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    Coursera Project Network

    Automation with Drools: Knowledge-Based Decision Systems

    Skills you'll gain: Business Logic, Application Deployment, Decision Support Systems, Business Process Automation, Business Intelligence Software, Workflow Management, Test Case, Systems Development, Verification And Validation, Automation, Computer Programming, Docker (Software), Data Modeling, Complex Problem Solving, Development Testing, Application Programming Interface (API)

    Intermediate · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    B

    Board Infinity

    Mastering Usability Testing: Techniques and Best Practices

    Skills you'll gain: Usability Testing, Software Testing, Software Quality (SQA/SQC), Test Planning, Human Centered Design, Technical Communication, User Experience Design, User Research, UI/UX Research, User Interface (UI), Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, Stakeholder Engagement

    Advanced · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free
    Free
    G

    Google Cloud

    Securing Container Builds

    Skills you'll gain: Apache Maven, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform, Docker (Software), CI/CD, Package and Software Management, Virtual Environment, Network Security

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Advanced Unity Scripting, AI, & Complete 3D Game Development

    Skills you'll gain: Unity Engine, Video Game Development, Version Control, Mobile Development, Android (Operating System), 3D Assets, User Interface (UI), C# (Programming Language), GitHub, Git (Version Control System), Scripting, Artificial Intelligence, Animations

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Preview
    Preview
    F

    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    AI for Efficient Programming: Harnessing the Power of LLMs

    Skills you'll gain: Debugging, Responsible AI, Code Review, Maintainability, ChatGPT, Computer Programming Tools, Bioinformatics, Artificial Intelligence, Prompt Engineering, Large Language Modeling, Software Development, Generative AI, Software Documentation, Data Science

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
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    Packt

    PowerShell Skills

    Skills you'll gain: Windows PowerShell, Scripting Languages, Scripting, IT Automation, Command-Line Interface, System Configuration, File Management, Software Installation, Development Environment, Configuration Management, Integrated Development Environments, Data Management

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: New
    New
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    Packt

    Microsoft Azure For .NET Developers

    Skills you'll gain: Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS), Microsoft Azure, Virtual Machines, Cloud Hosting, .NET Framework, Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, Docker (Software), Cloud Development, Cloud Applications, Microsoft Development Tools, Containerization, Microsoft SQL Servers, Application Deployment, Platform As A Service (PaaS), Active Directory, NoSQL, Serverless Computing, Cloud Storage, Authentications

    Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

  • Status: New
    New
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    MathWorks

    Reinforcement Learning

    Skills you'll gain: Reinforcement Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Artificial Neural Networks, Applied Machine Learning, Machine Learning, Control Systems, Simulations

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • G

    Google Cloud

    Set up a SIEM forwarder for Windows on Docker

    Skills you'll gain: Docker (Software), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Software Installation, Containerization, Microsoft Windows, Event Monitoring, System Configuration, Cloud Computing, Data Security

    Beginner · Project · Less Than 2 Hours

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
    W

    Whizlabs

    AWS: Containers and Developer Tools

    Skills you'll gain: Containerization, CI/CD, Amazon Web Services, Devops Tools, Software Development Tools, Docker (Software), Kubernetes, Application Deployment, Application Performance Management, Front-End Web Development, Command-Line Interface

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Recommender Systems Complete Course Beginner to Advanced

    Skills you'll gain: Tensorflow, PyTorch (Machine Learning Library), Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Predictive Modeling, Time Series Analysis and Forecasting, Artificial Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Analysis

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

  • Status: Free Trial
    Free Trial
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    Packt

    Enterprise Network Design and Virtualization

    Skills you'll gain: Enterprise Architecture, Virtualization, Network Architecture, Network Planning And Design, Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Virtual Machines, Network Infrastructure, Wide Area Networks, Software-Defined Networking, Wireless Networks, Local Area Networks, Network Performance Management, Network Switches, Network Routers, Scalability, Network Protocols

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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

  • Automation with Drools: Knowledge-Based Decision Systems: Coursera Project Network
  • Mastering Usability Testing: Techniques and Best Practices: Board Infinity
  • Securing Container Builds: Google Cloud
  • Advanced Unity Scripting, AI, & Complete 3D Game Development: Packt
  • AI for Efficient Programming: Harnessing the Power of LLMs: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • PowerShell Skills: Packt
  • Microsoft Azure For .NET Developers: Packt
  • Reinforcement Learning: MathWorks
  • Set up a SIEM forwarder for Windows on Docker: Google Cloud
  • AWS: Containers and Developer Tools: Whizlabs

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