HTML
Structure content: headings, paragraphs, links, images, lists, and forms.
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Welcome to the Hoover Digital Media Learning Platform — a structured, practical path to building real things on the web.
What you will learn
Section titled “What you will learn”This platform teaches the three core languages every web developer uses every day:
CSS
Control appearance: colors, layout, typography, and responsive design.
JavaScript
Add behavior: interactivity, data, and dynamic pages.
Git
Track changes, work with branches, and publish your project to GitHub.
By the end of the fundamentals track you will be able to build, version-control, and publish a complete, interactive website from scratch.
How the courses are structured
Section titled “How the courses are structured”Each course is broken into modules, and each module into short lessons. Lessons are self-contained — read the explanation, then do the exercise before moving on.
Do not skip the exercises. Typing the code yourself is how it sticks.
The fundamentals learning path
Section titled “The fundamentals learning path”Follow the courses in this order:
- HTML Foundations — Learn to structure content with HTML. This is where everyone starts. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- CSS Foundations — Learn to style and lay out pages. Picks up right where HTML leaves off. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- JavaScript Foundations — Learn to make pages interactive with real, shipped features. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- Git Foundations — Learn version control: track changes, work in branches, collaborate with pull requests, and publish your project live on GitHub. Begin with Lesson 01 →
The JavaScript Development Track
Section titled “The JavaScript Development Track”After the fundamentals, continue here:
- Intermediate JavaScript — Array methods, ES6 classes, ES modules, the Fetch API, and async/await — build a real expense tracker app from scratch. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- TypeScript Foundations — Add static typing to your JavaScript: type annotations, interfaces, generics, and type narrowing — applied to a real trivia quiz app. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- Angular Foundations — Build full single-page applications with Angular 21: standalone components, signals, routing, reactive forms, and HttpClient — applied to CinemaVault, a deployed movie catalog SPA. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- React Foundations — Learn the most widely used frontend library: function components, useState, useEffect, derived state, custom hooks, and the Context API — applied to ZeroBudget, a deployed budgeting app. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- Vue Foundations — Build modern reactive SPAs with Vue 3: Composition API, Single-File Components, Vue Router, and Pinia — applied to FamilyTree, an interactive family tree app. Begin with Lesson 01 →
- Node.js Foundations — Build a REST API from scratch with Node.js, Express, SQLite, bcrypt, and JWT authentication — then wire it to a React frontend and deploy both to Railway and GitHub Pages. Begin with Lesson 01 →
Beyond the fundamentals
Section titled “Beyond the fundamentals”After completing all four courses, there are two paths forward.
The JavaScript Development Track takes you deeper into the modern JavaScript ecosystem. All six current courses have a capstone app you build and deploy: an expense tracker in Intermediate JavaScript, a trivia quiz in TypeScript Foundations, a movie catalog SPA in Angular Foundations, a budgeting app in React Foundations, an interactive family tree SPA in Vue Foundations, and Bulletin — a full-stack community board — in Node.js Foundations.
The Projects section has larger, self-directed builds on fresh starting points — different contexts, different challenges, designed to stretch what you know.
Ready?
Section titled “Ready?”If you have never written a line of HTML, start here:
If you have finished HTML Foundations and are ready to style, start here:
If you have finished CSS Foundations and are ready to add interactivity, start here:
If you have finished JavaScript Foundations and are ready to learn version control, start here:
If you have finished Git Foundations and are ready to go deeper with JavaScript, start here:
If you have finished Intermediate JavaScript and are ready to add static typing, start here:
If you have finished TypeScript Foundations and are ready to build Angular SPAs, start here:
If you have finished Angular Foundations and are ready to learn React, start here:
If you have finished React Foundations and are ready to learn Vue, start here:
If you have finished Vue Foundations and are ready to build the backend, start here: