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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.


Popular Programming Basics Courses and Certifications


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    Google Cloud

    Exploring Your Ecommerce Dataset with SQL in Google BigQuery

    Skills you'll gain: Data Cleansing, SQL, Data Quality, Data Transformation, Big Data, Metadata Management, Query Languages, Data Access, Google Cloud Platform, Data Analysis, Google Analytics

    ★ 4.4 (8) · Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • E

    EDUCBA

    Master OpenCV Fundamentals for Real-Time Computer Vision

    Skills you'll gain: Computer Vision, Image Analysis, Real Time Data, Model Training, Python Programming, Development Environment, Data Preprocessing, Software Installation

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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    Northeastern University

    Application Engineering and Development Part 1

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Java, Java Programming, Software Architecture, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Software Design, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Code Reusability, Application Development, UI Components, User Interface (UI), Data Management

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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    Packt

    Network Assurance, Security, and Automation

    Skills you'll gain: Network Troubleshooting, Network Monitoring, Network Security, Firewall, Ansible, Network Performance Management, Network Infrastructure, Network Protocols, Security Controls, Event Monitoring, Puppet (Configuration Management Tool), IT Automation, Chef (Configuration Management Tool), Real Time Data, JSON, Automation, Identity and Access Management, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API)

    ★ 4.7 (6) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Build a complete pixel platformer in Godot 4

    Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, UI Components, Program Development, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Scripting Languages, Data Persistence

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Python Course for Data Analysis - Become Data Analyst

    Skills you'll gain: Scatter Plots, Jupyter, Programming Principles, Histogram

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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    Google Cloud

    Ingesting HL7v2 Data with the Healthcare API

    Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Data Store, Cloud API, Health Information Management, Health Informatics, Application Programming Interface (API), Health Care, Cloud-Based Integration, Cloud Computing, Health Technology

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Tidymodels in R: Building tidy machine learning models

    Skills you'll gain: Tidyverse (R Package), Model Evaluation, Data Visualization, Clinical Data Management, Statistical Visualization, Data Preprocessing, Model Deployment, Data Manipulation, Data Wrangling, Model Training, Predictive Modeling, Model Optimization, R Programming, Data Processing, R (Software), Ggplot2, Predictive Analytics, Data Pipelines, Machine Learning Methods, Machine Learning

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Asynchronism using .NET Core: Implement a banking system

    Skills you'll gain: Real Time Data, Transaction Processing, Application Development, .NET Framework, Systems Integration, Data Access, Application Frameworks, Event-Driven Programming, C# (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Programming Principles, System Implementation

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • P

    Packt

    Introduction to jQuery and Basic Concepts

    Skills you'll gain: jQuery, Javascript and jQuery, Event-Driven Programming, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Web Development Tools, JavaScript Frameworks, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), HTML and CSS, Javascript, Data Validation, Development Environment

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • L

    LearnKartS

    Database, Big Data, and DevOps Services in GCP

    Skills you'll gain: Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud Platform, Dataflow, Kubernetes, Real Time Data, Database Management, Big Data, Cloud-Native Computing, Data Infrastructure, CI/CD, Performance Tuning, Data Pipelines, Databases, Cloud Engineering, Relational Databases, Containerization, Cloud Applications, Application Deployment, Data Processing, DevOps

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • G

    Google Cloud

    Getting Started with BigQuery Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Google Cloud Platform, Big Data, Applied Machine Learning, Predictive Modeling, Model Training, Analytics, Cloud Computing, Predictive Analytics, Machine Learning, SQL

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular programming basics courses

  • Exploring Your Ecommerce Dataset with SQL in Google BigQuery: Google Cloud
  • Master OpenCV Fundamentals for Real-Time Computer Vision: EDUCBA
  • Application Engineering and Development Part 1: Northeastern University
  • Network Assurance, Security, and Automation: Packt
  • Build a complete pixel platformer in Godot 4: Packt
  • Python Course for Data Analysis - Become Data Analyst: Packt
  • Ingesting HL7v2 Data with the Healthcare API: Google Cloud
  • Tidymodels in R: Building tidy machine learning models: Coursera
  • Asynchronism using .NET Core: Implement a banking system: Coursera
  • Introduction to jQuery and Basic Concepts: Packt

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