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    LearnKartS

    Monitoring, Streams, and Connectors

    Skills you'll gain: Prometheus (Software), Data Processing, Application Performance Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    NIIT

    Implement Polyglot Persistence Using SQL and NoSQL Databases

    Skills you'll gain: MySQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Object-Relational Mapping, Database Design, Relational Databases, SQL, Node.JS, Restful API, Databases, Data Modeling, Data Integrity, Back-End Web Development, Unstructured Data

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Microsoft

    First Steps in R: Importing and Exporting Data

    Skills you'll gain: Data Import/Export, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Excel, R Programming, Data Sharing, Data Processing, Data Cleansing, File Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    Game Bots in C#: Develop a Tic-Tac-Toe Agent

    Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Visual Studio, Algorithms, Game Design, Video Game Development

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    Semantic Kernel SDK for Intelligent Applications

    Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Prompt Patterns, Large Language Modeling, Generative AI Agents, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Development Tools, Development Environment, Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Software Development Tools, Full-Stack Web Development

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    PySide2 Project - Employee Management Application

    Skills you'll gain: Application Development, User Interface (UI), Software Development Life Cycle, UI Components, Data Management, Application Design, Development Environment, Data Import/Export, File Management, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera Project Network

    OpenAI Assistant: Create a Code to UML-Diagram generator

    Skills you'll gain: ChatGPT, Unified Modeling Language, OpenAI, LLM Application, Prompt Engineering, Software Visualization, Software Design Documents, Technical Communication, User Story, Application Programming Interface (API), Development Environment, Software Development, Front-End Web Development

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    EDUCBA

    PySide2 Training

    Skills you'll gain: Event-Driven Programming, User Interface (UI), UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, Development Environment, Cross Platform Development, Application Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Modeling, Debugging

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Northeastern University

    Application Engineering and Development Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Java Programming, User Interface (UI), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data-Driven Decision-Making, Business Modeling, Test Data, Software Development, Application Development, Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Project Network

    Advanced .NET with TPL & PLINQ: Conducting Performance Boost

    Skills you'll gain: .NET Framework, Performance Tuning, Debugging, Health Informatics, Performance Testing, C# (Programming Language), Application Development

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    Web Hacking Expert - Full-Stack Exploitation Mastery

    Skills you'll gain: Exploitation techniques, Penetration Testing, Secure Coding, Web Development, Web Applications, Full-Stack Web Development, Vulnerability Assessments, Application Security, Angular, Ajax, Javascript

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Meta

    Proyecto final de ingenieros de bases de datos

    Skills you'll gain: MySQL Workbench, MySQL, Database Design, Stored Procedure, Database Development, Databases, Tableau Software, Database Application, Database Management, Data Visualization, Data Visualization Software, SQL, Data Modeling, Git (Version Control System), Python Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Monitoring, Streams, and Connectors: LearnKartS
  • Implement Polyglot Persistence Using SQL and NoSQL Databases: NIIT
  • First Steps in R: Importing and Exporting Data: Microsoft
  • Game Bots in C#: Develop a Tic-Tac-Toe Agent: Coursera Project Network
  • Semantic Kernel SDK for Intelligent Applications : Packt
  • PySide2 Project - Employee Management Application: EDUCBA
  • OpenAI Assistant: Create a Code to UML-Diagram generator: Coursera Project Network
  • PySide2 Training: EDUCBA
  • Application Engineering and Development Part 2: Northeastern University
  • Advanced .NET with TPL & PLINQ: Conducting Performance Boost: Coursera Project Network

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