This free online course will teach you what web applications are, how they function, and how to build them with JavaScript and Deno, a modern runtime from the developers of Node.
The focus in the course is on designing, implementing, and testing server-side web applications. Along the way, you’ll also learn to deploy applications to cloud environments, and learn the basics of building client-side functionality of web applications.
After completing this course, the student understands
- what web applications are, how they function, and how they are constructed.
- the responsibilities of client-side web applications and server-side web applications, and is able to design, implement, and test applications that are structurally sound and secure.
- the wide range of development and deployment strategies in modern web development, also considering the need for scalability, efficiency, and maintainability.
The course has no explicit deadlines and you can proceed in the course at your own pace. Official Aalto credits are available for participants with a Finnish social security number or an Aalto University student number.
You can get a digital badge after completing this course.