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Free Web Development Courses & Certificates [2025]

Status: Free

Coursera Project Network

Build a Full Website using WordPress

Skills you'll gain: WordPress, Content Management Systems, Web Content, Web Design and Development, Web Design, Web Development, Blogs, Content Development and Management, Social Media, Marketing, Design, Computer Science

Status: Free Trial

IBM

Introduction to Software Engineering

Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Software Design, Scrum (Software Development), Software Engineering, Software Design Patterns, Agile Methodology, Software Development, Programming Principles, Application Development, Cloud Development, Web Development, Back-End Web Development, Front-End Web Development, Computer Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Python Programming

Status: Free Trial

IBM

Introduction to HTML, CSS, & JavaScript

Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Responsive Web Design, Web Development, Javascript, Scripting, Browser Compatibility, Application Programming Interface (API)

Status: Free Trial

Johns Hopkins University

HTML, CSS, and Javascript for Web Developers

Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Javascript, Responsive Web Design, Ajax, Front-End Web Development, Web Design, Web Applications, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Browser Compatibility, Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Usability, Cross Platform Development

Illinois Tech

Fundamentals of Web Development

Skills you'll gain: Javascript and jQuery, Responsive Web Design, Web Development, Version Control, Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, GitHub, Web Applications, JavaScript Frameworks, Web Development Tools, Infrastructure Architecture, Browser Compatibility, Application Programming Interface (API), Animations

Status: Free

Coursera Project Network

Build a mobile app with Google Sheets on Glide and no coding

Skills you'll gain: Mobile Development, Google Sheets, Application Development, Cloud Applications, Application Deployment, Data Structures, User Accounts, Personalized Service, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Development, Marketing

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