United States Courses & Certifications

Building Rust AWS Lambda Microservices with Cargo Lambda

Build an AWS Lambda function in Rust with Cargo Lambda: write a handler, deploy and invoke it locally and on AWS, and debug using logging and tracing.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Build a Static Website with Rust and Zola

Build and deploy a static website with the Zola generator: install it, structure the site, apply themes and templates, customize configuration, and publish to cloud hosting.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Emphasizing Christian Formation

Explore how the Methodist doctrine of holiness shapes Christian formation through preaching, fellowship networks, education, and Wesleyan prayer, then reassess your own community's practices.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to FastAPI framework

Build a web application with FastAPI: create routes, define validated request body models, run the API with Uvicorn, and test endpoints through interactive OpenAPI docs.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Introduction to Flask framework

Build a basic Flask web application: handle requests with route decorators, return responses, raise errors, and run the app locally for debugging.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Setup Python

Set up isolated Python environments: create and activate virtual environments with venv, then install and pin dependencies using pip, requirements.txt and pyproject.toml.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Local LLMs with llamafile

Package open-source AI models into portable llamafile executables, deploy them on Windows, macOS and Linux, monitor GPU usage, and query llamafile APIs with Python.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Rust Axum Greedy Coin Microservice

Build a coin change microservice in Rust with Axum: implement the greedy algorithm, create RESTful routes, containerize with Docker, and deploy to AWS and GCP.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Building a Bash Command-Line Tool

Build a reusable bash script for generating reports, using variables, functions, control flow, and command-line arguments to automate repetitive command line tasks.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Understand Big O Notation in Python

Model algorithmic efficiency tradeoffs in Python: simulate real-world systems with Big O notation and quantify the performance impact of technical and business decisions.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Python Decorator Functions

Use Python decorators to change function behavior without touching source code, writing custom decorators for timing, logging, and caching.

• Coursera
• 4 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Practical Python: Start Your Programming Journey

Write your first Python programs in VSCode using variables, type casting, conditionals, random numbers, and loops, building a poem generator and a text adventure game.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 9 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Forming Christ-Shaped Leaders

Explore what it means to lead as a Christ-shaped leader, drawing on Wesleyan wisdom, discernment of vocation, trauma-aware ministry, and Jesus's Great Commandment teachings.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Beginning Llamafile for Local Large Language Models (LLMs)

Run large language models locally with llamafile and llama.cpp, exposing REST endpoints for text generation, tokenization, and embeddings, and calling them with curl and Python.

• Coursera
• 3 hours 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

End to End LLMs with Azure

Build and deploy LLM applications on Azure: serve models with Azure OpenAI Service and inference APIs in Python, implement RAG with Azure Search, and automate deployments via GitHub Actions.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course