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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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    Packt

    Microservices Design, Communication, and Data Handling

    Skills you'll gain: Microservices, API Gateway, Scalability, Systems Architecture, Software Architecture, Data Management, Distributed Computing, Databases, API Design, Restful API, Software Design Patterns, NoSQL, GraphQL, Event-Driven Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    LearnQuest

    Foundations of B2B Tech Sales

    Skills you'll gain: Sales Pipelines, B2B Sales, Prospecting and Qualification, Consultative Selling, Selling Techniques, Sales Process, Persuasive Communication, Communication, Stakeholder Engagement, Enterprise Sales, Value Propositions, Performance Metric, Upselling, Technical Sales, Sales, Cross Selling, Overcoming Objections, Sales Presentations, Negotiation, Analytics

    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Scrimba

    Build Websites with Figma, HTML, and CSS

    Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Figma (Design Software), Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), Responsive Web Design, Web Design and Development, Mockups, Web Design, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Prototyping, Javascript, Web Development

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Logical Operations

    PCEP: Python Conditionals, Loops, Functions, and Exceptions

    Skills you'll gain: Program Development, Python Programming, Maintainability, Programming Principles, Scripting, Debugging, Scripting Languages, Computer Programming, Software Development, Functional Design, Computational Logic

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Sungkyunkwan University

    Machine Learning for Smart Beta

    Skills you'll gain: Data Processing, Data Preprocessing, Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Statistical Machine Learning, Investments, Machine Learning Algorithms, Applied Machine Learning, R Programming, Feature Engineering, Machine Learning, Financial Modeling, Model Evaluation, Supervised Learning, Asset Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Codio

    Cloud Computing Primer: Platform as a Service (PaaS)

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Cloud Platforms, Public Cloud, Application Development, Application Deployment, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, Cloud Applications, Software As A Service, Private Cloud, DevOps, Agile Methodology

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    AJAX for Web Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Ajax, JSON, Javascript, Frontend Integration, Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Web Applications, Application Security, Debugging

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    NIIT

    Building Interactive User Interfaces Using React Library

    Skills you'll gain: React.js, Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), JavaScript Frameworks, Front-End Web Development, Unit Testing, UI Components, Web Development Tools, Ajax, Javascript, User Interface (UI), Software Testing, Application Programming Interface (API)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    KodeKloud

    Introduction to OpenAI

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, OpenAI, OpenAI API, Responsible AI, Multimodal Prompts, AI Enablement, ChatGPT, Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Tool Calling, AI Workflows, LLM Application, Image Analysis, Large Language Modeling, Natural Language Processing, Vision Transformer (ViT), Embeddings, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Use Python Unit Test to Demonstrate TDD

    Skills you'll gain: Test Driven Development (TDD), Unit Testing, Testability, Functional Testing, Test Case, Software Testing, Python Programming, File I/O, File Systems

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    Coursera

    Aprendiendo Python con textos, números y ecuaciones

    Skills you'll gain: Program Development, Python Programming, Jupyter, Algorithms, Engineering Calculations, Computer Programming, Mathematical Modeling, Linear Algebra, Applied Mathematics

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    Coursera

    Pneumonia Classification using PyTorch

    Skills you'll gain: PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Data Preprocessing, Transfer Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Medical Imaging, Radiology, Image Analysis, Deep Learning, Python Programming

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

  • Microservices Design, Communication, and Data Handling: Packt
  • Foundations of B2B Tech Sales: LearnQuest
  • Build Websites with Figma, HTML, and CSS: Scrimba
  • PCEP: Python Conditionals, Loops, Functions, and Exceptions: Logical Operations
  • Machine Learning for Smart Beta: Sungkyunkwan University
  • Cloud Computing Primer: Platform as a Service (PaaS): Codio
  • AJAX for Web Developers: Coursera
  • Building Interactive User Interfaces Using React Library: NIIT
  • Introduction to OpenAI: KodeKloud
  • Use Python Unit Test to Demonstrate TDD: Coursera

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