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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


  • G

    Google Cloud

    Building Resilient Streaming Systems on GCP em Português Brasileiro

    Skills you'll gain: Real Time Data, Dashboard Creation, Dataflow, Data Pipelines, Dashboard, Google Cloud Platform, Data Integration, Cloud-Based Integration, Event-Driven Programming, Capacity Management, Data Processing, Data Presentation, Data Transformation, Scalability

    ★ 4.1 (15) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • H

    Howard University

    Fundamental Linear Algebra Concepts with Python

    Skills you'll gain: Linear Algebra, Applied Mathematics, Algebra, Python Programming

    ★ 4.5 (18) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Maryland, College Park

    Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management

    Skills you'll gain: Agile Project Management, Scrum (Software Development), Sprint Planning, Scaled Agile Framework, Sprint Retrospectives, Agile Software Development, Agile Methodology, Team Management, Project Management Institute (PMI) Methodology, Agile Product Development, Team Building, Backlogs, Kanban Principles, Project Management, Planning, User Story, Lean Methodologies, Continuous Delivery, Risk Management Framework, Product Management

    ★ 4.4 (23) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Back-End Infrastructure: Servers, Secure APIs and Data

    Skills you'll gain: API Design, Back-End Web Development, Data Security, Application Programming Interface (API), IT Infrastructure, Application Security, Infrastructure Security, Data Integrity, Servers, Server Administration

    ★ 4.9 (7) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Amazon Event Bridge and Lambda

    Skills you'll gain: AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Event-Driven Programming, Serverless Computing, Event Monitoring, Software Engineering

    ★ 4.8 (9) · Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • S

    Scrimba

    Learn Responsive Web Design

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Web Design and Development, Web Development, UI Components, Interactive Design, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Typography, Design Strategies, Aesthetics

    ★ 4.5 (15) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    Edureka

    Go for Cloud and Networks

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Prometheus (Software), Grafana, Software Architecture, CI/CD

    ★ 3 (7) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • B

    Board Infinity

    Smart Contracts - Blockchain Technology Applied

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Secure Coding, Security Testing, Security Architecture Review, Legal Technology, Vulnerability Assessments, Program Development, Software Development Tools, Code Reusability, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Integration, Development Testing, Application Deployment, Emerging Technologies

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Codio

    Security Infrastructure Management

    Skills you'll gain: Endpoint Security, Infrastructure Security, Security Management, Network Security, Cyber Security Policies, Security Controls, Data Security, Computer Security, Security Strategy, Application Security, IT Infrastructure, Data Integrity

    ★ 5 (8) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    SQL CASE Statements

    Skills you'll gain: PostgreSQL, SQL, Query Languages, Data Transformation, Data Manipulation, Database Software, Data Management

    ★ 4.5 (31) · Advanced · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Selecting the Right LLM with Hugging Face

    Skills you'll gain: Hugging Face, Model Evaluation, LLM Application, Large Language Modeling, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Computer Programming, Generative Model Architectures

    ★ 4.9 (9) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Conducting Exploratory Data Analysis

    Skills you'll gain: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Pandas (Python Package), Plot (Graphics), Statistical Visualization, Data Visualization Software, Scatter Plots, Data Analysis, Box Plots, Python Programming

    ★ 4.3 (6) · Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular programming basics courses

  • Building Resilient Streaming Systems on GCP em Português Brasileiro: Google Cloud
  • Fundamental Linear Algebra Concepts with Python: Howard University
  • Applied Scrum for Agile Project Management: University of Maryland, College Park
  • Back-End Infrastructure: Servers, Secure APIs and Data: Coursera
  • Amazon Event Bridge and Lambda: Coursera
  • Learn Responsive Web Design: Scrimba
  • Go for Cloud and Networks: Edureka
  • Smart Contracts - Blockchain Technology Applied: Board Infinity
  • Security Infrastructure Management: Codio
  • SQL CASE Statements: Coursera

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