distinguish between absolute external links and relative internal ones.

Learn to add images to a web page with the img element, set a relative src, adjust size with width and height, and provide alt text.

Wrap an image from Unsplash in an anchor tag to make it clickable, linking to a second HTML page via href.

Learn how to add JavaScript to a page with the script tag, inline or via an external file in a relative path, and why HTML comes first.

Create an html file, add a header with your name and a subtitle, include an image, and add at least one social link like twitter or instagram, practicing html5 basics.

Master merging cells and rows in a 3x3 html table by applying colspan and rowspan, adjusting borders and widths, deleting extra cells, and refining the table layout.

Learn to control table and cell widths with percent and pixel values, preview responsive layouts in Chrome, and merge cells to create flexible, real estate aware web layouts.

Learn to create table headers with the th element in HTML and compare it to td for data cells, then note the header centers and bolds on refresh.

Explore how HTML entities translate special characters, like less-than and greater-than, so code displays correctly. Learn practical examples, including using <, >, ©, and applying superscript and subscript in pages.

Explore how forms send data to a server using get or post, with form elements, inputs, and text areas, and learn how action and submit work in practice.

Explore how input elements work within forms, including text fields, placeholders, default values, password masking, and text area, with guidance on wrapping inputs in a form.

Explore how button types: button, reset, and submit trigger form actions, submit data via get, and reveal URL query parameters, highlighting security risks of exposing passwords in the URL.

Discover how cascading style sheets layer on top of HTML to style websites, clarifying presentation over behavior, and learn inline, internal, and external CSS approaches.

Explore how css works with html and browser rendering engines, learn the syntax and essential attributes, and gain practical skills to build modern websites.

Learn how to write inline CSS using style attributes on HTML elements like H1, tweak font size and color, and contrast inline versus base styles.

Discover how CSS selectors target specific HTML elements, such as divs, paragraphs, and h1s, to apply styles precisely. Use Emmet shortcuts and proper HTML tags to see real-time styling results.

Learn how to use id selectors to style elements by their id, honor case sensitivity, ensure ids are unique, and understand how JavaScript retrieves an element by id.

Group selectors with a comma to style multiple elements at once, like h1, div, and paragraph. Change the font color for selected elements without affecting the unselected one.

Learn how to work with named colors, hex colors, and rgb/rgba color types, including 0–255 color values and alpha transparency, to create visible and partially transparent web colors.

Move styles from the style element to an external css file, link it as a stylesheet, and reuse across index.html and second.html for consistent design and faster loading.

Recreate the navigation and hero section of a sample site using Wagtail and flexbox, applying the course concepts to practice real-world web development with simple methods and Google-backed problem solving.

Explore the three display types—inline, inline-block, and block—and see how css rules affect layout with borders, margins, and padding, setting the stage for flex block, flex box and grid.

Learn how the box model controls width with padding and borders, compare content-box and border-box, and see how border-box keeps a 300 by 300 box consistent.

Learn to apply text shadow in CSS by setting x and y offsets, blur, and color, and preview effects like a red 10px by 10px shadow on text.

Set a minimum width for elements using inline block display, compare with max width, and apply border box and box sizing to control how content grows and stays within bounds.

Explore how relative positioning shifts an element from its normal place using top, left, bottom, and right, enabling small offsets and pairing with padding, margins, and absolute positioned child elements.

Master fixed positioning by sticking a header with navigation and logo to the viewport, so it stays with you as you scroll and layers above the page content.

Implement sticky positioning to keep a header anchored to its parent, compare it with fixed behavior, and apply top values for responsive layouts on mobile devices.

Control overflowing text inside a fixed-size box by applying CSS overflow options—hidden, visible, and auto—and enable vertical scrolling within the box with a set height.

Center a block element on the page by applying left and right margins auto. Use a fixed width and height to ensure the element remains centered as the page scales.

Learn to use the first letter and first line pseudo elements to style text, adjust font size, margins, and wrap with float for magazine or newspaper articles.

Learn to implement smooth transitions in css by converting a link into a button, applying hover effects, and fine-tuning transition timing for background color and layout changes.

Learn to load custom web fonts by importing from fonts.google.com, embedding the font with a font-family and fallbacks, and testing with different sizes to ensure graceful degradation.

Discover how to make an image responsive by setting width to 50 percent with height auto, and using a mobile-first media query at 640 pixels to switch to 100 percent.

Learn to create responsive video embeds by wrapping an iframe in a container, using padding to maintain a 16:9 aspect ratio, and making the video full width.

Create a responsive flexbox layout that stacks navigation, sidebar, and content on smaller screens, using flex-wrap, flex-basis, border-box, and media queries at 640px and 475px to hide the sidebar.

Build a responsive page layout using flexbox or grid with navigation, a sidebar, and content. Practice responsive design and media queries to adapt layouts as the viewport changes.

Begin writing JavaScript in CodePen, using alert to display messages and the console for debugging, explore functions and the browser console via inspect, and try dark mode.

Download, install, and open a text editor for JavaScript development across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Customize the editor with extensions and the material theme to match the instructor's setup.

Debug external JavaScript files by validating script tags and file paths, fix typos, and read console messages to ensure the page loads the script successfully.

Learn how let and const work in JavaScript, scoped to the nearest curly braces, with let being reassignable and const immutable, plus a comparison to var.

Explore JavaScript data types, from strings and numbers to booleans, arrays, and objects, and learn how variables and memory work with functions and undefined values.

Master conditional statements in JavaScript, using if, else, and else if with comparison operators to control code execution and produce console outputs.

Learn how to build sentences by concatenating variables in JavaScript, compare old school plus operators with modern template literals using backticks and placeholders inside braces, and improve readability.