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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


  • C

    Coursera

    Real-time data visualization dashboard using Node-red

    Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Data Preprocessing, Data Visualization Software, Real Time Data, Node.JS, Data Analysis, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development Tools, JSON, Javascript

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Preview
    Preview
    I

    IBM

    Application Modernization for Enterprise Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, DevOps, Data Integration, z/OS, IBM Cloud, Hybrid Cloud Computing, CI/CD, Mainframe Technologies, Mainframe Computing, Cloud Development, Cloud Applications, Enterprise Application Management, Application Deployment, Middleware, Data Access, Application Design, Containerization, Cloud API, Application Programming Interface (API), Computer Programming

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    G

    Google Cloud

    AI Infrastructure: Introduction to AI Hypercomputer

    Skills you'll gain: Model Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Computing Architecture, Performance Tuning, Infrastructure Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware Architecture

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    L

    LearnKartS

    AI Marketing Mastery

    Skills you'll gain: Google Gemini, Marketing Automation, ChatGPT, Marketing, Generative AI, Content Marketing, Business Marketing, Content Creation, Digital Content, Prompt Engineering, Branding, Social Media, Google Ads, Search Engine Optimization, Digital Assets, Facebook, Digital Advertising, Productivity, Sales Pipelines, Web Development

    2.7
    Rating, 2.7 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Toronto

    Build Your Own iOS App

    Skills you'll gain: Apple iOS, Swift Programming, Apple Xcode, Mobile Development, Animations, Application Development, Application Design, Computer Vision, Image Analysis, User Interface (UI) Design

    3.2
    Rating, 3.2 out of 5 stars
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    70 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Azure Synapse SQL Pool - Implement Polybase

    Skills you'll gain: Azure Synapse Analytics, Microsoft Azure, Data Lakes, Microsoft SQL Servers, Transact-SQL, Data Integration, Cloud Storage, SQL, File Management

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    97 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    P

    Packt

    TCP/IP, Routing, and Wireless Networking

    Skills you'll gain: Routing Protocols, TCP/IP, Network Switches, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Network Protocols, Network Security, Network Routing, Network Troubleshooting, Computer Networking, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Border Gateway Protocol, Firewall, Proxy Servers, Encryption, Authentications

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    Learn Tailwind CSS

    Skills you'll gain: Typography, Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Web Design, Web Development

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
    ·
    42 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Use Python Regular Expressions to Process File Data

    Skills you'll gain: File I/O, Test Case, Data Validation, Verification And Validation, Scripting, Data Cleansing, Python Programming

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    24 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    Frontend Developer Skills and Best Practices

    Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, Test Case, Application Deployment, Responsive Web Design, Test Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Deployment, Debugging, Maintainability, LinkedIn, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Front-End Web Development, Software Testing, Code Review, Development Testing, Interviewing Skills, Web Development Tools, HTML and CSS, Web Development, Application Development, Software Documentation

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
    ·
    21 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    E

    Edureka

    Natural Language Processing Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Classification Algorithms, Machine Learning Methods, Data Preprocessing, Model Evaluation, Embeddings

    3
    Rating, 3 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of California San Diego

    Learn to Teach Java: ArrayLists and 2D Arrays

    Skills you'll gain: Java, Computer Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Test Case, Digital pedagogy, Debugging, Algorithms, Data Structures, Integrated Development Environments

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    6 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Real-time data visualization dashboard using Node-red: Coursera
  • Application Modernization for Enterprise Systems: IBM
  • AI Infrastructure: Introduction to AI Hypercomputer: Google Cloud
  • AI Marketing Mastery: LearnKartS
  • Build Your Own iOS App: University of Toronto
  • Azure Synapse SQL Pool - Implement Polybase: Coursera
  • TCP/IP, Routing, and Wireless Networking: Packt
  • Learn Tailwind CSS: Scrimba
  • Use Python Regular Expressions to Process File Data: Coursera
  • Frontend Developer Skills and Best Practices: Scrimba

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