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      LearnQuest

      Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) and the Jakarta Persistence API (JPA)

      Skills you'll gain: Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE), Object-Relational Mapping, Java, Application Servers, Middleware, Application Deployment, Enterprise Architecture, Server Side, Transaction Processing, Business Logic

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      54 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Google Cloud

      Multimodal Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using the Vertex AI Gemini API

      Skills you'll gain: Google Gemini, Multimodal Prompts, Query Languages, Data Manipulation, Data Store, Metadata Management, Text Mining, Cloud API, Generative AI, Google Cloud Platform, Image Analysis, Cloud Computing, Artificial Intelligence

      4.1
      Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
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      8 reviews

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      CQRS, API Development, and Module Communication

      Skills you'll gain: Redis, Microservices, Restful API, Application Programming Interface (API), PostgreSQL, Middleware, Scalability, Maintainability, Database Design, Software Architecture, Data Validation

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      API Testing with Karate Framework

      Skills you'll gain: Application Programming Interface (API), Test Tools, Behavior-Driven Development, Test Automation

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      20 reviews

      Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Google Cloud

      Process Documents with Python Using the Document AI API

      Skills you'll gain: Google Cloud Platform, Unstructured Data, Data Processing, Cloud API, Jupyter, Real Time Data, Python Programming

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      6 reviews

      Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Google Cloud

      Managing and Securing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform

      Skills you'll gain: API Gateway, Cloud API, Application Programming Interface (API), Capacity Management, Google Cloud Platform, Scalability, Application Security, Hybrid Cloud Computing, Security Controls, Proxy Servers, Data Security, Application Deployment, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Development Environment, Encryption, Debugging

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      16 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Prompt Engineering in Python, with GPT, and the OpenAI API

      Skills you'll gain: Multimodal Prompts, ChatGPT, OpenAI, JSON, Large Language Modeling, Python Programming, Text Mining, Data Validation, Unstructured Data, Data Analysis

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Coursera Project Network

      Building API Test Automation Framework Using Rest Assured

      Skills you'll gain: Test Automation, Application Programming Interface (API), Test Case, Restful API, Software Testing, Configuration Management, Java, Software Configuration Management

      4.3
      Rating, 4.3 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

    • Status: Free
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      Coursera Project Network

      RESTful API with Rust: Build a Game Map Server

      Skills you'll gain: Scalability, Restful API, Rust (Programming Language), Application Programming Interface (API), OS Process Management, Video Game Development, Web Development, JSON, Programming Principles, Servers, Debugging, TCP/IP

      Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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      Packt

      Full Stack Twitter Clone – API Development

      Skills you'll gain: Node.JS, Secure Coding, Application Programming Interface (API), API Design, Authentications, Server Side, MongoDB, Restful API, Full-Stack Web Development, Development Environment, Back-End Web Development, Package and Software Management, Database Development, Databases, Middleware, Authorization (Computing), JSON, User Accounts, Data Modeling

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Advanced Projects and API Integration with jQuery

      Skills you'll gain: Ajax, jQuery, JSON, Javascript and jQuery, Debugging, Application Programming Interface (API), Web Development Tools, Web Applications, Javascript, Game Design, UI Components, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), User Interface (UI) Design

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Google Cloud

      Developing a REST API with Go and Cloud Run

      Skills you'll gain: Cloud API, API Gateway, Restful API, Cloud Applications, Application Deployment, API Design, Go (Programming Language), Google Cloud Platform, Personally Identifiable Information, Data Access, DevOps, Database Application, Data Management

      Intermediate · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular api courses

    • Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) and the Jakarta Persistence API (JPA): LearnQuest
    • Multimodal Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using the Vertex AI Gemini API: Google Cloud
    • CQRS, API Development, and Module Communication: Packt
    • API Testing with Karate Framework: Coursera Project Network
    • Process Documents with Python Using the Document AI API: Google Cloud
    • Managing and Securing the Apigee Hybrid API Platform: Google Cloud
    • Prompt Engineering in Python, with GPT, and the OpenAI API: Packt
    • Building API Test Automation Framework Using Rest Assured: Coursera Project Network
    • RESTful API with Rust: Build a Game Map Server: Coursera Project Network
    • Full Stack Twitter Clone – API Development: Packt

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