Programming Fundamentals Courses and Certifications

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Introduction to Programming

57 ratings

Learn programming fundamentals across Python and JavaScript by building games, an eCommerce cart, a webpage, and using Git/GitHub.

• Udacity
• 109 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Learn to Program: The Fundamentals

110 ratings

Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs using the Python language.

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

• Best of All Time

Computing in Python I: Fundamentals and Procedural Programming

280 ratings

Learn the fundamentals of computing in Python, including variables, operators, and writing and debugging your own programs.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 9-10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Programming Foundations with JavaScript, HTML and CSS

16 ratings

Build interactive web pages with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: write functions, for loops, and conditionals, and create a site where users upload and filter images.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 8 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Programming Fundamentals

7046 ratings at Coursera

Learn a seven-step process for designing correct algorithms in C: trace code by hand, work with basic and custom types in binary, and build a sorting algorithm.

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

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python

27 ratings

The course is intended for students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems and to help students.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 10 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Application Programming Fundamentals

40 ratings at Coursera

Learn programming fundamentals in Python: data types, operators, variables, subroutines, conditionals and loops, plus algorithms, design patterns, and object-oriented concepts like inheritance and polymorphism.

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

Packt

Fundamentals of Programming Using Flowchart and Pseudocode

Visualize program logic using flowcharts in Diagrams.net and pseudocode in Notepad++, covering variables and types, operators, conditional statements, loops, functions, comments, and exceptions.

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

Packt

Programming Fundamentals

Learn Python from scratch: set up the environment, use the REPL, variables, numbers, strings and booleans, if/elif conditions, lists, dictionaries, sets, and loops.

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

Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python)

50735 ratings

This course aims to teach everyone the basics of programming computers using Python. We cover the basics of how one constructs a program from a series of simple instructions in Python.

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

• Best of All Time

CS50's AP® Computer Science Principles

240 ratings

This is CS50 AP, Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for students in high school, which satisfies the College Board's new A

• edX
• 36 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python.

131 ratings

An introduction to computer science as a tool to solve real-world analytical problems using Python 3.5.

• edX
• 9 weeks, 14-16 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• $300.00

• Best of All Time

Fundamentals of Programming for Digital Health Winter Term 2025/2026

Learn basic and intermediate programming in Python and R: data structures, conditions, loops, data input and output, analysis and visualization.

• openHPI
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2)

59 ratings

Build interactive Python games such as Blackjack and Asteroids using mouse input, lists, dictionaries, classes, sprites, collision detection, and animation.

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

Introduction to Programming with MATLAB

206 ratings

This course teaches computer programming to those with little to no previous experience. It uses the programming system and language called MATLAB to do so because it is easy to learn, versatile and very useful for engineers and other professionals.

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

• Best of All Time