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      L&T EduTech

      Machineries for Heavy Lifting

      Skills you'll gain: Structural Engineering, Hydraulics, Engineering Practices, Mechanics, Construction, Engineering, Mechanical Design, Engineering Calculations, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Safety Standards

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Automation Framework Design Using TestNG

      Skills you'll gain: Test Automation, Selenium (Software), Test Tools, Test Case, Software Testing, Test Execution Engine, Test Data, Apache Maven, Automation, Application Frameworks, Java, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Data Import/Export

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Board Infinity

      Fundamentals of Flux

      Skills you'll gain: JavaScript Frameworks, Development Environment, Web Applications, Front-End Web Development, Javascript, Software Architecture, Dataflow, UI Components

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Advanced Modelling, Rendering, and Unreal Engine Integration

      Skills you'll gain: Unreal Engine, 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, UI Components, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Computer Graphics, Animations, Game Design, Performance Tuning, Simulations

      Advanced · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Using Jetpack Compose with Kotlin: Create LazyColumn Lists

      Skills you'll gain: Android Studio, Android Jetpack, Android Development, Kotlin, Animations, Mobile Development, UI Components

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Codio

      Java: Non-Linear Data Structures

      Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Graph Theory, Algorithms, Java, Object-Relational Mapping, Performance Tuning

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Coursera Project Network

      تطوير الألعاب باستخدام برنامج Unity: تصميم لعبة جري لا نهائي

      Skills you'll gain: Game Design, Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Animation and Game Design, Interaction Design, User Interface (UI), C# (Programming Language), Scripting

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Meta

      مقدمة عن قواعد البيانات

      Skills you'll gain: Database Design, Database Management Systems, SQL, Databases, MySQL, Relational Databases, Query Languages, NoSQL, Data Modeling

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      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Typescript in React: useContext, useReducer, Type assertion

      Skills you'll gain: TypeScript, React.js, Javascript, Debugging, Integrated Development Environments

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      Complete Guide to Unit Testing in .NET Core (NUnit & xUnit)

      Skills you'll gain: Software Testing, Test Case, .NET Framework, Test Automation, Testability, Integration Testing, Microsoft Visual Studio, Debugging, C# (Programming Language), Mockups

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Cluster Analysis and Unsupervised Machine Learning in Python

      Skills you'll gain: Unsupervised Learning, Data Visualization, Machine Learning Algorithms, Interactive Data Visualization, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Statistical Machine Learning, Data Mining, Scikit Learn (Machine Learning Library), Matplotlib, Algorithms, NumPy, Python Programming, Development Environment

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      NIIT

      Capstone Project Using Node.js

      Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Microservices, Restful API, Node.JS, Application Programming Interface (API), Software Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture, Software Development, Back-End Web Development, Full-Stack Web Development, Databases

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Machineries for Heavy Lifting: L&T EduTech
    • Automation Framework Design Using TestNG: Packt
    • Fundamentals of Flux: Board Infinity
    • Advanced Modelling, Rendering, and Unreal Engine Integration: Packt
    • Using Jetpack Compose with Kotlin: Create LazyColumn Lists: Coursera Project Network
    • Java: Non-Linear Data Structures: Codio
    • تطوير الألعاب باستخدام برنامج Unity: تصميم لعبة جري لا نهائي: Coursera Project Network
    • مقدمة عن قواعد البيانات: Meta
    • Typescript in React: useContext, useReducer, Type assertion: Coursera Project Network
    • Complete Guide to Unit Testing in .NET Core (NUnit & xUnit): Packt

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