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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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    Packt

    Entity Framework Core - A Full Tour

    Skills you'll gain: Stored Procedure, Object-Relational Mapping, Microsoft SQL Servers, SQL, Database Management, Relational Databases, .NET Framework, Query Languages, Databases, ASP.NET, Data Modeling, C# (Programming Language), Data Integrity, Performance Tuning, Data Migration, Microsoft Visual Studio

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Northeastern University

    Application Engineering and Development Part 1

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

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • Status: Free
    Free
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    Coursera

    Dashboard Customization with Jenkins: Track Health Metrics

    Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Jenkins, Continuous Deployment, Devops Tools, Software Configuration Management, User Accounts, Application Programming Interface (API), Authorization (Computing)

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Board Infinity

    Scalable Deployment and DevOps for Web Development

    Skills you'll gain: Containerization, Docker (Software), Application Deployment, Cloud Platforms, Cloud Deployment, Cloud Applications, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Development Environment, Continuous Deployment, CI/CD, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Scalability

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Learn C# by Building Applications

    Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Web Scraping, Programming Principles, Microsoft Visual Studio, .NET Framework, Data Structures, Software Design Patterns, File I/O, Application Development, Computational Logic, Algorithms, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Unit Testing, Debugging

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Google Cloud

    Answering Complex Questions Using Native Derived Tables with LookML

    Skills you'll gain: Looker (Software), Business Intelligence, Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), Dashboard, Ad Hoc Analysis, SQL, Data Analysis, Google Cloud Platform

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Whizlabs

    AWS: Networking and Content Delivery

    Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Virtual Networking, Application Programming Interface (API), Load Balancing, Cloud Infrastructure, Network Architecture, Network Infrastructure, Network Security, Network Routing, Scalability, Frontend Performance

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Pearson

    Skill Up with Python: Web Development Recipes

    Skills you'll gain: Full-Stack Web Development, Flask (Web Framework), Web Applications, Real Time Data, Web Development, Restful API, Application Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Back-End Web Development, Python Programming

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Google Cloud

    Classify Text into Categories with the Natural Language API

    Skills you'll gain: Text Mining, Natural Language Processing, Cloud API, Google Cloud Platform, Unstructured Data, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Application Programming Interface (API), Data Analysis

    Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: New
    New
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    Coursera

    Foundations of Embedded Software Design

    Skills you'll gain: Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Pseudocode, Hardware Architecture, Computer Architecture, Software Design, Systems Design, Software Design Patterns, Systems Integration, Programming Principles, Event-Driven Programming, Program Development, Real Time Data, Peripheral Devices

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
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    Packt

    Go (Golang) for the Absolute Beginners - Hands-On

    Skills you'll gain: Package and Software Management

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Google Cloud

    Using BigQuery Machine Learning for inference

    Skills you'll gain: Data Analysis, Analytics, Big Data, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, SQL

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Entity Framework Core - A Full Tour: Packt
  • Application Engineering and Development Part 1: Northeastern University
  • Dashboard Customization with Jenkins: Track Health Metrics: Coursera
  • Scalable Deployment and DevOps for Web Development: Board Infinity
  • Learn C# by Building Applications: Packt
  • Answering Complex Questions Using Native Derived Tables with LookML: Google Cloud
  • AWS: Networking and Content Delivery: Whizlabs
  • Skill Up with Python: Web Development Recipes: Pearson
  • Classify Text into Categories with the Natural Language API: Google Cloud
  • Foundations of Embedded Software Design: Coursera

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