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      LearnQuest

      Security Administration with Cisco Defense Orchestrator

      Skills you'll gain: General Networking, Network Architecture, TCP/IP, Cybersecurity, Networking Hardware, Computer Networking, Network Security, Threat Detection, Network Routers, Cyber Attacks, Network Switches, Firewall, Security Strategy

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Der Werkzeugkasten des Data Scientist

      Skills you'll gain: Rmarkdown, Data Science, Version Control, R (Software), Big Data, R Programming, Data Visualization Software, General Science and Research, GitHub, Statistical Programming, Git (Version Control System), Data Analysis, Exploratory Data Analysis, Integrated Development Environments, Software Installation

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of California, Irvine

      Project Practicum with Multiple Projects

      Skills you'll gain: Stakeholder Management, Stakeholder Communications, Work Breakdown Structure, Program Management, Project Management, Resource Planning, Resource Utilization, Agile Project Management, Project Risk Management, Resource Allocation, Scheduling, Project Schedules, Agile Methodology, Portfolio Management

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      University of California, Davis

      Advanced Web Layouts

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

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Amazon S3 Deep Dive – Complete AWS Cloud Storage Guide

      Skills you'll gain: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services, AWS CloudFormation, Cloud Storage, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Data Security, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Hosting, Performance Tuning, Data Storage, Data Management, Command-Line Interface, Encryption

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Duke University

      Building a Bash Command-Line Tool

      Skills you'll gain: Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Scripting, Unix Shell, Linux Commands, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, Business Logic, DevOps

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      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Google Cloud

      Distributed Load Testing Using Kubernetes

      Skills you'll gain: Kubernetes, Docker (Software), Application Deployment, Google App Engine, Google Cloud Platform, Distributed Computing, Performance Testing, DevOps, Restful API, Web Development

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Duke University

      Rust Secret Cipher CLI

      Skills you'll gain: Rust (Programming Language), Command-Line Interface, Encryption, Package and Software Management, Application Development, Cryptography, Software Engineering

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Infosec

      CISSP Domain 8: Software development security

      Skills you'll gain: Application Security, Risk Management Framework, Secure Coding, Software Testing, DevSecOps, Software Development Life Cycle, Web Applications, Vulnerability Scanning, Software Development Methodologies, Application Programming Interface (API), Database Application, Software Architecture, Agile Methodology

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Microsoft

      Web Development Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Web Applications, Front-End Web Development, Semantic Web, Javascript, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Data Storage Technologies, Application Security, User Interface (UI), Data Validation

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Vertex AI Search for Commerce

      Skills you'll gain: AI Personalization, Data Integration, Google Cloud Platform, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Data Modeling, Continuous Monitoring, Data Quality, System Monitoring, Real Time Data, Enterprise Architecture, Application Programming Interface (API)

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Scrimba

      Learn Styled Components in React

      Skills you'll gain: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), React.js, Front-End Web Development, UI Components, Maintainability, Software Design, Web Development

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • Security Administration with Cisco Defense Orchestrator: LearnQuest
    • Der Werkzeugkasten des Data Scientist: Johns Hopkins University
    • Project Practicum with Multiple Projects: University of California, Irvine
    • Advanced Web Layouts: University of California, Davis
    • Amazon S3 Deep Dive – Complete AWS Cloud Storage Guide: Packt
    • Building a Bash Command-Line Tool: Duke University
    • Distributed Load Testing Using Kubernetes: Google Cloud
    • Rust Secret Cipher CLI: Duke University
    • CISSP Domain 8: Software development security: Infosec
    • Web Development Fundamentals: Microsoft

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