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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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    Coursera

    Build AI Apps Like a Pro: No-Code Tools for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: AI Integrations, User Story, Prompt Engineering, No-Code Development, User Feedback, Technical Communication, Application Deployment, Performance Tuning, Data Wrangling, Version Control, Business Process Automation, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering, Integration Testing, Application Security, Application Programming Interface (API), Agile Methodology, LLM Application, Data Integration, Scalability

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Building Microservices API in Go

    Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, Go (Programming Language), Restful API, Authentications, API Testing, Application Programming Interface (API), Secure Coding, Code Reusability, API Design, Application Security, Software Testing, Microservices, Authorization (Computing), Web Servers, Web Services, Database Management, Server Side, Databases, Software Architecture, JSON

    4.5
    Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    HTML for Beginners: Getting Started

    Skills you'll gain: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Semantic Web, Web Content, Web Design, Web Development, Front-End Web Development

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    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    27 reviews

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of California San Diego

    Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Computer Programming Tools, Digital pedagogy, Program Development, Computational Logic, Education Software and Technology, Computational Thinking, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Game Design

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    GenAI for Social Media and Influencer Marketing

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media Campaigns, AI Personalization, Social Media Marketing, Generative AI, AI powered creativity, Personalized Campaigns, Trend Analysis, Social Media Analytics, Social Media, Canva (Software), Social Media Management, Content Performance Analysis, Instagram, Social Media Content, Content Creation, Driving engagement, ChatGPT, Automation, Creativity, Analytics

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    Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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    9 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Skillshare

    Color Grading: An Absolute Beginner's Crash Course

    Skills you'll gain: Color Matching, Editing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Visualizing Data in the Tidyverse

    Skills you'll gain: Ggplot2, Plot (Graphics), Data Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Presentation, R (Software), Scatter Plots, Tidyverse (R Package), R Programming, Box Plots, Graphing, Histogram, Data Wrangling, Data Manipulation

    4.7
    Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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    20 reviews

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Pragmatic AI Labs

    Generative AI and LLMs on Databricks

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Generative AI, Prompt Engineering Tools, Generative AI Agents, LLM Application, OpenAI, Claude Code, Anthropic Claude, Rust (Programming Language), Databricks, Embeddings, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Vector Databases, Data Architecture, DevOps, Python Programming, Software Architecture, Scala Programming, Governance

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    GenAI for PR Specialists

    Skills you'll gain: Personalized Campaigns, Public Relations, Content Creation, Marketing and Public Relations, Responsible AI, AI Personalization, Crisis Management, Prompt Engineering, Team Leadership

    3.9
    Rating, 3.9 out of 5 stars
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    18 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Elevate Team Productivity with Crew AI

    Skills you'll gain: CrewAI, AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, Workflow Management, Generative AI Agents, AI Integrations, Business Process Automation, Tool Calling, Automation, Agentic systems, Decision Making, Process Improvement

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    27 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Board Infinity

    Crafting User Interface - End to End Web Development

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Development Tools, User Interface (UI), Web Design and Development, HTML and CSS, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Front-End Web Development, Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JavaScript Frameworks, Javascript, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), Web Frameworks, React.js, Web Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Semantic Web

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    Linux Under the Hood

    Skills you'll gain: Linux Administration, Containerization, Linux, Memory Management, Linux Commands, OS Process Management, File Systems, System Programming, Operating Systems, Data Storage, Cloud Storage, Data Storage Technologies, General Networking, Network Administration, Performance Tuning, System Configuration, C (Programming Language), Git (Version Control System)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Build AI Apps Like a Pro: No-Code Tools for Beginners: Coursera
  • Building Microservices API in Go: Packt
  • HTML for Beginners: Getting Started: Coursera
  • Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals: University of California San Diego
  • GenAI for Social Media and Influencer Marketing: Coursera
  • Color Grading: An Absolute Beginner's Crash Course: Skillshare
  • Visualizing Data in the Tidyverse: Johns Hopkins University
  • Generative AI and LLMs on Databricks: Pragmatic AI Labs
  • GenAI for PR Specialists: Coursera
  • Elevate Team Productivity with Crew AI: Coursera

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