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      L&T EduTech

      Power System: Generation, Transmission and Protection

      Skills you'll gain: Electrical Power, Electric Power Systems, Electrical Systems, Control Systems, Electrical Substation, Electrical Equipment, Energy and Utilities, Electrical Safety, Plant Operations and Management, High Voltage, Applied Mathematics, Power Electronics, Automation Engineering, Basic Electrical Systems, Electrical Engineering, Low Voltage, Process Control, Mathematical Modeling, Matlab, Three-Phase

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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of Michigan

      Programação para todos (Conceitos básicos de Python)

      Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Python Programming, Algorithms, Debugging, Development Environment

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      32 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      The Complete Ethical Hacking Bootcamp: Beginner To Advanced

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Linux, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Command-Line Interface, Scripting, Vulnerability Assessments, Scripting Languages, Cyber Security Assessment, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, General Networking, Application Security, Python Programming, Web Applications, Cybersecurity, Firewall, Network Security, Wireless Networks, System Configuration

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      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      39 reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      Designing User Interfaces and Experiences (UI/UX)

      Skills you'll gain: User Centered Design, Responsive Web Design, Prototyping, Front-End Web Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Figma (Design Software), Design Elements And Principles, Web Design, Wireframing, Typography, Web Applications, Mobile Development

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      277 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Deploy and Maintain Power BI Assets and Capstone project

      Skills you'll gain: Power BI, Dashboard, SQL, Microsoft SQL Servers, Data Security, Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Data Modeling, Data Management

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      268 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      SAS

      SAS Visual Business Analytics

      Skills you'll gain: SAS (Software), Network Analysis, Trend Analysis, Data Manipulation, Data Analysis, Forecasting, Data Quality, Text Mining, Ad Hoc Reporting, Spatial Data Analysis, Data Visualization Software, Spatial Analysis, Dashboard, Analysis, Analytics, Data Visualization, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Business Analytics, Interactive Data Visualization, Data-Driven Decision-Making

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Microsoft

      Data Analysis and Visualization with Python

      Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Matplotlib, Plotly, Data Ethics, Data Visualization, Data Cleansing, Data Manipulation, Exploratory Data Analysis, Pandas (Python Package), Data Transformation, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Data Storytelling, Data Analysis, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Artificial Intelligence, Jupyter, Python Programming, Machine Learning

      4.3
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      62 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Detecting COVID-19 with Chest X-Ray using PyTorch

      Skills you'll gain: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Image Analysis, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning Methods, Medical Imaging, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, X-Ray Computed Tomography

      4.5
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      339 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Coursera Project Network

      HTML and CSS: Building a Single-Page Website

      Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTML and CSS, Web Development, Web Applications, Web Design and Development, Web Design, Front-End Web Development

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      548 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Codio

      Select Topics in Python

      Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Version Control, Text Mining, GitHub, Large Language Modeling, Django (Web Framework), Package and Software Management, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Plot (Graphics), Application Deployment, Object-Relational Mapping, Natural Language Processing, Data Visualization Software, Unit Testing, Data Visualization, Jupyter, Development Environment, Data Processing, Virtual Environment, Python Programming

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      Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of Glasgow

      Generative AI in Education

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, Data Ethics, Machine Learning

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Universidad de los Andes

      Introducción al desarrollo web

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), UI Components, Web Development, Web Design, Front-End Web Development, Typography

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      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      177 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    • Power System: Generation, Transmission and Protection: L&T EduTech
    • Programação para todos (Conceitos básicos de Python): University of Michigan
    • The Complete Ethical Hacking Bootcamp: Beginner To Advanced: Packt
    • Designing User Interfaces and Experiences (UI/UX): IBM
    • Deploy and Maintain Power BI Assets and Capstone project: Microsoft
    • SAS Visual Business Analytics: SAS
    • Data Analysis and Visualization with Python: Microsoft
    • Detecting COVID-19 with Chest X-Ray using PyTorch: Coursera Project Network
    • HTML and CSS: Building a Single-Page Website: Coursera Project Network
    • Select Topics in Python: Codio

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