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      IBM

      IBM z/OS Rexx Programming

      Skills you'll gain: Debugging, z/OS, Job Control Language (JCL), Mainframe Computing, Scripting Languages, Programming Principles, Development Environment, Computer Programming, Program Development, Data Structures, Command-Line Interface, Automation, Data Management, Application Development

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      25 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP

      Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Vulnerability Scanning, Proxy Servers, Security Testing, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Assessments, Application Security, Vulnerability Management, Web Scraping, Web Applications

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      287 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Project Network

      TypeScript Operators

      Skills you'll gain: TypeScript, Computational Logic, Other Programming Languages, Programming Principles, Data Structures, Computer Programming

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      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      University of London

      Web Application Development with JavaScript and MongoDB

      Skills you'll gain: User Accounts, MongoDB, Full-Stack Web Development, Command-Line Interface, Web Applications, Web Development, Javascript, Data Access, Data Validation, Application Frameworks

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      615 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Python Programming for Quantum Computing

      Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Python Programming, Data Manipulation, Programming Principles, Data Processing, Computer Programming, Scripting, Computational Logic, Development Environment, Jupyter

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      14 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google Cloud

      Data Engineering, Big Data and ML on Google Cloud en Español

      Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Data Pipelines, Dataflow, Cloud Engineering, Data Lakes, Real Time Data, Big Data, Dashboard, Cloud Infrastructure, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Tensorflow, Data Visualization, Data Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Processing, Cloud Storage, Applied Machine Learning, Data Visualization Software, Ad Hoc Analysis

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      810 reviews

      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Meta

      Front-End Developer Capstone

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Git (Version Control System), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, HTML and CSS, React.js, Version Control, Usability, Web Applications, Wireframing, Semantic Web, Data Validation, Javascript

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      433 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

      Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Jenkins, Devops Tools, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Continuous Delivery, OpenShift, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, IT Automation, Kubernetes, Containerization, Application Deployment, Automation, YAML

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      226 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Scrimba

      JavaScript Algorithms

      Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Program Development, Theoretical Computer Science, Computer Programming, Software Development, Programming Principles, Software Engineering, Data Structures, Problem Solving, Computer Science, Javascript, Web Development, Machine Learning Methods, Data Science

      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Introduction to GitHub Copilot

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Generative AI, Computer Programming, Application Development, Development Environment, Microsoft Visual Studio, Computer Programming Tools, Python Programming

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      194 reviews

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      University of Alberta

      Service-Oriented Architecture

      Skills you'll gain: Service Oriented Architecture, API Design, Web Services, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Microservices, Restful API, Software Architecture, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Applications, JSON, Android Development

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      580 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

      Diseño y Creación de videojuegos

      Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, Video Game Development, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, Unity Engine, Peer Review, User Interface (UI) Design, Computer Graphics, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Software Design Documents, Conceptual Design, Design, User Interface (UI), Experience Design, Music, Usability, Persona (User Experience), Microsoft Visual Studio, C++ (Programming Language)

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      909 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular basic computer science courses

    • IBM z/OS Rexx Programming: IBM
    • Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP: Coursera Project Network
    • TypeScript Operators: Coursera Project Network
    • Web Application Development with JavaScript and MongoDB: University of London
    • Python Programming for Quantum Computing: Packt
    • Data Engineering, Big Data and ML on Google Cloud en Español: Google Cloud
    • Front-End Developer Capstone : Meta
    • Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD): IBM
    • JavaScript Algorithms: Scrimba
    • Introduction to GitHub Copilot: Microsoft

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