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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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    Microsoft

    Code and framework based agent development

    Skills you'll gain: AI Orchestration, AI Workflows, OpenAI API, ChatGPT, Secure Coding, Debugging

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Colorado Boulder

    BiteSize Python for Absolute Beginners: Flow Controls

    Skills you'll gain: Python Programming, Programming Principles, Data Structures, Computational Logic, Debugging, Maintainability

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Skillshare

    Advanced Videography: Cinematic Travel Vlogging

    Skills you'll gain: Video Editing, Video Production, Videography, Photo/Video Production and Technology, Cinematography, Storytelling

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Power Pages for Beginners: Create Website for Your Company

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Power Platform, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), No-Code Development, UI Components, Development Environment, Language Interpretation, Translation, and Studies, Web Content, Web Design and Development, Content Management

    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    AI CERTs

    Blockchain Foundations & Smart Contracts

    Skills you'll gain: Blockchain, Secure Coding, Transaction Processing, Distributed Computing, Application Deployment, Program Development, Computer Programming Tools, Cryptography, Development Environment, Virtual Machines

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SAS

    Responsible Innovation and Trustworthy AI

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Data Ethics, AI Security, Regulatory Compliance, Artificial Intelligence, Business Ethics, Risk Analysis, SAS (Software), Compliance Training, Data Integrity, Human Centered Design, Accountability, Analytics, Diversity and Inclusion, Information Privacy, Data Governance, Data Analysis, Data Management, Model Deployment

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Coursera

    Adobe Dreamweaver for Beginners: User Centric Web Design

    Skills you'll gain: HTML and CSS, Responsive Web Design, Web Design, User Experience Design, Usability, User Centered Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Persona (User Experience), Adobe Photoshop, Figma (Design Software)

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Packt

    Web Scraping Tutorial with Scrapy and Python for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Web Scraping, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Processing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), JSON, Data Capture, Application Programming Interface (API), MongoDB, Data Storage, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Coursera

    LLM Optimization & Evaluation

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Airflow, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Prompt Patterns, LLM Application, AI Security, Extract, Transform, Load, Scripting, Technical Communication, SQL, Data Pipelines, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Miro AI, Data Presentation, Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Performance Tuning, Root Cause Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Version Control

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Build & Script a Breakout Game in Unity

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Game Design, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Software Architecture, Object Oriented Design, UI Components, Scripting, C# (Programming Language), Debugging

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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    The Complete Vue.js Course for Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Vue.JS, JavaScript Frameworks, Front-End Web Development, Web Applications, UI Components, Web Design and Development, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Event-Driven Programming, Data Validation, Data Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    EDUCBA

    Project on Recommendation Engine - Advanced Book Recommender

    Skills you'll gain: Data Preprocessing, Scalability, Data Manipulation, Pandas (Python Package), Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Methods, Predictive Modeling, Python Programming, Machine Learning Algorithms, NumPy, Model Evaluation, Exploratory Data Analysis

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Code and framework based agent development: Microsoft
  • BiteSize Python for Absolute Beginners: Flow Controls: University of Colorado Boulder
  • Advanced Videography: Cinematic Travel Vlogging: Skillshare
  • Power Pages for Beginners: Create Website for Your Company : Coursera
  • Blockchain Foundations & Smart Contracts: AI CERTs
  • Responsible Innovation and Trustworthy AI : SAS
  • Adobe Dreamweaver for Beginners: User Centric Web Design: Coursera
  • Web Scraping Tutorial with Scrapy and Python for Beginners: Packt
  • LLM Optimization & Evaluation: Coursera
  • Build & Script a Breakout Game in Unity: EDUCBA

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