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    Coursera Instructor Network

    Visio for Professionals: Diagrams & Flowchart Design

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Visio, Process Flow Diagrams, Collaborative Software, Data Visualization, Process Mapping, Workflow Management, Business Workflow Analysis, Process Improvement and Optimization, Organizational Structure, Real Time Data, Collaboration, Data Integration

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Universidades Anáhuac

    Digital Shield: Cybersecurity for Data and System Protection

    Skills you'll gain: Cybersecurity, Cyber Attacks, Information Systems Security, Data Security, Malware Protection, Computer Security Awareness Training, Security Controls, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Vulnerability Assessments, Threat Detection, Network Security, Security Awareness, Security Strategy, Encryption

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera Instructor Network

    Operationalizing ML Models: MLOps for Scalable AI

    Skills you'll gain: MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), CI/CD, Continuous Deployment, Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Containerization, Scalability, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Data Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure, Infrastructure Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Continuous Monitoring, Real Time Data, Version Control

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Regression Analysis for Statistics & Machine Learning in R

    Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, R Programming, Statistical Analysis, R (Software), Data Manipulation, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Advanced Analytics, Statistical Modeling, Random Forest Algorithm, Statistical Methods, Predictive Modeling, Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Machine Learning, Dimensionality Reduction

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    SwiftUI iOS 16 Crash Course - Emoji Quote App in SwiftUI

    Skills you'll gain: Swift Programming, Apple iOS, Apple Xcode, UI Components, Mobile Development, Apple software proficiency, Application Design, User Interface (UI), Figma (Design Software), Color Theory, API Design, Data Sharing, Animations

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Deploy Go Apps on Google Cloud Serverless Platforms

    Skills you'll gain: Google App Engine, Google Cloud Platform, Application Deployment, Cloud Applications, Go (Programming Language), Serverless Computing, Cloud-Native Computing, Continuous Deployment, Development Testing, Data Store, Containerization, Database Development

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Amazon Web Services

    AWS Tools to Develop, Run, and Modernize .NET Workloads

    Skills you'll gain: .NET Framework, Cloud Development, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Visual Studio, Integrated Development Environments, C# (Programming Language), Software Development Tools, Application Deployment

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    BigQuery: Qwik Start - Console

    Skills you'll gain: Big Data, Google Cloud Platform, Data Access, SQL, Query Languages

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    University of Pittsburgh

    Data Visualization: Fundamentals to Interactive Storytelling

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Interactive Data Visualization, Data Presentation, Plot (Graphics), Data Visualization Software, Data Visualization, Tableau Software, Spatial Analysis, Visualization (Computer Graphics), Statistical Visualization, Network Model, Dashboard, Matplotlib, Infographics, Heat Maps, Seaborn, Geospatial Information and Technology, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Network Analysis, Geospatial Mapping

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Whizlabs

    Google Cloud DevOps Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: DevOps, CI/CD, Containerization, Continuous Integration, Cloud Security, Kubernetes, Software Development, Google Cloud Platform, Continuous Delivery, Cloud Services, System Monitoring, Network Infrastructure, Computer Networking, Identity and Access Management

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    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

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    Google Cloud

    Build an AI Image Generator app using Imagen on Vertex AI

    Skills you'll gain: Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, LLM Application, Prompt Engineering, Application Development, Image Analysis, Google Cloud Platform

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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

  • Visio for Professionals: Diagrams & Flowchart Design: Coursera Instructor Network
  • Digital Shield: Cybersecurity for Data and System Protection: Universidades Anáhuac
  • Operationalizing ML Models: MLOps for Scalable AI: Coursera Instructor Network
  • Regression Analysis for Statistics & Machine Learning in R: Packt
  • SwiftUI iOS 16 Crash Course - Emoji Quote App in SwiftUI: Packt
  • Deploy Go Apps on Google Cloud Serverless Platforms: Google Cloud
  • AWS Tools to Develop, Run, and Modernize .NET Workloads: Amazon Web Services
  • BigQuery: Qwik Start - Console: Google Cloud
  • Data Visualization: Fundamentals to Interactive Storytelling: University of Pittsburgh
  • Google Cloud DevOps Fundamentals: Whizlabs

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