The Building Blocks of the Internet

Learn the fundamental technologies that make up websites and web pages

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HTML

Explain how HTML is the ‘backbone’ of a web page

CSS

Explain how CSS is responsible for the styling of a web page
Distinguish locations where CSS rules are stored for a web page

JavaScript and DOM

Explain what JavaScript and the Document Object Model is
Explain how JavaScript works
Decide which tools to use to view and manipulate

Protocols

Define the basics of the internet protocol suite and how protocols sit on top of it
Describe what protocols are and the different types of protocols that exist
Explain how HTTP is a fundamental part of the Web

SSL/TLS

Describe what SSL is
Describe how HTTP and SSL are combined
Describe how HTTPS works

Wrapping up

Identify what to learn next after learning how a web page works

Welcome to the Building Blocks of the Internet, a seven-part course that looks at the fundamental technologies that make up websites and web pages. This course gives those who are new to web technologies an introduction to the following:

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Network protocols focussed on HTTP
Network protocol security

You will learn what these technologies are, how they work and how to test them. So you can:

Work with these technologies to build your own testing project.
Quickly analyse web pages and test individual parts of a site.
Understand the underlying principles of the web that are used not just for web pages but in popular automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver.

Resources you'll use throughout this course: