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    Edureka

    Mastering Angular Development

    Skills you'll gain: Angular, Application Deployment, JavaScript Frameworks, Software Testing, Test Tools, Web Development Tools, Unit Testing, Application Performance Management, CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Web Applications, TypeScript, Ajax, Application Lifecycle Management, Secure Coding, Web Development, Code Coverage, Software Architecture, Command-Line Interface, Version Control

    3.7
    Rating, 3.7 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Xi'an Jiaotong University

    基于.Net的Web开发技术

    Skills you'll gain: ASP.NET, .NET Framework, Web Development, Database Application, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Applications, Javascript, HTML and CSS, Web Design, Data Access, Web Servers, Data Validation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    PyMongo - Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: MongoDB, Data Access, Query Languages, Database Management, NoSQL, Databases, Scripting, Python Programming, Development Environment, Software Installation

    4.3
    Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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    11 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    Python Scripting Case Study - To-do List Application

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Integrated Development Environments, Web Applications, Development Environment, Django (Web Framework), Web Development, Development Testing, Program Development, Software Development Methodologies, Virtual Environment, Scripting, Software Installation, Python Programming

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    15 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Codio

    API Development

    Skills you'll gain: OAuth, Web Development Tools, Authentications, Web Servers, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud API, Restful API, Servers, JSON, Software Documentation, Javascript, Web Services, Application Security

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Macquarie University

    Cyber Security: Security of AI

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Security Controls, Application Security, Cyber Attacks, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Security, DevSecOps, Security Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Threat Modeling, Cyber Governance, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Risk Management, Encryption, Application Programming Interface (API), Machine Learning, Governance, Regulation and Legal Compliance, Applied Machine Learning

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Tirer Parti des Listes Pour un Code Python Plus Simple

    Skills you'll gain: Python Programming, Algorithms, Data Structures, Data Mapping

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Big Data Processing Using Hadoop

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Hadoop, Big Data, Apache Hive, Apache Spark, NoSQL, Data Infrastructure, File Systems, Data Processing, Data Management, Analytics, Data Science, SQL, Query Languages, Data Manipulation, Java, Data Structures, Distributed Computing, Scripting Languages, Data Transformation, Performance Tuning

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Building Resilient Streaming Analytics Systems on GCP 日本語版

    Skills you'll gain: Dataflow, Google Cloud Platform, Real Time Data, Data Pipelines, Big Data, Data Processing, Serverless Computing, SQL, Scalability

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Testing and Debugging in .NET Core Applications

    Skills you'll gain: Test Driven Development (TDD), Debugging, Software Testing, Performance Testing, Unit Testing, Test Automation, Regression Testing, Testability, Integration Testing, .NET Framework, Application Performance Management, C# (Programming Language)

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    25 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Codio

    Data Analysis in Python

    Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Data Analysis, Data Import/Export, Data Cleansing, Probability & Statistics, Data Manipulation, Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Pandas (Python Package), Data Science, Python Programming, Programming Principles, Scripting, Computational Logic

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Secure Software Development

    Skills you'll gain: Secure Coding, Application Security, DevSecOps, Security Testing, Software Development Methodologies, Software Development, Software Configuration Management, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Testing, System Configuration, Threat Modeling, Application Programming Interface (API), Cloud Security, Risk Management Framework

    4.9
    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    29 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Mastering Angular Development: Edureka
  • 基于.Net的Web开发技术: Xi'an Jiaotong University
  • PyMongo - Beginners: EDUCBA
  • Python Scripting Case Study - To-do List Application: EDUCBA
  • API Development: Codio
  • Cyber Security: Security of AI: Macquarie University
  • Tirer Parti des Listes Pour un Code Python Plus Simple : Coursera Project Network
  • Big Data Processing Using Hadoop: Johns Hopkins University
  • Building Resilient Streaming Analytics Systems on GCP 日本語版: Google Cloud
  • Testing and Debugging in .NET Core Applications: EDUCBA

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