Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

Web Development Essentials

The entry-level certificate for software development. It confirms that you can build simple web applications with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js and SQL.

Exam
030-100
Scope
60 min, 40 questions
Validity
Unbegrenzt
Prerequisite
None
Where
Test center or online

The Essentials certificates

  1. no prerequisite Linux Essentials
  2. no prerequisite Open Source Essentials
  3. no prerequisite Security Essentials
  4. you are here Web Development Essentials

Independent entry points without prerequisites and without a fixed order. If you want to use Linux professionally, continue with LPIC-1.

skills

What you can do with Web Development Essentials

  • Understand the principles of software development and web technologies
  • Structure web pages with HTML
  • Style content with CSS
  • Program with JavaScript
  • Work on the server side with Node.js and query data with SQL
exam

One exam, 5 topics

030030-100

  • Software development and web technologies
  • HTML document markup
  • CSS content styling
  • JavaScript programming
  • Node.js server programming

Current version 1.0. Exam languages English and Japanese, at a test center and online.

process

How to get Web Development Essentials

  1. Review the objectives. They define what the exam covers.
  2. Prepare. With a course at one of our partners or through self-study.
  3. Book the exam. Directly with Pearson VUE. Many training partners also offer the exam at the end of the course, and at schools and universities that are Academic Partners, students take it at reduced rates.
  4. Take the exam. At a test centre or online from home.
trainings

Training for preparation

There is currently no course for Web Development Essentials.

Ask us: we will check with our training partners what is possible.

Information according to lpi.org, as of October 2026. Web Development Essentials is a trademark of Linux Professional Institute.