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.

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Penetration Testing, Metasploit, Security Testing, Security Strategy, Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber Security Assessment, Security Management, Vulnerability Scanning, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Exploitation techniques, Threat Detection
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Test Case, Data Validation, Verification And Validation, Scripting, Data Cleansing, Python Programming
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Scrimba
Skills you'll gain: Vibe coding, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub, Code Review, AI Personalization, Prompt Engineering, LLM Application, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Programming Tools, Application Development, Software Development, Web Development
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Javascript, Event-Driven Programming, Web Design and Development, Web Applications, Interaction Design, Scripting, Web Development, Data Validation
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Northeastern University
Skills you'll gain: Systems Thinking, Software Visualization, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Application Design, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Design, Systems Development, Software Development, Business Architecture, Business Risk Management, User Centered Design, Process Design
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
Skills you'll gain: Package and Software Management, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Virtual Environment, Dependency Analysis, Python Programming, Application Deployment
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Javascript, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Web Development, Application Development
Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: Process Capability, Sampling (Statistics), R (Software), Correlation Analysis, Statistical Inference, Probability Distribution, Statistical Visualization, R Programming, Statistical Process Controls, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Methods, Data Science, Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Data Analysis Software, Probability, Descriptive Statistics, Quality Improvement, Process Engineering
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

University of Colorado System
Skills you'll gain: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, Load Balancing, User Accounts, Apache, Web Servers, System Configuration, Command-Line Interface, Linux, Debugging, Network Routing
Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Database Management, Relational Databases, MySQL, PHP (Scripting Language), SQL, Databases, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Back-End Web Development
Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

Packt
Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), System Programming, Package and Software Management, Data Structures, Software Installation, Test Data, Programming Principles, Secure Coding, Maintainability, Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Integrated Development Environments, Data Sharing, Data Management, Command-Line Interface, Capacity Management
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
CertNexus
Skills you'll gain: Extract, Transform, Load, Data Migration, Data Manipulation, Data Preprocessing, Data Cleansing, Data Transformation, Data Warehousing, Data Integration, Data Collection, Data Mining, SQL
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks