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What if there was a single course that covered everything web design and development? A course that literally taught the entirety of software engineering? Something that goes in depth in Ruby and Django, nodeJS, and Microsoft FrontPage... [McGuire] That’s not this course. [Grimur] This is not (that course.) Slightly alternate angle.
This course is an intro to the fundamentals of web design and development. What that means is we’ll cover 90% of what you need to know to get started developing your own sites. Apple. Google. Netflix. Stripe. Berkshire Hathaway. What do four of these sites have in common? They’re extraordinary examples of modern design and development. And while we’ll be using Webflow as our visual development environment, the vast majority of what we’re covering is the same fundamentals, same CSS properties used by developers at all these companies. Because of that, what we’re covering in this course is transferable.
In fact, we’re going to spend the first part of this course outside of Webflow, where we’ll look into and actually mess with many of these brands. And when we do get to Webflow, we’ll go through every step of the process — building each part of our site. At the end, we’ll have a full landing page for a new SaaS company called "Calendar". It’s like a normal calendar... [Sara] But the app accounts for quantum flux, distortions in gravity, time travel... [Grimur] Does it really account for time travel? [Sara] It absolutely does. [Grímur] Does it really account for time travel? [Sara] It absolutely does.
[McGuire] Put simply, if your goal is to learn how the web is built, and then you want to use that knowledge to build and even change the web yourself? This is where to begin. So, in reality, if this course is the fundamentals of web development, should we really call it "Webflow 101"? [McGuire] No. [Grímur] Yes. [Grímur] We did call sheets... brand deals... [McGuire] Really? [Grímur] We made merch... (Sara laughing) [McGuire] What is that? [Grímur] It already says "Webflow 101". [McGuire] Is this supposed to be you? [Grímur] Technically, it could be any good-looking... [Sara] It’s totally Grímur. [Grímur] Adonis... [Sara] The face... [Grímur] ...a Viking. [Sara] The hair... [Grímur] ...Very attractive. [Sara] Same outfit... [Grímur] ...Nordic god. [McGuire] That’s a Grimur plushie. [Grímur] It’s totally a Grímur plushie. [McGuire] Then let’s get started with Webflow 101.