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- Download 15 Free Books To Master HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Bootstrap And WordPress
After learning HTML and CSS, I was able to create WordPress themes from scratch. I have used Bootstrap, HTML5 Blank, Underscores to create WordPress themes from scratch and child themes.
Read the difference between WordPress parent and child themes.
If you are a beginner and don’t know what you need to learn first and where to start. Just follow my advice start learning HTML and CSS. Learn how to use Chrome developer tools or Firefox developer tools to edit web pages.
After learning HTML, CSS and Browser developer tools, create WordPress child Themes and modify styles of some widgets or customize navigation menus.
Learn step by step and with in few weeks or month, you will be creating WordPress themes from scratch.
38 Web Development & Web Design Courses Yes. All Thesse Courses are Free
Here is a list of some free online Web Design courses to learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and PHP. These courses helped me to learn the basics of theme development.
10 Free video courses to learn HTML and CSS
- Free Video Course by Udacity Intro to HTML and CSS
- Free Video course at YouTube Learn HTML/CSS 19 videos by Coder’s Guide
- Free Video course at YouTube CSS Experiments 10 Videos
- Free Video course at YouTube CSS Video Tutorial 7 videos
- Free Video course at YouTube Learn CSS 15 videos
- Free Video course at YouTube CSS Basics 8 videos by devTips
- Free Video course at YouTube CSS Positioning 7 videos by devTips
- Free Video course at YouTube CSS3 Tutorials For Beginners by PacketCode 11 Videos
- Free Video course at YouTube HTML5 Basics 7 videos by devTips
- Free Video course at YouTube Design & Code a Mobile First Landing Page! 4 videos by devTips
9 Free video courses to learn Responsive design CSS frameworks
- Free Video course at YouTube Bootstrap Tutorials for Beginners
- Free Video course at YouTube Responsive Web Design With Bootstrap8 videos by Coder’s Guide
- Free Video course at YouTube The Bootstrap Grid 14 videos by devTips
- Free Video course at YouTube Bootstrap 3 Responsive Tech Site 10 videos by Coder’s Guide
- Free Video course at YouTube Foundation for Responsive Web Design for Beginners
- Free Video course at YouTube Foundation Zurb Grid 8 videos by devTips
- Free Video Course by Udacity Responsive Web Design Fundamentals
- Free Video course at YouTube Susy Tutorials 11 at YouTube
- Free Video Course by Udacity Mobile Web Development
6 Free video courses to learn CSS PreProcessors
- Free Video course at YouTube Stylus Tutorials 15 Videos
- Free Video course at YouTube Less CSS Tutorials for Beginners
- Free Video course at YouTube Sass & SCSS Tutorial for Beginners
- Free Video course at YouTube PostCSS Tutorials 17 videos
- Free Video course at YouTube SASS for the People! 4 videos by DevTips
- Free Video course at YouTube Parallax on the Web10 videos by DevTips
6 Free video courses to learn JavaScript and jQuery
- Free Video course at YouTube JQuery Video Tutorial 9 videos
- Free Video course at YouTube Learn JQuery 26 videos
- Free Video Course by Udacity Intro to jQuery
- Free YouTube Video Series jQuery Tutorials For Beginners by PacketCode 13 Videos
- Free Video course at YouTube JavaScript Video Tutorial 11 videos
- Free Video Course by Udacity JavaScript Basics Video Course
4 Free video courses to learn PHP
- Free Video course at YouTube Beginner PHP Tutorial by TheNewBoston
- Free Video course at YouTube PHP For Beginners by TeachMeComputer
- Free Video course at YouTube Intro To PHP & MySQL 24 videos
- Free Video course at YouTube PHP Beginner Tutorials 20 videos
3 Free video courses to learn Git, GitHub and more
- Free Video Course by Udacity website Perfomance Optimization
- Free Video Course by Udacity How to Use Git and GitHub
- Free Video course at YouTube Git Tutorials
Premium Web Development and Web Design Courses
Above mentioned web development and web design courses are free and you can learn so many things about design and development.
There are many websites, offering beginner and advanced video courses. Most of these websites offer free trail. You can join these sites free.
For example, Lynda.com offer 1-month free trial, Join Lynda for free and download your favorite web design courses free. After 1 month, you can cancel your membership if you don’t want to continue.
- Lynda.com WordPress, PHP, HTML and CSS Courses Free Trial Available
- SitePoint Premium HTML, CSS, PHP & WordPress Courses start out with an entire month free
- TutsPlus.com offers dozens of free and premium video courses about WordPress, Theme develoment, rogramming, webdesign and more.
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