AI & Application Development
Build Your First Web App
A hands-on introduction to building for the web: how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript work together, using AI to write and understand code responsibly, and deploying a small interactive app live. Beginner-friendly, with a build-and-ship capstone.
INTERMEDIATE · en · ~300 min
Instructor: Self-paced · Reviewed by: Iroko Skills Academy team · Published by: Iroko Skills Academy team
Learning objectives
- Explain how HTML, CSS, and JavaScript divide structure, style, and behavior
- Build a small interactive page using the event-response pattern
- Use AI to draft and explain code while staying in control of it
- Deploy a static web app to a public URL
Before you start
Prerequisites: None
Device/connectivity: Laptop or desktop computer with a modern web browser and keyboard, Internet access for lessons, tools, and assignment submission
What you'll cover
The Web's Building Blocks
- What a web page actually is
- HTML: the skeleton
- CSS: the styling layer
Making It Interactive
- JavaScript: making the page do things
- Using AI to write and understand code
Shipping It
- From files to a live site: deploying
- Capstone: build and deploy a small web app
Assessment and completion criteria
Complete every published lesson to earn a completion badge. A self-paced certificate also requires passing every server-graded quiz. Practical assignments provide project feedback and may support a separate verified-proficiency record, but they do not delay the standard course certificate.
- Optional reviewed project: Build and deploy a small web app · rubric v1 · pass ≥ 70%
