Web Applications for Everybody Specialization

Web Applications for Everybody Specialization

Build dynamic database-backed web sites.. Use PHP, MySQL, jQuery, and Handlebars to build web and database applications.

Instructor: Charles Russell Severance

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4 course series

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4.8

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Intermediate level

Some related experience required

2 months

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

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4 course series

Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

4.8

(5,985 reviews)

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

2 months

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Installing your development environment
Developing a database application with PHP and MySQL
Using JavaScript to interact with a PHP web app
Modeling many-to-many relationships

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Specialization - 4 course series

This Specialization is an introduction to building web applications for anybody who already has a basic understanding of responsive web design with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. Web Applications for Everybody is your introduction to web application development. You will develop web and database applications in PHP, using SQL for database creation, as well as functionality in JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON.

Over the course of this Specialization, you will create several web apps to add to your developer portfolio. This Specialization (and its prerequisites) will prepare you, even if you have little to no experience in programming or technology, for entry level web developer jobs in PHP.

You’ll demonstrate basic concepts, like database design, while working on assignments that require the development of increasing challenging web apps. From installing a text editor to understanding how a web browser interacts with a web server to handling events with JQuery, you’ll gain a complete introductory overview of web application development.

Applied Learning Project

The courses in this specialization feature assignments requiring development of increasingly challenging web sites, to demonstrate basic concepts as they are introduced. The projects will demonstrate the students skills in HTML, CSS, PHP, SQL, and JavaScript.

Building Web Applications in PHP

Course 130 hours4.7 (4,282 ratings)

What you'll learn

Explore the basic structure of a web application, and how a web browser interacts with a web server.
Learn basic syntax and data structures of PHP, variables, logic, iteration, arrays, error handling, and superglobal variables, among other elements.
Gain the skills and knowledge to install and use an integrated PHP/MySQL environment like XAMPP or MAMP.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)

Category: HTML

Category: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)

Course 215 hours4.8 (5,423 ratings)

What you'll learn

Learn about the basic syntax of the SQL language, as well as database design with multiple tables, foreign keys, and the JOIN operation.
Learn to model many-to-many relationships like those needed to represent users, roles, and courses.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Phpmyadmin

Category: Relational Database

Category: SQL

Category: MySQL

Building Database Applications in PHP

Course 324 hours4.9 (1,078 ratings)

What you'll learn

Learn about the object-oriented patterns available in PHP.
Build your first 'complete' application that has multiple screens to Create, Read, Update and Delete your data.
Learn how PHP uses cookies and manages session data.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)

Category: Create, Read, Update And Delete

Category: MySQL

JavaScript, jQuery, and JSON

Course 425 hours4.6 (817 ratings)

What you'll learn

Learn about JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).
Gain a brief introduction to the jQuery library.
Explore the JavaScript language, and how it supports the Object-Oriented pattern.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)

Category: Jquery

Category: JavaScript

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Charles Russell Severance

University of Michigan

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Frequently asked questions

For students seeing this material for the first time, it will take about 20 weeks to complete the specialization.

Students should know programming in general (i.e. the skills gained in the Python for Everybody specialization). While the course contains a very quick introduction to HTML and CSS, students would be better prepared if they took courses in the Web Design for Everybody specialization.

The first two courses (Building Web Applications in PHP and Introduction to SQL) can be taken in any order.

Course 3 (Building Database Applications in PHP) and Course 4 (Javascript, jQuery, and JSON) assumes that the material in both Course 1 & 2 have been mastered.

Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.

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