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      Packt

      The Complete Pentesting and Privilege Escalation Course

      Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Exploitation techniques, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Assessments, Vulnerability Scanning, Linux, Operating System Administration, Command-Line Interface, Linux Commands, Cryptography, File Management, Virtual Environment, Microsoft Windows, Scripting

      Intermediate · 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

      The Complete Ethical Hacking Course

      Skills you'll gain: Exploit development, OSI Models, Network Security, Exploitation techniques, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), TCP/IP, Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Scanning, Metasploit, Malware Protection, Network Protocols, Cyber Attacks, Wireless Networks, Application Security, Network Monitoring, Linux, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Vulnerability Assessments, Cyber Security Assessment, Intrusion Detection and Prevention

      4.8
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      Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Corporate Finance Institute

      Advanced Tableau - LOD Calculations

      Skills you'll gain: Dashboard, Tableau Software, Data Visualization Software, Exploratory Data Analysis, SQL, Data Analysis, Data Manipulation

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      EDUCBA

      IntelliJ IDEA Case Study - Stock Management System

      Skills you'll gain: Software Design, IntelliJ IDEA, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Programming Principles, Java, Integrated Development Environments, Data Structures, Command-Line Interface

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      17 reviews

      Beginner · 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

    • Status: Free
      Free
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      Coursera Project Network

      APIs in C#: Create a Student Management API

      Skills you'll gain: Application Programming Interface (API), Restful API, Web Services, Cloud Services, C# (Programming Language), Server Side, Application Development, Development Environment

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Scrimba

      The Binary Search Algorithm

      Skills you'll gain: Computational Thinking, Algorithms, Program Development, Software Development, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Javascript, Computer Science, Web Development

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Whizlabs

      Exam Prep CJE: Certified Jenkins Engineer

      Skills you'll gain: Jenkins, CI/CD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, DevOps, Software Development Tools, Distributed Computing, Containerization, Application Programming Interface (API), Security Requirements Analysis, Version Control, User Interface (UI)

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Intermediate Data Manipulation and Machine Learning

      Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Dimensionality Reduction, Statistical Analysis, Classification And Regression Tree (CART), Supervised Learning, Unsupervised Learning, Predictive Modeling, Random Forest Algorithm, Feature Engineering, Data Manipulation

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      Mastering Linux Command Line

      Skills you'll gain: Linux Commands, Linux, OS Process Management, Command-Line Interface, Unix Commands, User Accounts, Bash (Scripting Language), Shell Script, Linux Administration, Unix Shell, File Management, Remote Access Systems, Scripting, DevOps

      Beginner · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      Advanced Penetration Techniques

      Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Cyber Security Assessment, Exploitation techniques, Vulnerability Assessments, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Application Security, Network Security, Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Cloud Security, Wireless Networks, Application Programming Interface (API)

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • The Complete Pentesting and Privilege Escalation Course: Packt
    • Advanced Web Layouts: University of California, Davis
    • The Complete Ethical Hacking Course: Packt
    • Advanced Tableau - LOD Calculations: Corporate Finance Institute
    • IntelliJ IDEA Case Study - Stock Management System: EDUCBA
    • Intermediate 3D Modelling and Game Asset Creation: Packt
    • APIs in C#: Create a Student Management API: Coursera Project Network
    • The Binary Search Algorithm: Scrimba
    • Exam Prep CJE: Certified Jenkins Engineer: Whizlabs
    • Intermediate Data Manipulation and Machine Learning: Packt

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