Foundation HTML, CSS + Javascript artwork

Foundation HTML, CSS + Javascript

Beginner
Course

Want to learn how to code? This is the perfect place to learn how to confidently make your own websites from scratch.

Purchase this course for $299

Or... get a discount by building a bundle with our learning paths!

Our 8-week course offers a mix of digital and physical materials for every style of learning, support from expert instructors and the technical tools you need all in one place.

It's designed for absolute beginners and those who know some code but want to develop confidence and understanding by building real sites.

Go at your own pace and by the end, you'll be comfortable in making your own websites without assistance. Pretty cool!

What you’ll learn

Create beautiful websites using HTML, CSS + Javascript

Make mobile-friendly websites with responsive design

Code prototypes that include scrolling and animation techniques

Find + work with the best Javascript libraries

Fix your own code using Chrome's developer tools

Work effectively with other web designers and coders

What you’ll get

13+ hours of video lessons – Practical, go-at-your-own pace learning

Access the community – Join our Discord and connect with thousands of SuperHi students and alumni

Continued help – Help from our expert teachers and educators with years of experience in the industry

Extra homework challenges – Test your knowledge!

Real world projects – Projects and code that you can alter and remix to add to your own sites and portfolio

Resources – Resources to get you started and going post-course

Who this course is for

Anyone who is looking to create websites from scratch and to work with other coders. We’re not trying to turn you into a professional web developer, but this could be the first step.

This course is a great next step for students that have taken our Plan, Design + Code Your First Website course.

Most of our students work in the creative industries – designers, strategists and copywriters are the most common jobs – but you can work in any sector to join the course.

What you’ll need

A computer (Windows, Mac or Linux) with the latest version of Chrome installed and a broadband internet connection. That’s it!

Want to try our teaching before signing up? Join our free 'Plan, Design + Code Your First Website' course!

Syllabus

Chapter 1

Sally Hart

In this project, we start to talk about HTML tags and how to style them up in this portfolio website for a photographer featuring large, full-screen imagery.

Chapter 2

Patio

This project is a mini-site for a popup restaurant and we'll learn all about single-column websites and responsive design.

Chapter 3

Furneaux's

In this project, a website for a floral designer, we go from single-column websites to multi-column websites.

Chapter 4

Boyce

We talk about different styles of layout with positioning and flexbox, in this project that displays a gallery of images.

Chapter 5

Essmei

In this project, an ecommerce site, we cover different styles of layout using positioning and flexbox.

Chapter 6

Baker + Brown

This project is a website for a fashion design studio and we'll cover overlapping margins and even more Javascript.

Chapter 7

Interior Weekly

In this project, a image-heavy website for an interior design company, we talk about how to use Javascript to make scroll (or parallax) effects.

Chapter 8

Sally Hart - Lightbox

In a variation on our first project in this course, we talk about how to make a lightbox (or modal) using HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Chapter 9

Boyce - Slideshow

For this final project, a variation on the Boyce project, we cover how to make a slideshow from scratch and how to make things move without user interaction.

Your instructors

Our instructors have decades of professional experience, have spoken at international conferences and have won countless web design awards.

Rik Lomas

Rik (he/him) is a Mancunian coder, teacher and CEO of SuperHi. He was the co-founder of Steer (a code school in London) and has taught several thousand people to code. He is a bit too old to be posting memes on our social media and recently featured as a Sour Patch Kid in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.

Lawrence Gosset

Lawrence is a full-stack web developer and teacher who has also taught over a thousand people how to code. He was previously an instructor at London code school Steer.

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Free resources to get you started

View our growing collection of guides for creatives, featuring practical insights and advice on careers, making, and working.

FAQs

If you're comfortable working with a computer, then yes!

Learning new and improving your existing skills is about being patient with yourself, building up your knowledge, developing confidence through practice, and with time. We've seen our students around the world do it, and so can you.

Our beginner courses are designed for people new to the subjects. They grow your understanding so you grasp everything you need to start applying your new skills and will also give you a path to dig deeper if you want.

Our teaching style is practical and straightforward and you'll have support from our expert instructors and community for as long as you need.

Still not sure if learning to code is right for you? Take our free Plan, Design + Code Your First Website course or dive into our First Steps to Code guide.

We have quite a lot of students that join us and have done some coding before but want to build up confidence and techniques.

In order to help get you where you'd like to be, have a look at the sites below to see which course you can make from scratch, without any help at all.

Baker & Brown – If you struggle to make this website from scratch, don't worry! We recommend you start off with our Foundation, HTML, CSS + Javascript course.

Jenna Buchholz – If you struggle to make this website from scratch, it's all good! We recommend you start off with our Javascript for Designers course.

Super Shapes – If you struggle to make this website from scratch, have no fear! We recommend you start off with our Advanced CSS + Javascript course.

All of our courses are unlocked and available for students to start their learning and go at their own pace. We do have a suggested weekly structure for some courses, which helps some students stay on track. However, you're definitely free to jump ahead or take as long as you need!

As soon as you checkout and pay, you'll have all the courses you paid for, in your student dashboard available to you immediately. If you're busy and can't start right away - no worries, you can pick it back up later.

At SuperHi, we provide online courses designed for creatives and made for everyone. Take a course on Code, Design, or Project Management 😊

The proof is in the pudding! Our students go on to make their own beautiful sites and some of their stunning work have won digital design awards. Take a look at our Hall of Fame to see some of the sites our students have built, many of which had only taken our Foundation course!

If you're a SuperHi student or alumni and would like to submit your project to be included in our Hall of Fame, please feel free to submit it here.

Yes, we do! All you'd need to do is send the links to your completed projects over to hi@superhi.com at the end of your course. We will review them, provide feedback if necessary, and then issue your certificate!

All our course videos are taught using the SuperHi Editor, but you'll be able to apply everything you'll learn to a code editor of your choice. Many students go on to use other code editors, for example, if their workplace has an existing standard.

Our SuperHi Editor is designed with many smart features to help avoid wasted time looking for things like a typo or missing bracket (which is why we made it!), but the same code concepts apply to any editor.

Yes! You can use your own custom third-party domains and connect them to your sites built with our SuperHi Editor. Additionally, all SuperHi sites come with free SSL Certificates for added protection.

Here's more information on how to connect a third-party domain