Backend Development Courses and Certifications

Hitesh Choudhary

Postman Assignment for Routes Testing

Practical guide to testing and configuring backend routes using Postman, focusing on JWT verification, file uploads, and essential actions like register and login.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Envato Tuts+

Building the Back-End of a Photo Site

Learn to create a dynamic photo site backend using PHP and jQuery for asynchronous photo management, including adding, deleting, and updating functionalities.

• YouTube
• 41 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hussein Nasser

Microsoft IIS as a Backend - CPU Throttling in the Application Pool

Explore advanced Application Pool settings in IIS, including multi-processing, pipeline modes, CPU limiting, and processor affinity for optimized backend performance.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Philipp Lackner

Backend Dev Crash Course for Beginners With Spring Boot - Kotlin, JWT Auth, MongoDB (2025)

Master backend development with Spring Boot, Kotlin, JWT authentication, and MongoDB by building a complete CRUD API with user registration and secure note storage from scratch.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Philipp Lackner

Introduction to Spring Boot for Android Developers in 15 Minutes

Discover how to transition from Android/KMP development to backend with Spring Boot and Kotlin in just 15 minutes of practical guidance.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

PedroTech

Backend Complete Course - NodeJS, ExpressJS, JWT, PostgreSQL, Prisma

Master backend development with NodeJS, Express, JWT authentication, PostgreSQL, Prisma ORM, validation using ZOD, and API deployment to build complete server applications.

• YouTube
• 3 hours 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Tech with Tim

Python Backend Developer Skills and Learning Path - 2024 Guide

Discover the essential skills, tools, and knowledge required to become a successful Python backend developer, from core language concepts to deployment strategies.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Philipp Lackner

Simple Spring Boot Pagination With Pageable and Data Repositories

Master Spring Boot pagination using Pageable and Data Repositories to efficiently handle large datasets from MongoDB and other databases in just 15 minutes.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

Full-Stack Web Development Certificate

833 ratings at Noble Desktop

Master full-stack web development from HTML to React, building real-world projects while learning essential tools, frameworks, and best practices for both front-end and back-end development.

• Noble Desktop
• 420 hours
• Self-Paced
• $7,995.00

1littlecoder

Convex Chef: Turn Any Prompt Into a Profitable SaaS Backend

Discover Convex Chef, an AI agent that builds full-stack, real-time apps from a single prompt, eliminating setup and boilerplate code for faster MVP development and backend implementation.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Augmented Startups

Building a Smart Backend for AI-Powered Pest Detection

Master backend development for AI pest detection with Flask, YOLOv8, and OpenAI integration, including weather data analysis and chatbot functionality for agricultural applications.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Conf42

Optimizing Backend API Performance

Discover effective strategies for enhancing backend API performance through pagination, asynchronous logging, caching, payload compression, and connection pooling techniques.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Meta Career Certificate

Meta Full Stack Developer: Front-End & Back-End from Scratch

25280 ratings at Coursera

Master full-stack web development with Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, and Django through hands-on projects and expert guidance, building a portfolio that showcases your ability to create complete web applications.

• Coursera
• 32 weeks, 10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 10 courses

Career Certificate

Generative AI for Software Developers

11833 ratings at Coursera

Learn to leverage generative AI in software development, from basics to advanced applications. Master prompt engineering and boost programming skills using AI tools for various tasks.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Yannic Kilcher

Open Assistant Inference Backend Development

Hands-on coding session building streaming inference into Hugging Face's text generation server, covering CUDA, Python, Rust, gRPC, WebSockets, and server-sent events for AI development.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video