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      EC-Council

      Ethical Hacking Essentials (EHE)

      Skills you'll gain: Penetration Testing, Threat Modeling, Cloud Security, Vulnerability Assessments, Network Security, Threat Detection, Security Awareness, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Cyber Attacks, Application Security, Web Applications, Mobile Security, Internet Of Things, Authentications, Encryption, Wireless Networks

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      570 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Edureka

      Generative AI Coding Assistants for Developers

      Skills you'll gain: Code Review, Software Development Tools, Software Documentation, DevOps, Generative AI Agents, Maintainability, Integrated Development Environments, CI/CD, Secure Coding, Generative AI, Test Automation, Software Development, GitHub, Software Technical Review, Amazon Web Services, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Prompt Engineering, AI Personalization

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      University of Michigan

      Python Data Structures

      Skills you'll gain: Data Structures, Python Programming, Programming Principles, Data Processing, Data Manipulation, Development Environment, File Management, Virtual Environment

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      97K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Pearson

      System Design Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Systems Design, Software Design, Solution Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, Maintainability, Systems Analysis, Enterprise Architecture, Scalability, Requirements Analysis

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      IBM

      IBM & Darden Digital Strategy

      Skills you'll gain: Digital Transformation, Business Strategy, Cloud Computing Architecture, Competitive Analysis, Cloud Services, Business Transformation, Responsible AI, Cloud Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Big Data, Cloud Platforms, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis, Cloud Hosting, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Computing, Cloud Development, Generative AI, Data Science

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      48K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Johns Hopkins University

      Data Science: Foundations using R

      Skills you'll gain: Rmarkdown, Exploratory Data Analysis, Version Control, Statistical Analysis, R Programming, Data Manipulation, Data Cleansing, Data Science, Data Wrangling, Plot (Graphics), Statistical Programming, Statistical Visualization, Ggplot2, R (Software), Dimensionality Reduction, Data Visualization Software, Knitr, Data Sharing, GitHub, Machine Learning

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      48K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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      Vanderbilt University

      Prompt Engineering for Law

      Skills you'll gain: Prompt Engineering, ChatGPT, Prompt Patterns, Generative AI, Legal Technology, LLM Application, Productivity, OpenAI, AI Personalization, Legal Strategy, Personalized Service, Large Language Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Responsible AI, Legal Research, Data Ethics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Expense Management, Creative Thinking, Productivity Software

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      7.1K reviews

      Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

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      Meta

      Version Control

      Skills you'll gain: Version Control, Unix Commands, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Linux Commands, Software Versioning, Command-Line Interface, Linux, Collaborative Software, File Management, Software Development Tools, Software Development, Web Development

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      3.7K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Simplilearn

      Generative AI in Deployment Training

      Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Generative AI, Application Deployment, CI/CD, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Continuous Deployment, Jenkins, Amazon Web Services, Terraform, Cloud Infrastructure, Kubernetes, Technical Design, Docker (Software), Requirements Analysis, Software Architecture, Release Management, Scalability

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      IBM

      IBM UI/UX Designer

      Skills you'll gain: Information Architecture, UI/UX Research, User Research, Agile Software Development, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design Thinking, User Experience, User Centered Design, Design Research, Usability, Usability Testing, Responsive Web Design, Agile Methodology, Kanban Principles, User Flows, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface (UI), Figma (Design Software), Wireframing, Prototyping

      4.9
      Rating, 4.9 out of 5 stars
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      2.6K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      IBM

      IBM Product Owner

      Skills you'll gain: AI Product Strategy, Sprint Retrospectives, Backlogs, Agile Product Development, Agile Software Development, Stakeholder Communications, Generative AI, Agile Methodology, Responsible AI, Kanban Principles, Product Roadmaps, Virtual Teams, Information Technology, Agile Project Management, Computer Hardware, Product Strategy, Product Management, Stakeholder Management, Sprint Planning, ChatGPT

      4.7
      Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
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      6.1K reviews

      Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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      Packt

      Spring Boot Microservices with Spring Cloud!

      Skills you'll gain: Application Deployment, Software As A Service, Distributed Computing, Service Oriented Architecture, Cloud Computing Architecture

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    In summary, here are 10 of our most popular software security courses

    • Ethical Hacking Essentials (EHE): EC-Council
    • Generative AI Coding Assistants for Developers: Edureka
    • Python Data Structures: University of Michigan
    • System Design Fundamentals: Pearson
    • IBM & Darden Digital Strategy: IBM
    • Data Science: Foundations using R: Johns Hopkins University
    • Prompt Engineering for Law: Vanderbilt University
    • Version Control: Meta
    • Generative AI in Deployment Training: Simplilearn
    • IBM UI/UX Designer: IBM

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