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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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    International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad

    Fundamentals of Computer Organization

    Skills you'll gain: Microarchitecture, Computer Architecture, Hardware Architecture, Systems Architecture, Computer Systems, Computer Hardware, Performance Tuning

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Build, Train and Deploy ML Models with Keras on Google Cloud - Français

    Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, Keras (Neural Network Library), Data Preprocessing, Google Cloud Platform, Data Pipelines, Model Deployment, Data Transformation, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, Application Programming Interface (API)

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

    Software Design Principles

    Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Software Architecture, Software Design, Software Design Patterns, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Development, Software Engineering, Maintainability, Systems Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, Technical Design, Web Services, Model View Controller, Event-Driven Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Board Infinity

    Generative AI in Software Development

    Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Google Gemini, Engineering Software, Responsible AI, Embeddings, Gemini, Software Development Tools, AI Workflows

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    Generative AI for Developers: Unit 1

    Skills you'll gain: Responsible AI, Application Development, Generative AI, Web Applications, Full-Stack Web Development, GitHub, Integrated Development Environments, Development Environment, Front-End Web Development, Back-End Web Development, Prompt Engineering, Computer Programming Tools

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Enterprise Network Design and Virtualization

    Skills you'll gain: Virtual Networking, Enterprise Architecture, Virtualization, Network Architecture, Network Planning And Design, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Computer Networking, Virtual Machines, Network Infrastructure, Wide Area Networks, Software-Defined Networking, Wireless Networks, Local Area Networks, Network Switches, Network Routers, Network Protocols

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    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, Continuous Deployment, Data Pipelines, Databases, Relational Databases, Containerization, Cloud Applications, Data Processing, DevOps, Software Architecture, Scalability, Cloud Storage, System Monitoring

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Create Beautiful Imagery with Midjourney AI

    Skills you'll gain: Image Quality, Generative AI, Adobe Photoshop, Content Creation, User Accounts, Multimedia

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Learn Man in the Middle Attacks from Scratch

    Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Network Security, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Local Area Networks, Threat Detection, General Networking, Linux, Linux Administration, Virtual Machines, Network Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Automatically Deploy Python Web Apps from Version Control to Cloud Run

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Applications, Serverless Computing, Cloud Management, Cloud Development, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Computing, Application Deployment, CI/CD, Continuous Deployment, Google Cloud Platform, Application Development, Python Programming

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    Coursera

    Level Up: Java-Powered Machine Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Model Evaluation, Data Preprocessing, JUnit, Build Tools, Java Programming, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Java, Performance Tuning, Decision Tree Learning, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Apache Maven, Data Structures, Random Forest Algorithm, Gradle, Data Pipelines, Software Architecture, Software Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Apache, Machine Learning

    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Finance for Non-Finance

    Skills you'll gain: Financial Statements, Working Capital, Financial Forecasting, Cost Management, Variance Analysis, Budgeting, Income Statement, Financial Acumen, Cash Flows, Capital Expenditure, Balance Sheet, Financial Analysis, Operating Expense

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Fundamentals of Computer Organization: International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
  • Build, Train and Deploy ML Models with Keras on Google Cloud - Français: Google Cloud
  • Software Design Principles: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
  • Generative AI in Software Development: Board Infinity
  • Generative AI for Developers: Unit 1: Pearson
  • Enterprise Network Design and Virtualization: Packt
  • Database, Big Data, and DevOps Services in GCP: LearnKartS
  • Create Beautiful Imagery with Midjourney AI: Packt
  • Learn Man in the Middle Attacks from Scratch: Packt
  • Automatically Deploy Python Web Apps from Version Control to Cloud Run: Google Cloud

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