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30-Day Web Development Course - Complete HTML, CSS, Tailwind & JavaScript Guide

Master modern web development from scratch with this comprehensive 30-day course. Build 4 real-world projects including a restaurant website, business landing page, task manager, and booking system. Learn HTML5, CSS3, Tailwind CSS, and JavaScript with hands-on practice.

30-Day Web Development Course

HTML/CSS → Tailwind CSS → JavaScript

Course Duration: 30 Days (December 2, 2025 - December 30, 2025)
Study Days: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday (3 days per week)
Total Sessions: 13 Sessions
Focus: Modern web development with real-world applications

Course Structure Overview

Phase 1: HTML/CSS Fundamentals (Sessions 1-4)

  • Project: Restaurant Menu & Ordering Page

Phase 2: HTML/Tailwind CSS (Sessions 5-8)

  • Project: Small Business Landing Page

Phase 3: HTML/Tailwind/JavaScript (Sessions 9-13)

  • Project 1: Task Management Dashboard
  • Project 2: Local Services Booking System
  • Project 3: Personal Finance Tracker

Detailed Session Breakdown

PHASE 1: HTML/CSS FUNDAMENTALS

Session 1 - Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Topic: HTML Foundations & Modern Structure

Learning Objectives:

  • Semantic HTML5 elements (header, nav, main, section, article, footer)
  • Document structure and best practices
  • Accessibility basics (ARIA labels, alt text, semantic markup)
  • Forms and input types
  • Meta tags for SEO

Practical Focus:

  • Creating accessible navigation
  • Building forms with proper validation attributes
  • Structuring content for SEO
  • Understanding heading hierarchy

Homework:

  • Create a basic restaurant homepage structure with navigation, hero section, and footer

Session 2 - Thursday, December 4, 2025

Topic: CSS Fundamentals & Modern Layouts

Learning Objectives:

  • CSS Box Model deep dive
  • Flexbox for modern layouts (justify-content, align-items, flex-wrap)
  • CSS Grid basics (grid-template-columns, gap, grid areas)
  • Responsive design principles
  • Mobile-first approach

Practical Focus:

  • Building responsive navigation bars
  • Creating flexible card layouts
  • Understanding when to use Flexbox vs Grid
  • Media queries for breakpoints

Homework:

  • Style the restaurant homepage with responsive navigation and hero section

Session 3 - Saturday, December 6, 2025

Topic: Advanced CSS & Design Patterns

Learning Objectives:

  • CSS Variables (custom properties)
  • Positioning (relative, absolute, fixed, sticky)
  • Transitions and basic animations
  • Pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements
  • CSS specificity and cascade

Practical Focus:

  • Creating smooth hover effects
  • Building dropdown menus
  • Sticky headers
  • Interactive buttons and links

Homework:

  • Add interactive elements to the restaurant page (hover effects, dropdown menu)

Session 4 - Tuesday, December 10, 2025

Topic: PROJECT 1 - Restaurant Menu & Ordering Page

Project Requirements:

  • Responsive restaurant website with:
    • Hero section with business info
    • Menu section with categories (appetizers, mains, desserts, drinks)
    • Each menu item: image, name, description, price
    • Contact form for reservations
    • Location map section
    • Fully responsive (mobile, tablet, desktop)
    • Accessible navigation
    • Smooth scrolling between sections

Skills Applied:

  • Semantic HTML
  • Flexbox and Grid layouts
  • Responsive design
  • Form creation
  • CSS animations

Deliverable: Complete, responsive restaurant website using only HTML and CSS

PHASE 2: HTML/TAILWIND CSS

Session 5 - Thursday, December 12, 2025

Topic: Introduction to Tailwind CSS & Utility-First Approach

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding utility-first CSS philosophy
  • Tailwind CSS setup and configuration
  • Core utility classes (spacing, colors, typography)
  • Responsive modifiers (sm:, md:, lg:, xl:)
  • State variants (hover:, focus:, active:)

Practical Focus:

  • Converting CSS properties to Tailwind classes
  • Building components with utilities
  • Understanding the Tailwind config file
  • Customizing the default theme

Homework:

  • Rebuild a section of Project 1 using Tailwind CSS

Session 6 - Saturday, December 14, 2025

Topic: Tailwind Layout & Components

Learning Objectives:

  • Flexbox utilities in Tailwind
  • Grid utilities in Tailwind
  • Container and max-width utilities
  • Spacing system (margin, padding)
  • Typography utilities

Practical Focus:

  • Creating responsive navigation with Tailwind
  • Building card components
  • Hero sections with Tailwind
  • Button variants and styles

Homework:

  • Create a mobile-responsive hero section and feature cards for small business

Session 7 - Tuesday, December 17, 2025

Topic: Advanced Tailwind & Customization

Learning Objectives:

  • Custom colors and themes
  • Dark mode implementation
  • Tailwind plugins (forms, typography)
  • @apply directive for component classes
  • Responsive design patterns

Practical Focus:

  • Creating a design system with Tailwind
  • Building reusable component classes
  • Implementing dark mode toggle
  • Form styling with Tailwind

Homework:

  • Design a color scheme and implement dark mode for the landing page

Session 8 - Thursday, December 19, 2025

Topic: PROJECT 2 - Small Business Landing Page

Project Requirements:

  • Complete landing page for a local service business (e.g., Hair Salon, Auto Repair, Cleaning Service):
    • Hero section with CTA button
    • Services section (3-6 services with icons/images)
    • About Us section
    • Pricing table or packages
    • Testimonials section
    • Contact form with business hours
    • Footer with social media links
    • Fully responsive
    • Dark mode toggle
    • Smooth animations on scroll

Skills Applied:

  • Tailwind CSS utilities
  • Responsive design with Tailwind
  • Custom color schemes
  • Dark mode implementation
  • Modern UI patterns

Deliverable: Professional small business landing page using HTML and Tailwind CSS

PHASE 3: HTML/TAILWIND/JAVASCRIPT

Session 9 - Saturday, December 21, 2025

Topic: JavaScript Fundamentals & DOM Manipulation

Learning Objectives:

  • Modern JavaScript (ES6+) syntax
  • Variables (let, const), data types
  • DOM selection (querySelector, getElementById)
  • Event listeners (click, input, submit)
  • Manipulating classes and styles
  • Template literals

Practical Focus:

  • Interactive navigation menu toggle
  • Form validation with JavaScript
  • Dynamic content updates
  • Adding/removing elements from DOM

Homework:

  • Add mobile menu toggle and basic form validation to previous project

Session 10 - Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Topic: JavaScript Data Structures & Functions

Learning Objectives:

  • Arrays and array methods (map, filter, reduce, forEach)
  • Objects and object methods
  • Functions and arrow functions
  • Destructuring
  • Spread operator
  • Local Storage API

Practical Focus:

  • Storing user preferences
  • Managing lists of data
  • CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
  • Data persistence with Local Storage

Homework:

  • Create a simple to-do list that saves to Local Storage

Session 11 - Thursday, December 25, 2025

Topic: PROJECT 3A - Task Management Dashboard (Part 1)

Project Requirements (Part 1):

  • Task management application:
    • Add new tasks with title, description, due date, priority
    • Display tasks in organized lists
    • Mark tasks as complete
    • Delete tasks
    • Filter tasks (All, Active, Completed)
    • Responsive dashboard layout
    • Data persists in Local Storage

Skills Applied:

  • DOM manipulation
  • Event handling
  • Array methods
  • Local Storage
  • CRUD operations

Deliverable: Working task manager with basic functionality

Session 12 - Saturday, December 27, 2025

Topic: Advanced JavaScript & PROJECT 3A Completion

Learning Objectives:

  • Fetch API and working with JSON
  • Async/await
  • Error handling
  • Date manipulation
  • Sorting and filtering data
  • Form validation patterns

Project Requirements (Part 2):

  • Enhanced task manager:
    • Search functionality
    • Sort by date, priority, or alphabetically
    • Edit existing tasks
    • Categories/tags for tasks
    • Progress statistics (completed vs total)
    • Due date notifications/indicators
    • Export/import data

Skills Applied:

  • Advanced array methods
  • Date handling
  • Search and filter algorithms
  • Data validation

Deliverable: Complete Task Management Dashboard

Session 13 - Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Topic: Final Projects - Choose ONE

PROJECT 3B: Local Services Booking System

Project Description: An appointment booking system for local service providers (hair salon, doctor, tutor, etc.)

Features:

  • Service selection (haircut, styling, coloring, etc.)
  • Available time slots calendar view
  • Booking form (name, phone, email, notes)
  • Booking confirmation with details
  • View/manage your bookings
  • Cancel appointments
  • Admin view showing all bookings
  • Email reminder indicators
  • Data stored in Local Storage
  • Responsive design

Real-World Application: Helps small service businesses manage appointments without expensive booking software

Skills Applied:

  • Date and time handling
  • Calendar interface creation
  • Form validation
  • State management
  • Complex data structures
  • User authentication concepts

PROJECT 3C: Personal Finance Tracker

Project Description: A budget management tool for individuals to track income and expenses

Features:

  • Add income/expense transactions (amount, category, date, description)
  • Dashboard with summary statistics
    • Total income
    • Total expenses
    • Balance
    • Spending by category (charts with Chart.js library)
  • Transaction history with search and filter
  • Category management (custom categories)
  • Budget limits per category with warnings
  • Monthly/weekly view toggle
  • Export data to CSV
  • Data visualization with charts
  • Responsive design

Real-World Application: Helps individuals manage personal finances and track spending habits

Skills Applied:

  • Data aggregation and calculations
  • Chart integration (Chart.js)
  • Date filtering and grouping
  • CSV export functionality
  • Complex filtering logic
  • Data visualization

Additional Topics Covered Throughout Course

Modern Development Practices

  • Clean, readable code structure
  • Commenting and documentation
  • File organization
  • Naming conventions
  • Version control basics (Git/GitHub intro)
  • Debugging with browser DevTools

Performance & Optimization

  • Image optimization
  • Lazy loading
  • Minification concepts
  • Performance best practices

Accessibility

  • ARIA labels and roles
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Screen reader compatibility
  • Color contrast
  • Focus management

SEO Basics

  • Meta tags
  • Semantic HTML for search engines
  • Structured data concepts
  • Performance impact on SEO

Learning Resources

  • VS Code (code editor)
  • Chrome DevTools
  • Tailwind CSS documentation
  • MDN Web Docs (JavaScript reference)
  • GitHub for project hosting

Practice Between Sessions

  • FreeCodeCamp exercises
  • Frontend Mentor challenges
  • Codepen for experiments
  • Build variations of course projects

Assessment & Success Criteria

Project Evaluation Criteria

  1. Functionality (40%)

    • All required features working
    • No critical bugs
    • Smooth user experience

  2. Code Quality (30%)

    • Clean, readable code
    • Proper structure and organization
    • Good naming conventions
    • Comments where necessary

  3. Design & UX (20%)

    • Responsive across devices
    • Intuitive user interface
    • Consistent styling
    • Accessible design

  4. Best Practices (10%)

    • Semantic HTML
    • Performance considerations
    • Accessibility features
    • Modern JavaScript patterns

Course Completion Portfolio

By the end of 30 days, students will have:

  1. Restaurant Menu & Ordering Page (HTML/CSS)
  2. Small Business Landing Page (HTML/Tailwind)
  3. Task Management Dashboard (HTML/Tailwind/JS)
  4. PLUS ONE OF:
    • Local Services Booking System
    • Personal Finance Tracker

Total: 4 Real-World Projects that can be showcased to potential clients or employers

Tips for Success

  1. Practice Daily: Even on non-class days, spend 30 minutes reviewing or coding
  2. Build Variations: After completing projects, modify them for different businesses
  3. Ask Questions: Use class time to clarify confusing concepts
  4. Code Along: Don't just watch, type out every example
  5. Debug Everything: Use browser DevTools to understand how things work
  6. Read Documentation: Get comfortable with MDN and Tailwind docs
  7. Join Communities: Stack Overflow, Dev.to, Reddit's r/webdev
  8. Showcase Work: Put projects on GitHub, create a simple portfolio

What's Next After This Course

Immediate Next Steps

  • Learn React.js or Vue.js for modern frameworks
  • Backend basics (Node.js, Express)
  • Database fundamentals (MongoDB, PostgreSQL)
  • APIs and RESTful services

Career Paths

  • Frontend Developer
  • Freelance Web Developer for Small Businesses
  • Full-Stack Developer (with backend learning)
  • UI/UX Developer

Freelance Opportunities

All projects in this course solve real problems for:

  • Local restaurants
  • Service providers
  • Small business owners
  • Individuals needing personal productivity tools

You can offer these solutions to real clients!

Course Support

Getting Help

  • Class discussion time during sessions
  • Code review sessions
  • Recommended: Create a Discord/Slack group with fellow students
  • Stack Overflow for technical questions
  • Office hours (if available)

Common Pitfalls to Avoid

  • Skipping fundamentals to jump to projects
  • Not testing on different devices/browsers
  • Copying code without understanding
  • Neglecting accessibility
  • Over-complicating solutions

Good luck with your web development journey! Remember: consistency beats intensity. Three focused days per week for 30 days will give you a solid foundation in modern web development.

Course Created: November 2025
Start Date: December 2, 2025
End Date: December 30, 2025