Backend Development Courses and Certifications

Foundations of Coding Back-End

135 ratings at Coursera

Learn coding fundamentals for back-end work in C#: design algorithms and flowcharts, write pseudocode, use control structures, loops and methods, and version code with Git and GitHub.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Firebase In Depth

1646 ratings at Udemy

Full-stack Development with Firebase, Firestore, Firebase Storage & Hosting, Firebase Cloud Functions & AngularFire

• Udemy
• 10 hours 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

PHP for Beginners: PHP Crash Course

1510 ratings at Udemy

Learn PHP for Beginners with this complete PHP crash course

• Udemy
• 5 hours 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

NGINX, Apache, SSL Encryption - Certification Course

1476 ratings at Udemy

Install, Configure, and Secure NGINX & Apache on an Ubuntu Server using Digital Ocean & Let's Encrypt SSL

• Udemy
• 3 hours 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Nginx 2026 - Beginner to Advanced

1581 ratings at Udemy

Master Nginx from the HTTP protocol up: configure reverse proxies, load balancers, caching, access control, logging, HTTP compression, and cryptographic modules.

• Udemy
• 9 hours 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Back-End Development with .NET

84 ratings at Coursera

Build web APIs with ASP.NET Core: handle routing, dependency injection, serialization, and middleware, add OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, and use Microsoft Copilot to write and debug code.

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

Learn Node.js

1280 ratings at Codecademy

Learn about the different components of a web application's back-end and explore the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment.

• Codecademy
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Trial Available

Packt

API Integration and Extending Strapi

1 rating

Integrate Strapi's REST and GraphQL APIs: run CRUD operations with filtering and pagination, then write custom controllers, routes, lifecycle hooks, mutations, and resolvers.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Node.js & MongoDB: Developing Back-end Database Applications

55 ratings at Coursera

Build RESTful APIs with Node.js and Express that connect to MongoDB, handle errors, and optimize and scale backend applications for cloud-native deployment.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Install NGINX, PHP, MySQL, SSL & WordPress on Ubuntu

1114 ratings at Udemy

Learn to Install & Configure NGINX on Ubuntu 18.04. Includes MySQL, PHP, PhpMyAdmin, WordPress & SSL Integration.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Integrating Python for Web Systems, Testing, and Packaging

21 ratings at Coursera

Clean and parse web content with Tidy and Beautiful Soup, build CGI and Python Server Pages apps, test with doctest and unittest, and package modules using distutils.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Codio

Go for Python Developers

10 ratings at Coursera

Learn Go with runnable browser exercises: syntax, error handling, standard libraries, pointers, goroutines, dependency management, profiling, and web services built with Gin and gRPC.

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

EDUCBA

XHTML - Server Side Programming with PHP

10 ratings at Coursera

Set up a local PHP environment, generate dynamic XHTML output, process form input with GET and POST, and control program flow with conditionals and loops.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Scrimba

Learn Firebase

Build Moody, a private mood journal app with Firebase: email, password and Google authentication, Cloud Firestore data operations, security rules, and real-time post updates.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Coursera

APIs in Node.js: Write a RESTful API Backend Application

Build a shopping list backend application in Node.js using Visual Studio Code, implementing a RESTful API over HTTP.

• Coursera
• 1 hour 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course