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    Board Infinity

    Software Testing Fundamentals for ISTQB Exams Prep

    Skills you'll gain: Test Planning, Test Tools, Software Testing, Configuration Management, Test Case, Integration Testing, System Testing, Test Automation, Software Development Life Cycle, Acceptance Testing, Software Technical Review, Code Review, Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Risk Management, Risk Management Framework, Verification And Validation, Usability Testing

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    Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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    Microsoft

    Introduction to Programming With C#

    Skills you'll gain: C# (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Debugging, .NET Framework, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft Development Tools, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Integrated Development Environments, Development Environment

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Pearson

    Strategic Software Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Software Testing, Test Automation, Test Planning, Acceptance Testing, Test Case, Functional Testing, Scenario Testing, Unit Testing, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Performance Testing, Usability Testing

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    SAS

    SAS Programmer

    Skills you'll gain: Data Manipulation, SAS (Software), Data Access, Data Import/Export, Microsoft Excel, Data Analysis, Data Transformation, Requirements Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Validation, Data Cleansing, Descriptive Statistics, Statistical Programming, Data Processing, Data Integration, SQL, Data Presentation, Debugging

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    Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Leeds

    Foundations of Software Testing and Validation

    Skills you'll gain: Test Case, Software Testing, Software Quality Assurance, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Test Planning, Verification And Validation, Acceptance Testing, System Testing, Unit Testing, Functional Testing, Usability Testing, Integration Testing, Performance Testing, Software Development Life Cycle, Software Development

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002)

    Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Scanning, Cyber Security Assessment, Exploitation techniques, Vulnerability Assessments, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Threat Detection, Application Security, Technical Communication, Infrastructure Security, Network Security, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards, Scripting, Technical Writing, NIST 800-53, Automation, Technical Consulting

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    Packt

    Selenium WebDriver with Java and Frameworks for all levels

    Skills you'll gain: Gherkin (Scripting Language), Debugging, Integration Testing, Software Design Patterns, Test Data, Scripting, Web Development Tools, Data Structures, Automation, SQL, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), MySQL, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Python for Security

    Skills you'll gain: Security Testing, Cybersecurity, Network Security, TCP/IP, Network Monitoring, Vulnerability Assessments, Servers, Network Analysis, Network Protocols, Exploitation techniques, Scripting

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Packt

    Selenium Python Automation Testing and Frameworks

    Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Continuous Integration, Automation, Scripting, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), File Management, Development Environment, Debugging, Command-Line Interface

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    Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    Packt

    Computer Programming for Absolute Beginners

    Skills you'll gain: Programming Principles, Debugging, Computer Programming, Application Design, Computer Science, Program Development, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Data Management, Algorithms, Software Architecture, Software Development Methodologies

    Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    Board Infinity

    Practical Software Testing

    Skills you'll gain: Test Planning, Test Case, Software Testing, Functional Testing, Software Documentation, System Testing, Development Testing, Regression Testing, Code Review, Test Data, Issue Tracking, Quality Assurance, Technical Communication

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Packt

    Crash Course on Embedded C Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Embedded Systems, Embedded Software, C (Programming Language), Programming Principles, Data Structures, Computer Programming Tools, Development Environment, Software Installation, Debugging

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

  • Software Testing Fundamentals for ISTQB Exams Prep: Board Infinity
  • Introduction to Programming With C#: Microsoft
  • Strategic Software Testing: Pearson
  • SAS Programmer: SAS
  • Foundations of Software Testing and Validation: University of Leeds
  • CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-002): Packt
  • Selenium WebDriver with Java and Frameworks for all levels: Packt
  • Python for Security: Packt
  • Selenium Python Automation Testing and Frameworks: Packt
  • Computer Programming for Absolute Beginners: Packt

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