Web Technologies Explained For Business Professionals

A Deep Dive of Web Technologies: Frontend, Backend, DevOps, APIs, AI and more — No Code Required

What you'll learn

Web Fundamentals Unlocked: Explore core web technologies, starting with HTML, CSS, and JS basics to build a strong foundation for modern web development.

The role of AI: How AI is transforming the web development process and how new types of databases like vector databases are making new AI features possible.

Front-End Coding: Dive into front-end web dev, mastering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build your first interactive, responsive web pages from scratch.

Back-End Coding Essentials: Dive into back-end dev, exploring Ruby on Rails, Python, Java, and key patterns to build fully functional web applications.

Database Skills with SQL: Learn to store and retrieve data in web apps using databases, building SQL queries to drive better product decisions.

API Essentials for Web Dev: Discover how APIs enable system communication, their anatomy, and key aspects for product managers to leverage effectively.

System Architecture Basics: Learn key web app architecture principles as a product manager, applying them to enhance product decisions and design strategy.

GitHub & Version Control: Explore GitHub, pull requests, branching strategies, and version control to understand key engineering workflows.

Requirements

A strong desire to learn essential web technologies. No programming experience required.

Description

The Web Technologies for Business Professionals program is an intensive web technology program designed for non technical business professionals who want to become more knowledgeable about the core technologies used in modern web development.In your day-to-day role, you’re probably not expected to be able to write code yourself but you are expected to have an understanding of technology. This program is designed to help you become more confident about technical concepts so that you feel like less of an outsider. You won’t be an engineer, but you will have a deeper understanding of web technologies.Topics we cover:An intro to web technologiesFront-end technologies e.g. HTML, CSS, JavascriptBack-end technologies e.g. Python, Java, PHPAPIsAIDatabasesSQL and reportingTesting and devopsGithub and version controlTechnical architectureBy the end of this program you will:Be able to build basic web pages using HTML, CSS and jQueryUnderstand the concept of the full stack, including your own product’s technology stackHave knowledge of GitHubHave a deeper understanding of APIs; what they are, how they work and why they are important to your businessBe able to structure your own basic SQL queries to pull data from databasesHave an understanding of code testing practices including the differences between test driven development (TDD), behaviour driven development (BDD), API integration tests, regression tests and automation testing toolsLearn how to effectively identify and manage technical debtFeel more confident speaking to both your engineering team and business stakeholdersLearn how to distill complex technologies into easily digestible smaller chunks and retrieve the information for access later

Overview

Section 1: An introduction to web technologies & HTML

Lecture 1 An introduction to web technologies

Lecture 2 Understanding HTML

Section 2: Front end technologies

Lecture 3 An introduction to CSS

Lecture 4 Understanding Javascript

Section 3: Backend technologies & APIs

Lecture 5 What are backend technologies?

Lecture 6 APIs Explained

Lecture 7 Github and version control

Section 4: Databases, DevOps & Architecture

Lecture 8 Databases explained

Lecture 9 Using SQL for reporting

Lecture 10 Testing and devops

Lecture 11 Technical Architecture

Professionals and students looking to gain a solid understanding of the full tech stack, collaborate effectively with engineers, build simple websites, and strengthen their technical confidence.