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      Coursera Instructor Network

      Code Generation with Amazon Q

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Code Review, Integrated Development Environments, Software Development Tools, Software Development, Development Environment, Generative AI Agents, Automation, Debugging

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      NIIT

      Implement Polyglot Persistence Using SQL and NoSQL Databases

      Skills you'll gain: MySQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Database Design, Relational Databases, SQL, Node.JS, Restful API, Databases, Data Modeling, JSON, Unstructured Data

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      Linux Daemon with Go: Build a Webpage Database Crawler

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud-Native Computing, Unstructured Data, Go (Programming Language), Web Servers, MySQL, Web Scraping, Server Side, Kubernetes, Web Applications, Back-End Web Development, Software Development, Linux, Database Software, Relational Databases

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      Ultimate TypeScript Course 2024 – Learn, Build & Excel

      Skills you'll gain: Unit Testing, React.js, Webpack, Angular, Web Development Tools, Development Environment, Debugging, Vue.JS, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Scrimba

      Build a Responsive Layout with CSS Grid

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, HTML and CSS, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Mobile Development, Web Design, Web Design and Development, Front-End Web Development, UI Components

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Intermediate 3D Modelling and Game Asset Creation

      Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, Animation and Game Design, Image Quality, Performance Tuning

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      AWS Tutorial: AWS Solutions Architect & SysOps Administrator

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Infrastructure, Amazon S3, Network Infrastructure, Application Performance Management, Cloud Storage, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Scalability, Encryption, Load Balancing

      Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      University of California, Santa Cruz

      لغة البرمجة C++ لمبرمجي C، الجزء (ب)

      Skills you'll gain: C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Graph Theory, C (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Debugging, Data Structures, Game Design, Software Design

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Duke University

      Building Rust AWS Lambda Microservices with Cargo Lambda

      Skills you'll gain: Serverless Computing, Amazon Web Services, Rust (Programming Language), Debugging, Application Deployment, Development Environment, Linux

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      EDUCBA

      PySide2 Project - Data Fetching Application

      Skills you'll gain: Application Development, Event-Driven Programming, Application Design, User Interface (UI), UI Components, Program Development, Data Import/Export, Development Environment, Data Integration, File Management

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      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Duke University

      Inferenzstatistik

      Skills you'll gain: Statistical Inference, Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Reporting, Statistical Analysis, Statistics, Data Analysis, Probability & Statistics, Statistical Methods, Data Analysis Software, Statistical Software, R Programming, Sampling (Statistics), Probability Distribution

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Whizlabs

      Getting Started with Chef Cookbooks

      Skills you'll gain: Chef (Configuration Management Tool), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Unit Testing, Verification And Validation, Development Testing, Software Installation, Infrastructure Architecture, Devops Tools, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, System Support, Maintainability, Configuration Management, Package and Software Management, Automation, Command-Line Interface, Data Maintenance, Development Environment, Ruby (Programming Language), Debugging

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Code Generation with Amazon Q: Coursera Instructor Network
    • Implement Polyglot Persistence Using SQL and NoSQL Databases: NIIT
    • Linux Daemon with Go: Build a Webpage Database Crawler: Coursera Project Network
    • Ultimate TypeScript Course 2024 – Learn, Build & Excel: Packt
    • Build a Responsive Layout with CSS Grid: Scrimba
    • Intermediate 3D Modelling and Game Asset Creation: Packt
    • AWS Tutorial: AWS Solutions Architect & SysOps Administrator: Packt
    • لغة البرمجة C++ لمبرمجي C، الجزء (ب): University of California, Santa Cruz
    • Building Rust AWS Lambda Microservices with Cargo Lambda: Duke University
    • PySide2 Project - Data Fetching Application: EDUCBA

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