Programming basics courses can help you learn fundamental concepts like variables, control structures, data types, and functions. You can build skills in problem-solving, debugging, and writing clean, efficient code. Many courses introduce tools such as Git for version control, integrated development environments (IDEs) like Visual Studio Code, and programming languages like Python or JavaScript, which are commonly used in web development and software engineering.
University of Alberta
Skills you'll gain: Agile Methodology, Kanban Principles, Agile Software Development, Software Development Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle, Scrum (Software Development), Software Engineering, Process Driven Development
Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Duke University
Skills you'll gain: Pandas (Python Package), Bash (Scripting Language), Version Control, Jupyter, Linux Commands, Git (Version Control System), Shell Script, Linux, Web Scraping, Linux Administration, Data Manipulation, MySQL, Microservices, AWS SageMaker, SQL, JSON, Cloud Engineering, Python Programming, Big Data, Data Science
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
University of Michigan
Skills you'll gain: Network Security, Network Protocols, Network Architecture, TCP/IP, Web Applications, Computer Networking, Encryption, Network Infrastructure, Innovation, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, Model Context Protocol, LangChain, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Agentic Workflows, Tool Calling, LangGraph, LLM Application, Agentic systems, Multimodal Prompts, Generative AI, Generative AI Agents, Vector Databases, OpenAI API, Embeddings, Responsible AI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Software Development
Advanced · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Web Development Tools, Software Development, Regression Testing, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, GitHub
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

DeepLearning.AI
Skills you'll gain: Pandas (Python Package), Data Visualization, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Matplotlib, Data Visualization Software, Statistical Inference, Statistical Analysis, Seaborn, Exploratory Data Analysis, Descriptive Statistics, NumPy, Data Manipulation, Programming Principles, Python Programming, Regression Analysis
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), GitHub, C# (Programming Language), Secure Coding, HTML and CSS, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Figma (Design Software), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Git (Version Control System), User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Development, Debugging, Mockups, Microsoft Copilot, Authentications, Front-End Web Development, Programming Principles, UI Components, Javascript
Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: DevOps, Cloud Deployment, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Technical Analysis, Real Time Data
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: LangChain, Hugging Face, Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Model Evaluation, Large Language Modeling, CrewAI, OpenAI API, Generative AI Agents, LLM Application, Vector Databases, Tool Calling, ChatGPT, Responsible AI, Embeddings, AI Enablement, AI Workflows, OpenAI, Generative AI, Python Programming
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
University of Washington
Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Relational Databases, Database Systems, Dataflow, Databases, Data Science, Data Manipulation, Data Processing, NoSQL, Apache Spark, Distributed Computing, Apache Hadoop, SQL, Data Analysis, Query Languages, Cloud Computing, Scalability, Graph Theory, Python Programming, Algorithms
Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months
Skills you'll gain: Random Forest Algorithm, Decision Tree Learning, Data Preprocessing, Applied Machine Learning, Jupyter, Classification Algorithms, Java, Sampling (Statistics), Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation, Supervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Machine Learning, Learning Styles, Program Evaluation, Program Implementation
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), Vision Transformer (ViT), PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Keras (Neural Network Library), Large Language Modeling, Natural Language Processing, Embeddings, AI Personalization, Network Model, Network Architecture, Linear Algebra
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months