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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


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    Edureka

    Advanced Golang Concepts

    Skills you'll gain: Performance Tuning, Web Development, Web Applications, Software Architecture, Other Programming Languages, Network Security, Memory Management

    2.8
    Rating, 2.8 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google

    Gestion de projet de Google

    Skills you'll gain: Project Closure, Scope Management, Quality Management, Project Scoping, Milestones (Project Management), Cost Management, Backlogs, Agile Project Management, Project Planning, Team Management, Stakeholder Management, Quality Management Systems, Agile Software Development, Sprint Retrospectives, Budget Management, Project Management Life Cycle, Requirements Analysis, Report Writing, Change Management, Project Management

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    65 reviews

    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    Universidad Austral

    Procesamiento de Lenguaje Natural

    Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Natural Language Processing, Data Integration, Data Processing, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Data Preprocessing, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Cleansing, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning Methods, Data Manipulation, Tensorflow, Applied Machine Learning, Text Mining, Jupyter, Pandas (Python Package), Application Lifecycle Management, AI Orchestration, Systems Architecture, Python Programming

    4.1
    Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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    57 reviews

    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Edureka

    Building RAG and MCP Servers with Claude

    Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Model Context Protocol, Agentic Workflows, Agentic systems, Generative AI Agents, Anthropic Claude, AI Integrations, Tool Calling, LLM Application, Generative AI, Automation, Scalability, Application Programming Interface (API), Servers, Python Programming

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SkillUp

    GenAI for Software Developers

    Skills you'll gain: GitHub Copilot, Prompt Engineering, AI Workflows, AI Integrations, Generative AI, ChatGPT, Software Architecture, Code Review, AI literacy, Software Design, API Design, Debugging, Software Development, Application Development, AI Security, Python Programming, Automation, Version Control, Java Programming

    2.6
    Rating, 2.6 out of 5 stars
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    7 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Microsoft

    Getting Started with Microsoft Copilot

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, Productivity Software, Microsoft Outlook, Taking Meeting Minutes, AI Integrations, Microsoft PowerPoint, Data Storytelling, Microsoft Excel, Business Writing, Writing, Presentations, Data Analysis, Generative AI, Business Communication, Target Audience, Verification And Validation

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    109 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    Data Science Methods for Quality Improvement

    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, Probability & Statistics, Data Science, Statistics, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Software, Descriptive Statistics, Quality Improvement, Process Engineering

    Build toward a degree

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    54 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Vanderbilt University

    Building HTTP APIs with Spring

    Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, API Testing, Spring Framework, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Data Persistence, Web Applications, Application Frameworks, Development Testing, Software Testing, Web Services, Object-Relational Mapping, Application Security, Authentications, Authorization (Computing), Network Protocols

    4.2
    Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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    29 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Scrimba

    HTML & CSS Crash Course

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

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    74 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Scrimba

    Learn UI Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Web Design, HTML and CSS, Web Design and Development, Graphic and Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles, Maintainability, Layout Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Usability, User Experience Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Color Theory, Animations

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Codio

    Java: Data Structures and Algorithms

    Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Graph Theory, Algorithms, Java, Java Programming, Data Management, Secure Coding, Theoretical Computer Science, Programming Principles, Other Programming Languages, Performance Tuning, Computer Programming

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    14 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Step Into SQL with Jupyter Notebooks

    Skills you'll gain: SQL, GitHub, Version Control, Git (Version Control System), MySQL, Query Languages, Jupyter, Development Environment

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    10 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Advanced Golang Concepts: Edureka
  • Gestion de projet de Google: Google
  • Procesamiento de Lenguaje Natural: Universidad Austral
  • Building RAG and MCP Servers with Claude: Edureka
  • GenAI for Software Developers: SkillUp
  • Getting Started with Microsoft Copilot: Microsoft
  • Data Science Methods for Quality Improvement: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Building HTTP APIs with Spring: Vanderbilt University
  • HTML & CSS Crash Course: Scrimba
  • Learn UI Design: Scrimba

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