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  • E

    Edureka

    Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Test Planning, Software Testing, Debugging, Test Case, Issue Tracking, Functional Testing, Unit Testing, Software Quality Assurance, System Testing, Test Tools, Acceptance Testing, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Integration Testing, Test Driven Development (TDD), Test Automation, Regression Testing, Quality Assurance, Waterfall Methodology, Agile Methodology, Python Programming

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: New
    New
    Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    Coursera

    Software Creation: Version Control, Debugging, Object Design

    Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Debugging, Software Design Patterns, Object Oriented Design, Program Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Software Versioning, Git (Version Control System), Programming Principles, Software Design, Computer Programming, Software Engineering, Software Development Tools

    ★ 4.5 (6) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Rice University

    Fundamentals of Computing

    Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Event-Driven Programming, Algorithms, Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Programming Principles, Application Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science, Probability, Video Game Development, Bioinformatics, Interactive Design, Animation and Game Design, Python Programming, Data Analysis, Program Development, UI Components, Computer Programming

    ★ 4.8 (4.1K) · Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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

    Amazon

    Application Development

    Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), Software Development Methodologies, Requirements Analysis, Version Control, Systems Development Life Cycle, Application Development, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Development, Agile Software Development, Unified Modeling Language, Software Testing, JUnit, Agile Methodology, Programming Principles, Java Programming, Spring Framework, Maintainability, Debugging, Java, Software Design Patterns

    ★ 4.8 (37) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    Codio

    CI/CD for Software Developers

    Skills you'll gain: CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, Application Deployment, GitHub, Version Control, Continuous Delivery, Git (Version Control System), Test Automation, Automation, Key Management, Software Quality Assurance

    ★ 3.1 (10) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    University of Toronto

    iOS App Development Basics

    Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, iOS Development, Apple iOS, Apple Xcode, Swift Programming, User Interface (UI), Mobile Development, UI Components, Application Frameworks, Mobile Development Tools, Application Development, Software Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Knowledge of Apple Hardware, Computer Programming

    ★ 4.2 (552) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

    Coursera

    Foundations of Embedded Software Design

    Skills you'll gain: Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Pseudocode, Microarchitecture, Hardware Architecture, Computer Architecture, Software Systems, Software Design, System Programming, Systems Design, Software Design Patterns, Systems Integration, Programming Principles, Event-Driven Programming, System Configuration, Real Time Data, Peripheral Devices, Memory Management

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    LearnQuest

    Application Programming Fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, Computational Thinking, Programming Principles, Software Design, Algorithms, Software Architecture, Computer Programming, Python Programming, Model View Controller

    ★ 4.4 (38) · Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Northeastern University

    Agile Software Development Part 2

    Skills you'll gain: Agile Software Development, Software Development Methodologies, Agile Methodology, Scaled Agile Framework, Agile Product Development, Leadership and Management, Agile Project Management, Conflict Management, Leadership, Leadership Development, Organizational Leadership, Sprint Planning, Collaborative Software, Scrum (Software Development), Project Planning, Team Building, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Development, Prioritization, Team Oriented

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    Category: New
    New
    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • U

    University of Leeds

    How to Get Into Software Development

    Skills you'll gain: Software Development, Software Development Methodologies, Data Ethics, Software Engineering, Computer Programming, Back-End Web Development

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    Category: Preview
    Preview
    Category: Credit offered
    Credit offered
  • C

    CertNexus

    CSC: Software Security Essentials

    Skills you'll gain: Application Security, Human Factors (Security), Secure Coding, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Vulnerability, Computer Security, Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Assessments, Data Security, Security Strategy, Security Controls, Cyber Security Strategy, Application Design, Computer Programming, Design, Python Programming, Javascript, Design Strategies, JavaScript Frameworks, Node.JS

    Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    Packt

    C# Basics For Absolute Beginners in C# and .NET

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Development Environment, .NET Framework, C# (Programming Language), Integrated Development Environments, Microsoft Visual Studio, Programming Principles, Computer Programming Tools, Computational Logic, Microsoft Development Tools, Data Structures

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) Fundamentals: Edureka
  • Software Creation: Version Control, Debugging, Object Design: Coursera
  • Fundamentals of Computing: Rice University
  • Application Development: Amazon
  • CI/CD for Software Developers: Codio
  • iOS App Development Basics: University of Toronto
  • Foundations of Embedded Software Design: Coursera
  • Application Programming Fundamentals: LearnQuest
  • Agile Software Development Part 2: Northeastern University
  • How to Get Into Software Development: University of Leeds

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