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15 Best Web Development Courses for Beginners

We compared 15 Web Development courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $19.99 to $176.40. 2 come from a named university or institution, including University of Washington and University of California, Davis. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
15
Price range
$19.99 – $176.40
Providers
Coursera, Udemy, edX
Last updated
30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "web development" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $176.40, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Front-End Web Development for Beginners

    Offered by University of Washington

    This beginner-friendly Specialization guides you through the essential skills of front-end web development. You’ll start by learning HTML and CSS to structure and style your pages, then move on to creating responsive lay...

    $49.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Vue JS 3 For Modern Web Development - Beginner to Advanced

    If you want to learn the most powerful Javascript framework for modern web development, this is the course you were looking for. Here you will learn Vue JS (v3) from the beginning in just a few hours.This course received...

    $119.99
    listed price
  3. 3
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade B Lowest price here

    Introduction to Web Development

    Are you considering web development as a career?  Do you simply want to learn to create your own web sites but don't know where to start?  Does the world of programming fascinate you?  Are you curious abou...

    $19.99
    listed price
  4. 4
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    HTML and CSS: Introduction to Frontend Web Development

    HTML and CSS are the building blocks of any website. This is a comprehensive course designed to introduce you to the fundamentals of web development. Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to solidify your un...

    $19.99
    listed price
  5. 5
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Frontend Web Development For Beginners -HTML/CSS/JavaScript

    Programming is the process of writing a set of instructions known as code for the computer to perform a task or series of task. Learning to program is a useful and enjoyable skill to have. Programming allows you to solve...

    $139.99
    listed price
  6. 6
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    HTML - Introduction to HTML Web Development

    Your Journey Starts NowYou've made an excellent choice. The road to web development, among other disciplines, begins with HTML. HTML, or Hyper Text Markup Language, is a building block to developing effective web pages. ...

    $99.99
    listed price
  7. 7
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade D

    Introduction to Web Development with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

    Offered by IBM

    Learn the key tools and programming languages to bootstrap your career as a Cloud Developer. Get started with web development using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and GitHub.

    $49.00
    listed price
  8. 8
    edX MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    JavaScript for Beginners

    Offered by University of California, Davis

    This course is designed for those who are new to JavaScript and want to build a solid foundation in web development. You'll learn the essentials of this popular programming language, enabling you to create interactive we...

    $176.40
    listed price
  9. 9
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Python Courses Full tutorial For Beginners 100% Successfully

    Python is a versatile and powerful programming language that is widely used for web development, data analysis, artificial intelligence, and more. Whether you're a beginner or have some programming experience, this compr...

    $79.99
    listed price
  10. 10
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    HTML Made Simple For Beginners: Create a One Page Website

    HTML is mark-up language used with all websites and web based applications in the world. It is responsible for the structure of all website, HTML markup language is used in millions of web sites and applications.HTML, or...

    $64.99
    listed price
  11. 11
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Learning Bootstrap 2 - A Course For Beginners

    This Bootstrap training course from Infinite Skills introduces you to this popular toolkit developed by Twitter. Bootstrap is a set of CSS, JavaScript and graphic components that are designed to make user interface deve...

    $49.99
    listed price
  12. 12
    Udemy Certificate Grade B

    Beginner Drupal: Content Managers Edition

    Embark on your Drupal journey with "Beginner Drupal: Content Managers Edition" a course crafted specifically for those new to this powerful CMS. Tailored for content managers, editors, and authors, this course is your pa...

    $29.99
    listed price
  13. 13
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    Bootstrap : Flex box and Containers for beginners

    Bootstrap is a free and open-source CSS framework directed at responsive, mobile-first front-end web development. It contains CSS- and JavaScript-based design templates for typography, forms, buttons, navigation, and oth...

    $34.99
    listed price
  14. 14
    Udemy MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    PHP From Scratch | Beginner To Advanced

    This course is broken up into two parts. First, we have seven learning modules to learn the fundamentals of PHP programming, including:Data Types & VariablesArrays & IterationControl Structures & Conditi...

    $49.99
    listed price
  15. 15
    Udemy Certificate Grade C

    WebDevelopment in HINDI using HTML and CSS for Beginner 2024

    NOTE : The course is in HINDI language.- After finishing this course the student will be able to make their own static single page website.- The course is divided into 5 sections( HTML, CSS3 + HTML5, CSS Flexbox, Project...

    $19.99
    listed price

Best Web Development Courses for Beginners compared

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $176.40, with the middle of the range around $49.99 — a spread of $156.41. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera, Udemy and edX. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 2 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of Washington and University of California, Davis — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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