This Professional Certificate will equip you with all the key skills and technical know-how to kickstart your career as a Full-Stack Cloud Native Application Developer. Guided by experts at IBM, you will learn to build your own cloud-based applications and practice working with the technologies behind them. This program consists of ample instructional content as well as hands-on exercises and projects designed to hone your skills and help you build your portfolio.
No prior programming experience or Cloud background is required. You'll skill up with the tools and technologies that successful software developers use to build, deploy, test, run, and manage Full Stack Cloud Native applications, giving you the practical skills to begin a new career in a highly in-demand area.
The courses in this program will help you develop skill sets in a variety of technologies including: Cloud foundations, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, GitHub, Node.js, React, Cloud Native practices, DevOps, CI/CD, Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Istio, Python programming, Databases, SQL, NoSQL, Django ORM, Bootstrap, Application Security, Microservices, Serverless computing, and more.
After completing the program, you will have developed several applications using front-end and back-end technologies and deployed them on a cloud platform using Cloud Native methodologies.
This program is ACE® recommended—when you complete, you can earn up to 18 college credits.
Applied Learning Project
Throughout the 10 courses in the Professional Certificate, you will develop a portfolio of hands-on projects involving various popular technologies and programming languages in Full Stack Cloud Application Development. These projects include creating:
HTML pages on Cloud Object Storage
An interest rate calculator using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
An AI program deployed on Cloud Foundry using DevOps principles and CI/CD toolchains with a NoSQL database
A Node.js and React application
A containerized guestbook app packaged with Docker deployed with Kubernetes and managed with OpenShift
A Python app bundled as a package
A database-powered application using Django ORM and Bootstrap
An app built using Microservices & Serverless
A single, scalable, Cloud Native Full Stack application using the technologies learned in previous courses
You will publish these projects through your GitHub repository to share your skills with your peers and prospective employers.


























