Professional Certificate in Frontend Development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript & React

Frontend Development
Full-Stack Development
Software Engineering

Professional Certificate in Frontend Development: HTML, CSS, JavaScript & React

Fast-track from beginner to job-ready frontend developer.

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4 weeks
Duration
Hybrid
Format
Lagos, Nigeria
Location
Rolling 2026
Intake
CAREER SWITCH
Level
Yes
Certificate
HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript React.js TypeScript Responsive Design Git GitHub REST APIs Vercel

What's included

Weekend Mentorship

Live cohort sessions with senior practitioners, every weekend.

Real-World Projects

Build a portfolio with hands-on industry case studies.

Community Access

Join a cohort of peers and the wider Firstlincoln alumni network.

Internship Pathway

Transition from learning into real industry experience through our internship program.

Weekend Mentorship Sessions

More than recorded videos — this is a live cohort.

Our Weekend Mentorship Sessions are live, instructor-led cohorts that run every weekend. Instead of watching pre-recorded lessons in isolation, you join a small group, work through real-world case studies, ask questions in real time, and get direct feedback from senior practitioners actively working in industry.

  • Live Q&A with senior practitioners every weekend
  • Real case-study breakdowns, not just slides
  • Cohort accountability and peer feedback
  • Career guidance, mock interviews and portfolio reviews
Sessions run Virtual or Physical — pick your format when you enrol.

What you'll learn

  • Build responsive, accessible, and modern user interfaces using HTML5, CSS3, and React.js
  • Develop interactive web applications with modern JavaScript (ES6+) and React Hooks
  • Apply TypeScript fundamentals to create more maintainable and scalable frontend applications
  • Manage application state using the React Context API
  • Consume REST APIs and integrate dynamic data into React applications
  • Use Git and GitHub for version control and collaborative development workflows
  • Deploy frontend applications to a live hosting platform and build a professional project portfolio

Prerequisites

  • Bachelor's degree, HND, OND, or equivalent qualification in any discipline
  • Basic understanding of HTML and CSS (a free preparatory course will be provided for beginners)
  • Laptop with a minimum of 8GB RAM, 256GB storage, running Windows, macOS, or Linux
  • Reliable internet access and the ability to dedicate 12–15 hours per week throughout the 4-week programme
  • A GitHub account (free) created before the programme begins
  • No prior professional programming experience required

Who is this programme for?

  • University graduates from any discipline looking to start a career in frontend development
  • Career switchers transitioning into software development
  • Designers who want to build modern web interfaces
  • Aspiring developers with basic HTML and CSS knowledge
  • Entrepreneurs who want to create responsive web applications

Curriculum

4 modules • 22 lessons • 4 weeks

  1. WEEK 1 HTML & CSS Foundations

    5 lessons
    • HTML5 semantic structure
    • Advanced CSS layouts (Flexbox & Grid)
    • Responsive web design
    • CSS animations & transitions
    • Build: Responsive landing page
    • JavaScript ES6+ fundamentals
    • Objects, arrays & functions
    • OOP concepts
    • Async JavaScript (Promises, async/await)
    • Modules & API consumption
    • Build: Interactive JavaScript application
    • React fundamentals
    • Components & Props
    • State & Event Handling
    • Hooks (useState, useEffect)
    • Context API
    • Build: Multi-page React application
    • TypeScript fundamentals
    • React performance optimisation
    • Git & GitHub workflow
    • Deployment with Vercel
    • Capstone Project: Responsive React Web Application

Personalized Roadmap

Start your journey with a learning path customised to your motivation and experience

HTML & CSS Foundations
1
Modern JavaScript
2
React Fundamentals
3
Frontend Capstone Project
4
Portfolio & Deployment
5

Assessment & Certification

Assessment
Coding Assignments(30%), Weekly Projects(30%), Frontend Capstone Project(40%)
Certification
Firstlincoln Professional Certificate in Frontend Development
Delivery format
Hybrid (Daily online sessions + weekly in-person code reviews)

Career outcomes

Frontend Developer
Junior React Developer
Web Developer
UI Developer
JavaScript Developer
Internship Pathway

From classroom to a real industry role.

Top performers progress into our Internship Pathway — a structured placement programme of 3, 6 or 12 months. Internships are either sponsorship-backed or guardian-supported, depending on the arrangement that suits the learner.

3 months 6 months 12 months
Learn how the internship pathway works →

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