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  • G

    Google Cloud

    Creating a Data Warehouse Through Joins and Unions

    Skills you'll gain: Data Warehousing, Data Integration, Database Administration, SQL, Relational Databases, Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Google Analytics

    4
    Rating, 4 out of 5 stars
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    8 reviews

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • G

    Google Cloud

    App Engine: Qwik Start - Go

    Skills you'll gain: Google App Engine, Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform, Go (Programming Language), Cloud Applications, Software Testing, Cloud API, Platform As A Service (PaaS)

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    P

    Packt

    Building Modular Monoliths with .NET 8

    Skills you'll gain: Microservices, .NET Framework, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Object-Relational Mapping, Software Architecture, Solution Architecture, C# (Programming Language), Enterprise Architecture, Maintainability, Docker (Software), Database Development, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

    Packt

    AWS Tutorial: AWS Solutions Architect & SysOps Administrator

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon S3, Network Infrastructure, Application Performance Management, Cloud Storage, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Scalability, Encryption, Load Balancing

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    E

    EDUCBA

    DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Relational Databases, Power BI, Microsoft Azure, NoSQL, Dashboard, Databases, Database Architecture and Administration, Data Integration, Data Visualization Software, SQL, Database Management Systems, Data Storage, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Cloud Storage, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Platform As A Service (PaaS), Firewall

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
    ·
    16 reviews

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Detect Labels, Faces, and Landmarks in Images with the Cloud Vision API

    Skills you'll gain: Image Analysis, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Applied Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Application Programming Interface (API), Machine Learning

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    U

    University of Colorado System

    Parenting and More GameMaker Language Code

    Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Scripting, Game Design, Scripting Languages, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Other Programming Languages, Software Design Patterns, Computational Logic, Data Structures, Computer Programming, Debugging

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    S

    Scrimba

    Tailwind CSS Practice Projects

    Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, UI Components, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Web Design, Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI), Debugging, Web Development

    4.8
    Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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    6 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
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    C

    Coursera Instructor Network

    LLM Engineering with RAG: Optimizing AI Solutions

    Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, LLM Application, LangChain, Large Language Modeling, OpenAI, Scalability, Generative AI, Application Deployment, Data Integration, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Performance Tuning, Data Science, Machine Learning, API Design

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free
    Free
    A

    Amazon Web Services

    Microsoft on AWS - Porting Assistant for .NET

    Skills you'll gain: .NET Framework, Linux, Application Frameworks, Cross Platform Development, Software Development Tools, C# (Programming Language), Dependency Analysis

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • D

    Duke University

    Rust Secret Cipher CLI

    Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Encryption, Package and Software Management, Application Development, Cryptography, Software Engineering

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Looker Studio Pro Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Collaborative Software, Team Oriented, Database Administration, Identity and Access Management, Google Cloud Platform, Client Support, Data Access, Dashboard, Management Reporting, Customer Support, Administration, Data Visualization, Business Reporting, Scheduling, Auditing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Creating a Data Warehouse Through Joins and Unions: Google Cloud
  • App Engine: Qwik Start - Go: Google Cloud
  • Building Modular Monoliths with .NET 8: Packt
  • AWS Tutorial: AWS Solutions Architect & SysOps Administrator: Packt
  • DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals: EDUCBA
  • Detect Labels, Faces, and Landmarks in Images with the Cloud Vision API: Google Cloud
  • Parenting and More GameMaker Language Code: University of Colorado System
  • Tailwind CSS Practice Projects: Scrimba
  • LLM Engineering with RAG: Optimizing AI Solutions: Coursera Instructor Network
  • Microsoft on AWS - Porting Assistant for .NET: Amazon Web Services

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