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      U

      University of Leeds

      How to Get Into Software Development

      Skills you'll gain: Program Development, Software Development, Engineering Software, Application Development, Software Development Methodologies, Data Ethics, Computational Thinking, Back-End Web Development

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Board Infinity

      Essential Testing Techniques in Software Development

      Skills you'll gain: Test Case, Software Testing, Integration Testing, Software Development Life Cycle, System Testing, Acceptance Testing, Maintainability, Regression Testing, Test Planning, Software Quality Assurance, Unit Testing, Functional Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      15 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      Packt

      Fundamentals of Secure Software

      Skills you'll gain: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), Threat Modeling, Application Security, Software Development Life Cycle, DevSecOps, Security Testing, Secure Coding, Security Engineering, Cloud Security, Encryption, Vulnerability Scanning, Software Development, Threat Detection, Cryptography, Software Testing, CI/CD, Cloud Platforms, Vulnerability Assessments, Security Controls, Configuration Management

      Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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      Arm

      Cortex-M Software Development Fundamentals

      Skills you'll gain: Embedded Software, System Programming, Software Development Tools, Embedded Systems, Software Development, Development Environment, Debugging, Program Development, Build Tools, Application Security, C (Programming Language), Application Development, Computer Architecture, C++ (Programming Language), System Configuration, Hardware Architecture

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      34 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      T

      The Linux Foundation

      Open Source Software Development Methods

      Skills you'll gain: Open Source Technology, GitHub, CI/CD, Git (Version Control System), Collaborative Software, Software Development Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle, Linux, Technical Communication

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      1.5K reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Amazon

      Application Development

      Skills you'll gain: Git (Version Control System), Software Development Methodologies, Requirements Analysis, Version Control, Application Development, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Development, Software Development, Agile Software Development, Unified Modeling Language, Software Testing, JUnit, Agile Methodology, Spring Framework, Code Review, Maintainability, Debugging, Java, Technical Design, User Story

      4.8
      Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
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      30 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
      C

      Codio

      Software Testing for Developers

      Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Cucumber (Software), Postman API Platform, Software Testing, Behavior-Driven Development, Test Tools, Selenium (Software), Test Driven Development (TDD), Unit Testing, Acceptance Testing, Performance Testing, Functional Testing, Test Automation, Usability Testing, Application Programming Interface (API), User Interface (UI), Test Case, API Design, Javascript

      4.2
      Rating, 4.2 out of 5 stars
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      15 reviews

      Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      University of Minnesota

      Engineering Practices for Building Quality Software

      Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Software Quality Assurance, Software Engineering, Application Security, Object Oriented Design, Software Architecture, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Development Testing, Threat Modeling, Maintainability, Code Review, Software Testing, Continuous Integration, CI/CD, Software Technical Review, Software Documentation, Version Control

      4.5
      Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      448 reviews

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

    • Status: Free Trial
      Free Trial
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      University of Colorado Boulder

      Applications of Software Architecture for Big Data

      Skills you'll gain: Web Applications, Software Systems, Software Architecture, Systems Architecture, Software Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Functional Requirement, Databases, Distributed Computing, Acceptance Testing, Application Deployment, Application Development, Software Testing, System Design and Implementation, Big Data, Scalability, Continuous Deployment, Restful API, Data Analysis

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      3.5
      Rating, 3.5 out of 5 stars
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      18 reviews

      Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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      U

      University of Colorado System

      Software Design as an Element of the Software Development Lifecycle

      Skills you'll gain: Software Design, Software Development Life Cycle, Application Security, Systems Design, Technical Design, Software Architecture, Software Development Methodologies, Conceptual Design, Requirements Analysis

      4.6
      Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
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      253 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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      Packt

      Software Development & APIs for Network Engineers

      Skills you'll gain: Software Development Methodologies, Development Environment, Software Development, Application Programming Interface (API), Version Control, Software Design Patterns, JSON, Software Design, Network Engineering, Restful API, Virtualization and Virtual Machines, Web Applications, TCP/IP, YAML, Extensible Markup Language (XML), Authentications

      Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

    • Status: Free Trial
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      Advancing Women in Tech

      Inspiring Peak Performance on Technical Teams

      Skills you'll gain: Engineering Management, Technical Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Team Performance Management, Technical Communication, Software Engineering, Employee Coaching, Communication, Conflict Management, Performance Management, Meeting Facilitation, People Management, People Development, Virtual Teams, Program Management, Labor Compliance, Agile Methodology, Cloud Engineering, Constructive Feedback, Business Strategy

      4.4
      Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
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      23 reviews

      Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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

    • How to Get Into Software Development: University of Leeds
    • Essential Testing Techniques in Software Development: Board Infinity
    • Fundamentals of Secure Software: Packt
    • Cortex-M Software Development Fundamentals: Arm
    • Open Source Software Development Methods: The Linux Foundation
    • Application Development: Amazon
    • Software Testing for Developers: Codio
    • Engineering Practices for Building Quality Software: University of Minnesota
    • Applications of Software Architecture for Big Data: University of Colorado Boulder
    • Software Design as an Element of the Software Development Lifecycle: University of Colorado System

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