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  • Status: Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Data Processing, Real Time Data, Extract, Transform, Load, Data Transformation, Jupyter, Google Cloud Platform, JSON, SQL

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    43 reviews

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Amazon Web Services

    Introduction to AWS Cloud Careers

    Skills you'll gain: Public Cloud, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Computing, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Services, Scalability, Cloud Platforms, Amazon Web Services, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Technical Services, Systems Administration, Solution Architecture, Security Engineering

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    76 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    LearnKartS

    Advanced Java

    Skills you'll gain: Spring Boot, Spring Framework, Java Programming, Java, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Application Servers, Full-Stack Web Development, Hibernate (Java), Data Access, Web Services, Server Side, Performance Tuning, Web Applications, Model View Controller, Object-Relational Mapping, Restful API, SQL, Transaction Processing

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    C++ 20 Mastery - Pure and Unfiltered

    Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Programming Principles, Algorithms, Data Structures, Performance Tuning, Debugging

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera Project Network

    Flask for Beginners: Creating an Application

    Skills you'll gain: Flask (Web Framework), Application Deployment, Web Applications, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Application Development, Web Development, HTML and CSS, Python Programming

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    15 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Edureka

    Generative AI Architecture and Application Development

    Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Generative AI, Data Ethics, Responsible AI, Prompt Engineering, Information Privacy, Natural Language Processing, Application Development, Data Security

    3.8
    Rating, 3.8 out of 5 stars
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    13 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Queries with OpenAI: Translate Natural Text to SQL

    Skills you'll gain: SQL, ChatGPT, Prompt Engineering, OpenAI, Pandas (Python Package), Query Languages, Natural Language Processing, Generative AI, Data Import/Export, Data Manipulation, Databases, Jupyter, Application Programming Interface (API), Machine Learning, Software Engineering

    4.4
    Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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    7 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
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    Scrimba

    Deploy AI Apps with Cloudflare

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Cloud API, Application Deployment, API Gateway, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Computing, Serverless Computing, Application Security, LLM Application, Web Servers, OpenAI, Distributed Computing

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    20 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    Use AI Builder and Power Apps to Process Invoice Data

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Business Process Automation, Microsoft 365, No-Code Development, Application Design, Document Management, Data Integration, Data Store

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    35 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Developing Applications with Cloud Run Functions on Google Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Serverless Computing, Cloud Development, Cloud API, Cloud Services, Cloud Security, Application Deployment, Identity and Access Management, Operational Databases, Event-Driven Programming, Performance Tuning, Scalability

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    15 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Foundations of Data Science and Machine Learning with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Pandas (Python Package), Matplotlib, NumPy, Data Visualization, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Manipulation, Linear Algebra, Seaborn, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Python Programming, Data Science, Supervised Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Regression Analysis, Data Structures

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Introduction to SQL Window Functions

    Skills you'll gain: SQL, PostgreSQL, Query Languages, Data Manipulation

    4.6
    Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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    23 reviews

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Serverless Data Processing with Dataflow: Develop Pipelines: Google Cloud
  • Introduction to AWS Cloud Careers: Amazon Web Services
  • Advanced Java: LearnKartS
  • C++ 20 Mastery - Pure and Unfiltered: Packt
  • Flask for Beginners: Creating an Application: Coursera Project Network
  • Generative AI Architecture and Application Development: Edureka
  • Queries with OpenAI: Translate Natural Text to SQL: Coursera Project Network
  • Deploy AI Apps with Cloudflare: Scrimba
  • Use AI Builder and Power Apps to Process Invoice Data: Coursera Project Network
  • Developing Applications with Cloud Run Functions on Google Cloud: Google Cloud

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