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Where to start

In two hours you build the same screen twice: first in Figma, then in code. This is a paid taster — it exists so you can feel which side you enjoy doing with your hands, and choose your main course knowing why.

3 modules8 lessons
2 hoursof video and practice
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Outcome

What you will be able to do

Explain what any interface screen is made of
Build a simple layout in Figma with auto layout
Write a card in HTML and CSS from scratch
Read someone else's code and make changes to it
See where a designer's work ends and code begins
Choose your direction and next course from experience, not guesswork
Programme

3 modules, one project

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01 What a screen is made of2 lessons · 34 minOpen

We take one finished screen apart and look at where the border between layout and code runs. No tools yet — only observation and the vocabulary you will need later.

Taking a screen apart: grid, text, elements
Who does what: the designer, the developer and the seam between them
02 As a designer: the screen in Figma3 lessons · 46 min

We open Figma and build a product card: frames, auto layout, spacing and colour. By the end of the module you have your own layout, not one repeated after the teacher.

Figma in 15 minutes: frames, layers, auto layout
Building a product card from ready text and photos
Spacing, sizes and colour: why a layout looks tidy
03 As a developer: the same screen in code3 lessons · 40 min

We build the same layout in the browser with HTML and CSS, break it and fix it. At the end we compare both experiences and choose which main course to take.

Marking the card up in HTML in an empty file
CSS: spacing, fonts and colours straight in the browser
What to take next: comparing the two ways of working
Materials

What you get

A starter file in Figma

A frame with ready text and images, so you spend no time on preparation and build the card straight away.

A starter project for code

A folder with empty index.html and style.css and instructions on opening them in an editor and in the browser.

The finished solution, explained

The final layout and the final code of the card, so you can compare them with your own result and find where you drifted.

A map of the courses ahead

A table: what each of the four main courses covers, what you need to know beforehand and which tasks you will be able to solve.

Course author

Vladimir Motipan

Teaches the «First steps in the profession» direction at Forma. The full list of their courses is on their page.

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The whole first module is open

Watch the lessons of the first module and the first task. If the format does not suit you, you have lost nothing.