Nick Cernak

Web Designer, Developer & JavaScript Engineer

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LinkedIn Learning: Learning React.js (2020)

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Certificate of Completion

Learning React.js (2020)

Learning React.js

On Sep­tem­ber 23, 2020, I com­plet­ed the LinkedIn Learn­ing course Learn­ing React.js (2020) instruct­ed by Eve Por­cel­lo. This course includ­ed how to cre­ate com­po­nents, dis­play dynam­ic data with prop­er­ties, and ren­der com­po­nents using JSX syn­tax. Eve also man­ages the state of com­po­nents with hooks; uses pow­er­ful React enhance­ments, and lever­ages cloud deploy­ment options for apps cre­at­ed with cre­ate-react-app.

Learning Objectives:

  • What is React.js?
  • Cre­at­ing and ren­der­ing React elements
  • Intro­duc­ing JSX
  • Cre­at­ing a React component
  • Ren­der­ing
  • Man­ag­ing state with hooks
  • Using mul­ti-state variables
  • Fetch­ing data
  • Deploy­ing a React app

Skills Covered:

  • React.js
Course Link

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion

Com­plet­ed: August 28, 2020

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LinkedIn Learning: Search Techniques for Web Developers

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Search Techniques for Web Developers

Search Techniques for Web Developers

On Sep­tem­ber 30, 2021, I com­plet­ed the LinkedIn Learn­ing course Search Tech­niques for Web Devel­op­ers instruct­ed by Morten Rand-Hen­drik­sen. This course takes a look at effec­tive search skills, often a key part of pro­gram­ming talent.

Learning Objectives:

  • Find­ing What You’re Look­ing For
  • Reli­able Sources
  • Mas­ter­ing Search
  • Com­mu­ni­ty Search and Participation

Skills Covered:

  • Web Appli­ca­tion Development
  • Search
Course Link

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion

Com­plet­ed: Sep­tem­ber 30, 2021

Search Tech­niques for Web Devel­op­ersDown­load

LinkedIn Learning: Web Programming Foundations

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Web Programming Foundations

Web Programming Foundations

On Jan­u­ary 28, 2019, I com­plet­ed the LinkedIn Learn­ing course Web Pro­gram­ming Foun­da­tions instruct­ed by Morten Rand-Hen­drik­sen. This course pro­vid­ed a deep dive into the world wide web and the under­ly­ing struc­tures need­ed to build robust appli­ca­tions and web­sites that are effi­cient and easy to maintain.

Learning Objectives:

  • From URL to website
  • Struc­ture of a web document
  • Dual-pur­pose code
  • Acces­si­bil­i­ty
  • Browsers and editors
  • HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Skills Covered:

  • Front-End Devel­op­ment
Course Link

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion

Com­plet­ed: Jan­u­ary 28, 2019

Web Pro­gram­ming Foun­da­tionsDown­load

LinkedIn Learning: Branding Foundations

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Branding Foundations

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion - completed September 25, 2020

On Sep­tem­ber 25, 2020, I com­plet­ed the LinkedIn Learn­ing course Brand­ing Foun­da­tions instruct­ed by Drew Boyd. I have a Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion degree in Mar­ket­ing so there the mate­r­i­al was very famil­iar for me, but I would rec­om­mend this course if you want to learn how to define your core val­ues, link them to your brand, and launch and com­mu­ni­cate that brand effectively.

Learning Objectives:

  • Define brand
  • Explain the sig­nif­i­cance of brands
  • Out­line the steps of the brand­ing process
  • Iden­ti­fy your core val­ues and purpose
  • Cre­ate brand drivers
  • Design your brand architecture
  • Iden­ti­fy and under­stand customers
  • Link brand to prod­uct and service
  • Man­age brand equity

Skills Covered:

  • Brand Man­age­ment
  • Brand Devel­op­ment
Course Link

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion

Com­plet­ed: Sep­tem­ber 25, 2020

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LinkedIn Learning: Marketing Foundations

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Marketing Foundations

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion - completed September 25, 2020

On Sep­tem­ber 25, 2020, I com­plet­ed the LinkedIn Learn­ing course Mar­ket­ing Foun­da­tions instruct­ed by Drew Boyd. Mar­ket­ing is a high-stakes game and a lit­tle time to invest in Drew’s wis­dom is a big pay off for any­one inter­est­ed in a career of Marketing. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Assem­bling your team
  • Cre­at­ing the mar­ket­ing plan
  • Ana­lyz­ing your business
  • Research­ing the competition
  • Seg­ment­ing and tar­get­ing customers
  • Cre­at­ing prod­ucts and services
  • Set­ting prices
  • Send­ing your pro­mo­tion­al message
  • Mea­sur­ing results

Skills Covered:

  • Mar­ket­ing Strategy
Course Link

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion

Com­plet­ed: Sep­tem­ber 25, 2020

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LinkedIn Learning: WordPress Search Engine Optimization

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WordPress SEO

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion - completed September 23, 2020

On Sep­tem­ber 23, 2020, I com­plet­ed the LinkedIn Learn­ing course Word­Press: SEO instruct­ed by Patrick Rauland. Word­Press is a sol­id CMS plat­form, with a huge com­mu­ni­ty of devel­op­ers. The focus on this course is sim­ple, dri­ve more vis­i­tors to your Word­Press site by per­form­ing Search Engine Opti­miza­tion (SEO). If you don’t want to pay for search and adver­tis­ing, focus on SEO, it’s free!

Learning Objectives:

  • Key­word strate­gies and SEO factors
  • Installing Yoast SEO and the All in One SEO Pack
  • Con­fig­ur­ing title and gen­er­al settings
  • Import­ing SEO content
  • Adding SEO and social info to posts and pages
  • Con­fig­ur­ing XML sitemaps
  • Redi­rect­ing Google Search Con­sole errors
  • Build­ing a reusable import file
  • Installing the AMP plugin

Skills Covered:

  • Con­tent Man­age­ment Sys­tems (CMS)
  • Word­Press
  • E‑commerce
Course Link

LinkedIn Learning Certificate of Completion

Com­plet­ed: August 26, 2020

Word­Press: SEODown­load

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