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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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    Northeastern University

    Computation and Visualization for Analytics Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Data Storytelling, Plotly, Statistical Visualization, Interactive Data Visualization, Matplotlib, Data Visualization Software, Network Analysis, Seaborn, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Data Mining, Scatter Plots, R Programming, Graph Theory, Data Science, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

    Build toward a degree

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    SD-WAN: Optimizing Network Performance & Security

    Skills you'll gain: Software-Defined Networking, Network Architecture, Network Planning And Design, Wide Area Networks, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Network Administration, Network Security, Network Performance Management, Firewall, Cloud Deployment, Network Routing, Encryption

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Industrial IoT Integration with Micro850 PLC

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Mobile Development Tools, System Implementation, System Configuration, Application Programming Interface (API), Data Integration, Simulations

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • C

    Coursera

    Optimize & Interface LLM Apps Effectively

    Skills you'll gain: LLM Application, Middleware, OpenAI API, UI/UX Research, Frontend Integration

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • E

    EDUCBA

    Master Real-Time Streaming with Kafka & Spark

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Kafka, Real Time Data, Data Pipelines, Apache Spark, Scala Programming, Development Environment, Data Processing, Live Streaming, Data Transformation

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Scrimba

    Data Structures and Algorithms: Merge Sort

    Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Computational Thinking, Software Design, Algorithms, Program Development, Software Development, Data Structures, Problem Solving, Computer Science, Machine Learning Methods

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • S

    Scrimba

    React Beginner Project: Build a Color Picker Tool

    Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Color Theory, Javascript, Front-End Web Development, User Interface (UI) Design, Web Development, Data Validation

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • B

    Board Infinity

    Introduction to JUnit

    Skills you'll gain: JUnit, Unit Testing, Software Testing, Development Testing, Java, Test Case, Integration Testing, Test Automation, Test Driven Development (TDD)

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • P

    Packt

    Deep Learning: Convolutional Neural Networks with TensorFlow

    Skills you'll gain: Transfer Learning, Keras (Neural Network Library), Embeddings, Deep Learning, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Data Preprocessing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • C

    Coursera

    Game Bots in C#: Develop a Tic-Tac-Toe Agent

    Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Visual Studio, Algorithms, Game Design, Video Game Development

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • P

    Packt

    Microsoft Azure for ASP.NET Core

    Skills you'll gain: Microsoft Azure, Serverless Computing, Azure Active Directory, ASP.NET, Virtual Machines, Windows PowerShell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, OAuth, .NET Framework, Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Authentications, Data Storage Technologies, Cloud Storage, Databases, Bash (Scripting Language), Cloud Applications, C# (Programming Language), Application Deployment, Identity and Access Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

  • P

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

  • Computation and Visualization for Analytics Part 2: Northeastern University
  • SD-WAN: Optimizing Network Performance & Security: Coursera
  • Industrial IoT Integration with Micro850 PLC: Packt
  • Optimize & Interface LLM Apps Effectively: Coursera
  • Master Real-Time Streaming with Kafka & Spark: EDUCBA
  • Data Structures and Algorithms: Merge Sort: Scrimba
  • React Beginner Project: Build a Color Picker Tool: Scrimba
  • Introduction to JUnit: Board Infinity
  • Deep Learning: Convolutional Neural Networks with TensorFlow: Packt
  • Game Bots in C#: Develop a Tic-Tac-Toe Agent: Coursera

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