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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.


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Popular Programming Basics Courses and Certifications


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    EDUCBA

    Unreal Engine Blueprints – Visual Scripting for Games

    Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, User Interface (UI), Data Persistence, Game Design, Video Game Development, Performance Tuning, Interactive Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Human Machine Interfaces, Animation and Game Design, Scripting, Performance Testing, System Testing, Programming Principles, No-Code Development, Virtual Environment, Development Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Object Oriented Design, Animations

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Johns Hopkins University

    Foundations of Distributed Database Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Distributed Computing, Scalability, Database Design, Database Management Systems, Database Systems, Database Architecture and Administration, Database Management, Relational Databases, SQL, Performance Tuning, Data Integrity, Transaction Processing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    EDUCBA

    PyQt Training Advanced Level

    Skills you'll gain: MySQL, Database Design, Python Programming, User Interface (UI) Design, UI Components, Database Application, Database Management, Software Design, Application Development, Data Access

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Simplilearn

    Attention Mechanisms and Transformer Models Course

    Skills you'll gain: Generative Model Architectures, Generative AI, OpenAI, Large Language Modeling, ChatGPT, Vision Transformer (ViT), Artificial Neural Networks, Transfer Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    Go Fundamentals: Presented by Gopher Guides

    Skills you'll gain: Go (Programming Language), Package and Software Management, Data Structures, Debugging, Software Testing, Programming Principles, Unit Testing, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), File Management, Performance Tuning, Software Design Patterns, Context Management, Embeddings

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    IIT Roorkee

    Foundations of Advanced Wireless Communication

    Skills you'll gain: Communication Systems, Wireless Networks, Digital Communications, Telecommunications, Network Architecture, Digital Signal Processing, Algorithms, System Design and Implementation, Mathematical Modeling

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    HTML for Beginners: Tables and Forms

    Skills you'll gain: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Design, Interactive Design, Color Theory, User Interface (UI), Web Development

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Whizlabs

    AWS: Databases

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, Databases, Database Architecture and Administration, Relational Databases, Apache Cassandra, NoSQL, Amazon S3, Data Warehousing, SQL, Redis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Linux Daemon with Go: Build a Webpage Database Crawler

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Unstructured Data, Go (Programming Language), Web Servers, MySQL, Web Scraping, Server Side, Kubernetes, Web Applications, Back-End Web Development, Software Development, Linux, Database Software, Relational Databases

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Duke University

    Building a Bash Command-Line Tool

    Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Scripting, Unix Shell, Linux Commands, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Business Logic, DevOps

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    Swift Fundamentals & First Steps in SwiftUI

    Skills you'll gain: Apple Xcode, iOS Development, Apple iOS, Swift Programming, Mobile Development, Application Development, User Interface (UI), Programming Principles, User Interface (UI) Design, Responsive Web Design, Animations

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Using Jetpack Compose with Kotlin: Create LazyColumn Lists

    Skills you'll gain: Android Studio, Android Jetpack, Android Development, Kotlin, Animations, Mobile Development, UI Components

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Unreal Engine Blueprints – Visual Scripting for Games: EDUCBA
  • Foundations of Distributed Database Systems: Johns Hopkins University
  • PyQt Training Advanced Level: EDUCBA
  • Attention Mechanisms and Transformer Models Course: Simplilearn
  • Go Fundamentals: Presented by Gopher Guides: Pearson
  • Foundations of Advanced Wireless Communication: IIT Roorkee
  • HTML for Beginners: Tables and Forms: Coursera
  • AWS: Databases: Whizlabs
  • Linux Daemon with Go: Build a Webpage Database Crawler: Coursera
  • Building a Bash Command-Line Tool: Duke University

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