Career paths & professional titles🎓 Professional title: Web and Mobile Web Developer
Web and Mobile Web Developer
Design, build and deploy a secure web application, from wireframes to the back end.
- Duration
- 455 h · 65 days
- Level
- Intermediate
- Format
- On site · Remote · Blended
- Max. group size
- 12 participants
Overview
This program trains developers who can build a web or mobile web application end to end: design the interfaces, integrate them in a responsive and accessible way, make them dynamic, then build the server side with a database, an API and a modern framework. The course alternates short theory sessions with constant hands-on practice, through concrete workshops and a capstone project presented at the end. It is based on the Web and Mobile Web Developer professional title framework and can be delivered on site, remotely or in a blended format, full-time or as a work-study program.
Who this program is for
- Job seekers and people retraining as developers
- Employees looking to move into a digital career
- Students or recent graduates aiming for quick entry into the job market
- Apprentices and work-study students in a company
- Training centers looking for a turnkey program for a cohort
Prerequisites
- Comfortable with office tools, a computer and a smartphone
- An interest in logic, technology and problem solving
- Good command of written French; technical English is a plus
- Some prior exposure to the web or programming is welcome but not required
Learning objectives
- Install and configure a development environment
- Design web and mobile user interfaces
- Build accessible, adaptable static web and mobile web interfaces
- Develop the dynamic part of user interfaces
- Set up a relational database
- Develop SQL and NoSQL data access components
- Develop server-side business components
- Document and deploy a secure web application
Detailed curriculum
11 modules · 455 h · 65 days
Common core
Web fundamentals and working environment
40% theory · 60% practice
- Client/server architecture and the HTTP protocol
- How a browser works and developer tools
- Installing and configuring the developer workstation (editor, terminal, local server)
- Structure of a web project and naming best practices
- Technology watch and reading documentation
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Install and configure your developer workstation3.5 h
Each participant sets up a complete environment and checks that it works with a first project.
✅ Deliverable : A working environment and a first versioned project
Algorithms, programming and version control
30% theory · 70% practice
- Variables, data types, conditions and loops
- Functions, arrays and data structures
- Breaking down a problem and writing an algorithm
- Debugging and reading error messages
- Git: repository, commits, branches, merging and conflict resolution
- Collaborative work with GitHub
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Solve a series of algorithmic problems7 h · 1 day
About ten progressive exercises, corrected together, to anchor programming logic.
✅ Deliverable : A Git repository with commented solutions
Block 1 — Develop the front end
UX/UI design and accessibility
30% theory · 70% practice
- Analyzing a need and defining user journeys
- Ergonomics, visual hierarchy and readability
- Wireframes, mockups and interactive prototypes
- Design system: colors, typography, components
- Mobile-first approach and responsive layouts
- Digital accessibility (RGAA, WCAG) and eco-design
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Design a showcase website in Figma14 h · 2 days
From a specification, produce the desktop and mobile mockup with a mini design system.
✅ Deliverable : A desktop + mobile Figma mockup and its design system
Responsive HTML5 and CSS3 integration
25% theory · 75% practice
- Semantic HTML5 structure and forms
- Selectors, box model and positioning
- Flexbox and CSS Grid
- Responsive design, media queries and relative units
- Transitions, animations and CSS variables
- Bootstrap and Sass to speed up integration
- Image optimization and performance
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Build the responsive integration of the mockup21 h · 3 days
Pixel-perfect integration of the previous module's mockup, tested on several screen sizes.
✅ Deliverable : An integrated, accessible showcase site, published online
JavaScript and dynamic interfaces
25% theory · 75% practice
- Modern syntax (ES6+), scope, arrow functions and modules
- DOM manipulation and event handling
- Asynchronous code: promises, async/await, Fetch
- Consuming a REST API and handling JSON
- Client-side form validation
- Object-oriented programming in JavaScript
- Introduction to a front-end framework (components, state, props)
- Debugging and testing in the browser
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Weather app consuming an API14 h · 2 days
A dynamic interface that queries a public API and handles errors and loading states.
✅ Deliverable : A complete, documented JavaScript application
Dynamic to-do list with local storage7 h · 1 day
Add, edit, filter and delete tasks, with persistence in the browser.
✅ Deliverable : A task management application
Block 2 — Develop the back end
Relational databases and data modeling
30% theory · 70% practice
- Analyzing a need and modeling with Merise (conceptual and logical models) and UML
- Creating a MySQL database: tables, types, keys and constraints
- SQL queries: selection, joins, aggregates, subqueries
- Views, indexes, transactions and stored procedures
- Normalization and data integrity
- Backup, restore and permission management
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Model and create a library database14 h · 2 days
From needs analysis to the creation script and query statements.
✅ Deliverable : Conceptual/logical models, SQL scripts and a test dataset
PHP and object-oriented programming
25% theory · 75% practice
- PHP syntax, forms, sessions and cookies
- Data access with PDO and prepared statements
- Object-oriented programming: classes, inheritance, interfaces, namespaces
- MVC architecture and separation of concerns
- Authentication, role management and password hashing
- Security: SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, input validation
- Error handling and logging
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Mini-CMS in object-oriented PHP21 h · 3 days
An article management back office with authentication, permissions and secured forms.
✅ Deliverable : A working mini-CMS structured with MVC
Symfony framework
25% theory · 75% practice
- Installation, project structure and command line
- Routes, controllers and dependency injection
- Twig templates: inheritance, blocks and components
- Doctrine ORM: entities, relations, migrations and fixtures
- Forms, validation and file handling
- Security: authentication, authorization and route protection
- Sending emails and session management
- Administration back office
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Event management platform with Symfony28 h · 4 days
A complete application: categories, events, registrations, user accounts and an administration area.
✅ Deliverable : A secure Symfony application with CRUD, relations and roles
NoSQL, REST API and application security
30% theory · 70% practice
- Principles of NoSQL databases and MongoDB use cases
- CRUD operations, queries and aggregations
- Designing a REST API: resources, HTTP verbs, response codes
- JSON format, versioning and API documentation
- Token-based authentication
- API testing with Postman
🛠 Hands-on workshops
REST API for a product catalog14 h · 2 days
Design, develop, document and test an API consumed by a front-end interface.
✅ Deliverable : A documented API and its Postman test collection
Deployment, testing and documentation
30% theory · 70% practice
- Development, test and production environments
- Unit and functional tests
- Hosting, domain name, HTTPS and environment variables
- Deploying a PHP/Symfony application and its database
- Writing the technical documentation and the deployment guide
- Agile method: roles, ceremonies and tracking tools
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Deploy the application online7 h · 1 day
Put the project application into production, with documentation of the process.
✅ Deliverable : An online application and its deployment guide
Project and certification
Capstone project and certification preparation
15% scoping · 85% implementation
- Scoping the project and choosing features
- Guided independent work with regular checkpoints
- Writing the project report
- Preparing the oral presentation and the technical interview
- Code review and individual feedback
🛠 Hands-on workshops
Capstone project: a complete web application28 h · 4 days
Each participant (or pair) designs and builds an application covering the front end and the back end.
✅ Deliverable : A complete application, its Git repository and its project report
Defense simulation7 h · 1 day
Presentation to a mock jury, technical questions and detailed feedback.
✅ Deliverable : A presentation deck and individual feedback
Tools and technologies
Agile / ScrumBootstrapCSS3Doctrine ORMFigmaGitGitHubHTML5JavaScriptMongoDBMySQLPHPPostmanSymfonyTwigVisual Studio Code
Certifications
Professional title: Web and Mobile Web Developer
Professional title organized into two skill blocks — developing the front end and developing the back end of a secure web or mobile web application. Each block can be validated separately.
Teaching methods
- Alternating short theory sessions and hands-on practice
- Workshops and real-world professional scenarios
- A capstone project built throughout the program
- Individual and group code reviews
- Learning by doing, with a practicing developer as trainer
Assessment
- Continuous assessment in each module (exercises and mini-projects)
- Presentation of the capstone project to a jury
- Technical interview
- Mock certification session
Required equipment
- A computer (PC or Mac) with at least 16 GB of RAM
- A high-speed internet connection
- For remote learners: a second screen, a webcam and a microphone
Resources provided
- Course materials and solved exercises
- Access to the Académie WS video courses
- Code repositories for the workshops
- Assessment grid and tips for preparing the certification
Career outcomes
- Web or mobile web developer
- Front-end, back-end or full stack developer
- Application developer
- Further study towards a Bac +3 level (application designer and developer)
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