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      University of London

      Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++

      Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Computer Programming, Interactive Design, Program Development, Command-Line Interface, Development Environment, Debugging

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      4.7
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      168 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Microsoft UX Design

      Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, User Research, Information Architecture, User Experience Design, Design Thinking, Prototyping, Usability Testing, User Experience, Persona (User Experience), Wireframing, Design Research, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Interaction Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Human Centered Design, Figma (Design Software), Usability, User Centered Design, Design, Artificial Intelligence

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      486 reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Michigan

      Developing AR/VR/MR/XR Apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal

      Skills you'll gain: Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Unreal Engine, Unity Engine, Application Development, Prototyping, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Human Computer Interaction, Web Development Tools

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      93 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Minnesota

      Black-box and White-box Testing

      Skills you'll gain: Cucumber (Software), Gherkin (Scripting Language), Software Testing, Testability, Test Case, Behavior-Driven Development, Code Coverage, Acceptance Testing, Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Test Automation, JUnit, Requirements Analysis, Java Programming

      3.8
      Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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      113 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      LearnQuest

      Spring - Ecosystem and Core

      Skills you'll gain: Spring Framework, JUnit, Application Frameworks, Java, Unit Testing, Enterprise Application Management, Integration Testing, Dependency Analysis, Extensible Markup Language (XML)

      3.8
      Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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      448 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      Cloud Computing Applications, Part 1: Cloud Systems and Infrastructure

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Storage, Cloud Platforms, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Middleware, Containerization, Data Storage Technologies, Virtualization, Virtual Machines, Cloud Applications, Amazon S3, Platform As A Service (PaaS)

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      844 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Minnesota

      Engineering Practices for Building Quality Software

      Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Software Quality Assurance, Software Engineering, Application Security, Object Oriented Design, Software Architecture, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Development Testing, Threat Modeling, Maintainability, Code Review, Software Testing, Continuous Integration, CI/CD, Software Technical Review, Software Documentation, Version Control

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      448 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDUCBA

      ARM Cortex (STM32) Fundamentals: Building Embedded Systems

      Skills you'll gain: Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, C (Programming Language), Programming Principles, Hardware Architecture, Computer Architecture, Debugging, Peripheral Devices

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      39 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Adobe

      Generative AI Content Creation

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Data Ethics, Graphic Design, Adobe Creative Cloud, Graphic and Visual Design Software, Graphic and Visual Design, Prompt Engineering, Image Analysis, Creative Design, Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Data Integrity, Verification And Validation

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      304 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Fractal Analytics

      Generative AI for Developers

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Code Review, Data Ethics, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging, Artificial Neural Networks, Interactive Learning, AI Personalization, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Deep Learning, Program Development, Maintainability, Automation, Problem Solving, Data Analysis, Critical Thinking

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      139 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      IBM

      IBM AI Engineering

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Unsupervised Learning, Generative AI, Supervised Learning, Keras (Neural Network Library), Feature Engineering, Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Generative AI Agents, Applied Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Tensorflow, Artificial Neural Networks, OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Machine Learning, Python Programming, Data Science

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      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      21K reviews

      Intermediate · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      IBM COBOL Software Development Practices

      Skills you'll gain: COBOL (Programming Language), Agile Methodology, Technical Support, Software Development Life Cycle, Program Development, Scrum (Software Development), Software Development, Software Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance, Code Review, Debugging, Software Documentation, Technical Documentation, Computer Programming

      3.7
      Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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      59 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++: University of London
    • Microsoft UX Design: Microsoft
    • Developing AR/VR/MR/XR Apps with WebXR, Unity & Unreal: University of Michigan
    • Black-box and White-box Testing: University of Minnesota
    • Spring - Ecosystem and Core: LearnQuest
    • Cloud Computing Applications, Part 1: Cloud Systems and Infrastructure: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    • Engineering Practices for Building Quality Software: University of Minnesota
    • ARM Cortex (STM32) Fundamentals: Building Embedded Systems: EDUCBA
    • Generative AI Content Creation: Adobe
    • Generative AI for Developers: Fractal Analytics

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