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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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    Universidad de los Andes

    Introducción al análisis de sistemas de control con MATLAB

    Skills you'll gain: Control Systems, Mathematical Modeling, Matlab, Systems Analysis, Simulations, Systems Design, Differential Equations, Applied Mathematics, Linear Algebra

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Scrimba

    Learn OpenAI's Assistant API

    Skills you'll gain: OpenAI, LLM Application, Generative AI Agents, Application Programming Interface (API), Performance Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Application Development

    4.6
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Aplicaciones musicales con Arduino

    Skills you'll gain: Electronic Components, Electronics, Hardware Design, Music, Embedded Systems, System Configuration, Digital Communications, Creative Design, Physics, Computer Programming

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Introduction to SQL Window Functions

    Skills you'll gain: SQL, PostgreSQL, Query Languages, Data Manipulation

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    23 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Customer Service with Python: Build a Chatbot using ChatGPT

    Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, LLM Application, Prompt Engineering, OpenAI, Customer Service, Customer Inquiries, Application Programming Interface (API), User Flows, Test Case, Python Programming, Development Environment, Debugging

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    26 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    Go Essentials: Concurrency, gRPC & More

    Skills you'll gain: Go (Programming Language), Unit Testing, Application Frameworks, Programming Principles, Web Development, Web Applications, Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design, Scalability, Command-Line Interface

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Introduction to Unity and Basic Game Development

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Debugging, C# (Programming Language), 3D Assets, Video Game Development, Scripting, User Interface (UI), Development Environment, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Installation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Tables and Forms in HTML

    Skills you'll gain: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Development, Web Applications, Web Design and Development, Web Development Tools, Web Design, Web Content

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    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    DeepLearning.AI

    신경망 및 딥 러닝

    Skills you'll gain: Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Supervised Learning, Computer Vision, Python Programming, Machine Learning, NumPy, Performance Tuning, Linear Algebra, Calculus

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Arranging and Visualizing Data in R

    Skills you'll gain: Exploratory Data Analysis, Rmarkdown, R (Software), Tidyverse (R Package), Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, R Programming, Ggplot2, Data Wrangling, Scatter Plots, Data Manipulation, Histogram, Scripting, Package and Software Management, Data Import/Export

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    BiteSize Python for Intermediate Learners

    Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Plotly, Seaborn, Data Visualization Software, Object Oriented Design, Data Visualization, Pandas (Python Package), NumPy, Statistical Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Software Documentation, Scatter Plots, Box Plots, Heat Maps, Data Structures, Maintainability, Programming Principles, Data Import/Export, Data Manipulation

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    14 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Prompt Engineering in Python, with GPT, and the OpenAI API

    Skills you'll gain: Multimodal Prompts, ChatGPT, OpenAI, JSON, Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Text Mining, Data Validation, Unstructured Data, Data Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Introducción al análisis de sistemas de control con MATLAB: Universidad de los Andes
  • Learn OpenAI's Assistant API: Scrimba
  • Aplicaciones musicales con Arduino: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Introduction to SQL Window Functions: Coursera
  • Customer Service with Python: Build a Chatbot using ChatGPT: Coursera
  • Go Essentials: Concurrency, gRPC & More: Packt
  • Introduction to Unity and Basic Game Development: Packt
  • Tables and Forms in HTML: Coursera
  • 신경망 및 딥 러닝: DeepLearning.AI
  • Arranging and Visualizing Data in R : University of Michigan

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