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Websites can be viewed on a variety of devices, from mobile phones, to tablets, to desktop computers. Responsive web design detects a device’s screen size and adapts accordingly.

In this training you will learn about important issues for mobile-optimized websites. Learn to optimize pages so they display properly and download faster on mobile devices, how to deal with Retina (2x) displays, how to use SVG graphics, CSS media queries (break points), mobile optimized navigation, the Bootstrap framework, and more.

Learn Java, one of the most powerful and high-level programming language in the world. Java is the language most used by Universities for their computer science major.  

In this intensive summer course, you will be taught the fundamentals of computer science. This course will not only prepare you to get a 4 or 5 on the AP Computer Science A but will make you a proficient coder!

This is a beginner course and is tailored for people who have little to no programming experience. This course starts at the basics but quickly goes into high-level programming topics such as Object-oriented programming and recursion. The course culminates with a project that students create.

Python is the fastest growing and most popular language used by programmers for data science. Python is a high-level programming language which makes it very easy for beginners to learn fast.

In the first half of this hands-on Python course, you will begin by learning the fundamentals of Python code and transition into more complicated programming tasks. The second half of the course focuses primarily on data science using Panda, Matplotlib, and Sci-Kit learn. These packages will teach you how to input, analyze, and graph data.

This course is perfect for any programming beginner to become introduced to the powerful world of coding and data science. There is no math/coding requirement necessary. This course is great for anyone interested in coding, finance, journalism, marketing, and many other fields.

Learn how to use Photoshop to create and optimize graphics for web and user interface design, without wasting time on functionality that focuses on photo retouching or print design.

You’ll learn modern techniques, including new features added to Photoshop CC. Learn to turn wireframes into finished designs. Understand how to design responsive website layouts that are optimized for mobile, tablet, and desktop screens. You’ll design on grids, extract image assets, create hi-res 2x graphics, and so much more.

This is the ultimate Photoshop for web/UI course. In addition to learning key features and techniques, we’ll cover important workflow tips and tricks. Learn to efficiently create professional designs that are easier for developers to code!

You should have a working knowledge of Photoshop before taking this class. If you do not have any Photoshop experience, you should take either the Photoshop in a Day or Beginner to Intermediate course that we offer.

This class will introduce you to the basics of PHP and MySQL. We’ll start from the ground up, building a solid foundation of how PHP works, thus allowing you to tackle your own projects and applications. We’ll show you how to work with forms, sanitize user input for security, send emails, work with cookies to collect information on your users and upload files. You’ll interact with databases using SQL to fetch, insert, update, delete, and search records. You’ll learn how to use phpMyAdmin to create databases and tables, as well as data-typing and indexes.

In this hands-on course, students will quickly go from learning the fundamentals of Python to analyzing real-world datasets. The initial classes will give students practice with foundational programming concepts like loops, functions, and objects. The focus of the class will then shift to tabular data, as you find in CSV files or databases. You will learn how to clean and combine data, as well as generate useful statistics and visualizations. The final sessions will be focused on using linear regression to extrapolate from data and make predictions. For more information about the topics covered in the course, please refer to our syllabus below.

This course is designed to give beginners the practical skills they need to start contributing valuable insights for their company or organization. Examples and exercises will emphasize how these techniques can be applied to real-world situations and use cases. Previous math or coding experience is not required.

It’s official: mobile email is now in the lead, surpassing webmail and desktop client usage by a large margin. In this class you’ll learn best practices for executing a responsive email design that will ensure an excellent user experience for desktop, webmail, and mobile users. We’ll show you how easy it is to set up a single-column email with a fluid layout that will work across devices and email clients. We’ll also show you how to create a more complex newsletter that, with the help of media queries, will go from a 2-column layout to a single column on most mobile devices.

This advanced level course is designed for people who are already familiar with web development and have prior experience coding HTML email.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the most critical marketing skills this century. It's essential for almost any business, and one of the top 5 most requested skills on LinkedIn. Good SEO can bring in millions in business; bad SEO can ruin a business. We'll cover the secrets to Search Engine Optimization in this one-day workshop, through lessons and labs where you will actually devise your own keyword strategy. This class is for business owners, marketers, and frontend coders who want to greatly enhance their marketability. Learn how to get any website listed higher, if not at the absolute top of search engine rankings.

Sketch is a Mac app that was built with the specific needs of a modern web designer (or app designer) in mind. Unlike some other image editing programs—which were originally created for print, photo retouching, or illustration—the entire focus of the Sketch app is on designing user interfaces.

Sketch uses Artboards, so you can efficiently design web layouts for mobile, tablet, and desktop (or screens for apps). It’s vector-based, so you can scale for a variety of screen sizes with ease, as well as export hi-res (Retina) graphics for the web or apps. You’ll find tools and features specifically relevant to User Interface (UI) design, native and adjustable grids, and a quick workflow for exporting your work.

Learn to design the UX (User Experience) and UI (User Interface) of websites in this 60-hour certificate program. From prototyping, to user research and testing, to creating visual designs in Sketch, and more, you’ll learn how to create effective designs.

This certificate program includes 4 courses:

Sketch in a Day
UX Design Bootcamp
Photoshop in a Day
Visual Design Bootcamp