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Free Web Development Courses & Certificates [2025]

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Status: Free Trial
IBM
Introduction to HTML, CSS, & JavaScript
Skills you'll gain: Web Development Tools, Responsive Web Design, Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Javascript, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Debugging, Data Validation
4.5
Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
572 reviews
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Status: Free Trial
IBM
Introduction to Software Engineering
Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Architecture, Development Environment, Software Design, Software Engineering, Software Development Methodologies, Software Design Patterns, Systems Development, Software Development Tools, Program Development, Software Development, Integrated Development Environments, Application Security, Web Development, Cloud Development, Web Applications, Back-End Web Development, Computer Programming, Front-End Web Development, Python Programming
4.7
Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
3.7K reviews
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
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Build a Full Website using WordPress
Skills you'll gain: WordPress, Content Management Systems, Web Content, Web Design, Web Development, Web Design and Development, Design, Marketing, Computer Science
4.4
Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
4.2K reviews
Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Status: Free Trial
Meta
Introduction to Front-End Development
Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Web Design and Development, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), HTML and CSS, Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Design, Web Development Tools, User Interface (UI), Full-Stack Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
4.8
Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
13K reviews
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
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Introduction to Python
Skills you'll gain: Python Programming, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Web Development, Scripting, Computational Thinking, Scripting Languages, Application Development, Web Applications
4.5
Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
2.2K reviews
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Coursera Project Network
Build a mobile app with Google Sheets on Glide and no coding
Skills you'll gain: Mobile Development, Application Deployment, Application Development, Google Sheets, Spreadsheet Software, Data Structures, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Development, Marketing
4.5
Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
671 reviews
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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Increase SEO Traffic with WordPress
Skills you'll gain: Search Engine Optimization, WordPress, Web Analytics and SEO, Blogs, Keyword Research, Web Design and Development, Web Content, Web Design, Content Development and Management, Content Management, Web Development, Analytics, Marketing
4.5
Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
786 reviews
Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Status: Free
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Build a Portfolio Website with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Skills you'll gain: Web Design and Development, HTML and CSS, Web Development, Web Applications, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Front-End Web Development, Responsive Web Design, Web Design, Javascript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Content
4.2
Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
104 reviews
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Status: Free Trial
Meta
Programming with JavaScript
Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), Javascript, Node.JS, Unit Testing, Scripting, Programming Principles, Web Development, Computer Programming, JSON, Web Applications, Debugging, Event-Driven Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Package and Software Management, Functional Design, Front-End Web Development, Data Structures
4.7
Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
4.8K reviews
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Status: Free Trial
IBM
IBM Generative AI Engineering
Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Large Language Modeling, Unsupervised Learning, Data Wrangling, Flask (Web Framework), Keras (Neural Network Library), Supervised Learning, Generative AI Agents, Predictive Modeling, Applied Machine Learning, Web Applications, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Deep Learning, Exploratory Data Analysis, Web Development, Data Manipulation, Natural Language Processing, Unit Testing, Web Scraping
4.6
Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
90K reviews
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months
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Test Accessibility of Your Design with WAVE
Skills you'll gain: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Web Design, Usability, Web Applications, Web Development Tools, Test Tools, Web Development, Customer Service
4.3
Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
24 reviews
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours
Status: Free Trial
Scrimba
Learn to code with AI
Skills you'll gain: GitHub, Version Control, HTML and CSS, Web Applications, Javascript, Front-End Web Development, Web Development, Debugging, Mobile Development, Application Development, UI Components, ChatGPT, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Computer Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Application Deployment, Database Application, Machine Learning
4.6
Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
112 reviews
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months