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Programming Basics Courses

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.


Popular Programming Basics Courses and Certifications


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    Corporate Finance Institute

    Tableau Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Tableau Software, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Presentation, Data Modeling, Data Storytelling, Data Manipulation, Data Import/Export, Business Intelligence, Data Transformation, Data Integration, Data Analysis

    4.9
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    20 reviews

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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    Universidad Austral

    Modelización Cuantitativa para Finanzas Corporativas

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Modeling, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Regression Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Predictive Modeling, Finance, R Programming, Financial Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Probability & Statistics, Risk Analysis, Microsoft Excel

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    29 reviews

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002)

    Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Cloud Security, Network Analysis, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Information Privacy, Wireless Networks, Application Programming Interface (API), Security Controls

    4.7
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    17 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Specialization Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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    Berklee

    How to Make Money with Your Music Copyrights

    Skills you'll gain: Intellectual Property, Music, Revenue Management, Musical Composition, Revenue Recognition, Music Performance, Performance Reporting, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Payment Processing and Collection, Compensation Strategy, Registration, Digital Content

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    35 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Build an expense tracker app in Django

    Skills you'll gain: Django (Web Framework), Web Applications, Expense Management, Application Development, Database Application, Data Visualization, Business Process Automation, Python Programming, Data Modeling, Development Environment, Data Security, GitHub, Javascript, Project Documentation, Git (Version Control System)

    Intermediate Ā· Guided Project Ā· Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Minnesota

    Desarrollo de software Agile

    Skills you'll gain: User Story, Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Retrospectives, Software Development Methodologies, Sprint Planning, Backlogs, Continuous Integration, Test Driven Development (TDD)

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    70 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    MySQL with Information Technology

    Skills you'll gain: MySQL Workbench, MySQL, Database Management, Databases, Database Management Systems, Relational Databases, Management Information Systems, SQL

    4.4
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    30 reviews

    Beginner Ā· Guided Project Ā· Less Than 2 Hours

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    Board Infinity

    Libraries and Frameworks for Frontend Development

    Skills you'll gain: Angular, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, HTML and CSS, Responsive Web Design, React.js, JavaScript Frameworks, Web Development, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), UI Components, Event-Driven Programming, Maintainability, Software Design Patterns

    4.1
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    8 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Scrimba

    Tailwind CSS

    Skills you'll gain: Typography, Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, UI Components, Web Design, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, Mockups, User Interface (UI), Web Development, Debugging

    4.6
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    48 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Specialization Ā· 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Python Scripting Case Study - Creating a Console Application

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Data Validation, Command-Line Interface, Business Logic, Programming Principles, Verification And Validation

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    9 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Snowflake

    Building Generative AI Apps to Talk to Your Data

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, LLM Application, Snowflake Schema, Prompt Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Unstructured Data, Application Development, Data Pipelines, User Interface (UI), Data Processing, Application Programming Interface (API), SQL, Front-End Web Development

    4.6
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    11 reviews

    Intermediate Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Foundations of ML & Python for Data Science

    Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, Python Programming, Probability & Statistics, Applied Machine Learning, Pandas (Python Package), Data Science, Statistical Analysis, NumPy, Machine Learning, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Probability Distribution

    Beginner Ā· Course Ā· 1 - 4 Weeks

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular programming basics courses

  • Tableau Fundamentals:Ā Corporate Finance Institute
  • Modelización Cuantitativa para Finanzas Corporativas:Ā Universidad Austral
  • CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002):Ā Packt
  • How to Make Money with Your Music Copyrights:Ā Berklee
  • Build an expense tracker app in Django:Ā Coursera
  • Desarrollo de software Agile:Ā University of Minnesota
  • MySQL with Information Technology:Ā Coursera
  • Libraries and Frameworks for Frontend Development:Ā Board Infinity
  • Tailwind CSS:Ā Scrimba
  • Python Scripting Case Study - Creating a Console Application:Ā EDUCBA

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