The best 5 courses from Coursera that you should watch right now
The best 5 courses from Coursera that you should watch right now
What courses will you follow in August? It is necessary every month to learn new skills and techniques, especially skills that can be exploited in the career path, and help you to get a job in the field of IT. And our favorite platform for getting the best professional courses you can take is Coursera.
The Coursera platform brings from time to time a set of useful courses for the user to follow, especially as they are provided by professional and professional sources such as: companies such as Google, IBM and Facebook, or from international universities such as the University of Michigan or San Francisco and more. Here are our picks for the best courses offered by Coursera.
1- Specialization in the field of Blockchain - Provided by University of Buffalo
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Blockchain is one of the technologies that has seriously changed the concept of the Internet, as it is an invention that is similar to the invention of the Internet itself. However, most people do not understand what a blockchain is, how it works, and why it is so important in recent years. The University of Buffalo in New York, USA, took the initiative to offer a full path not only to understanding blockchain, but also to specializing in it and obtaining a certificate in Blockchain (Specialization).
Through this course, he will first understand a set of different concepts related to the Blockchain, such as smart contracts and understanding how transactions and the transmission process work within the Blockchain network. Basically acquiring the initial principles related to Blockchain. Then the course moves with you to more complex concepts such as understanding the mechanics of the blockchain, how to build and design decentralized software based on smart contracts, and even move to building huge projects on the blockchain network.
It can be completed within 4 months at a rate of 4 hours per week, and the period can be reduced by only one month by increasing the number of weekly views, because the course has very flexible follow-up hours.
2- Python for Everyone - Presented by the University of Michigan
The Python programming language is becoming more and more popular day by day, and almost all developers are directed to develop using the Python programming language. So we set an appointment for you to learn Python this time in a very academic way through a course presented to you by experts from the University of Michigan in the United States, with obtaining a certificate in the latter that demonstrates your professionalism in the Python programming language.
This course begins with you by explaining the Python programming language, its advantages and disadvantages, and why you should choose Python in a professional course at the expense of other programming languages. Then you begin to install the Python programming language and write your first program using it, then move on to the normal basics that must be learned (variables, functions, conditions, loops, classes...). You will rely on advanced techniques later, such as connecting databases with Python, object-oriented programming in Python, and more.
The course is available for complete beginners who are either beginners in programming in general or Python in particular. By following the course 3 hours a week, you can finish it within 8 months, with the opportunity to complete it in a much shorter time by increasing the number of hours of weekly writing. And do not forget that the course supports many languages in the translation options.
3- Your Complete Guide To DeFi, The Future Of Digital Payments - Submitted by Duke University
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According to the first course specialized in Blockchain, we suggest you a secondary course from Duke University that specializes in explaining the techniques of decentralized money management or Decentralized Finance, which is abbreviated as DeFi, presented to you by Duke University in the United States.
In this course, you will learn an initial but deep learning of everything related to decentralized services and understand what decentralization is, and then specialize in understanding the decentralization of digital services (DeFi). You will take an additional and slightly boring lesson about its history as well, before the course moves with you to explain more in-depth concepts and how decentralized services and payments work, and even how your financial service can be made (as a cryptocurrency, a protocol for smart contracts, or even your own Digital Signature industry).
The course does not currently support Arabic translation, so it is necessary to be fluent in English before taking the course. It can be completed in 4 months at a rate of 2 hours per week, with an increase in the duration with an increase in the weekly viewing hours.
4- Master the Data Science field with a Professional Certificate - Offered by IBM
Data science or data science is a field that many may not be interested in, but in big companies, it is everything. You can also use data science to your advantage to collect and analyze data, for example, and come up with results that can later be sold to companies or people interested in it.
IBM, which specializes in this field, offers you a full course to learn and even professional data science through a professional course provided by the company's experts, and at the end of the course you also receive a professional certificate provided by Coursera and IBM together. It also does not require you to have any previous experience to take this course.
What will you learn through this course? You will first begin by understanding what data science is, what tasks, purpose, and responsibilities are assigned to a data science expert. Then start dealing with programming languages used in the field (such as Java, SQL...) and libraries active in this field (such as Pandas and SciPy..), and dealing with other tools and technologies such as (Oracle, PostgreSQL...). Then hone your skills by collecting, analyzing, visualizing data, and more. You will even deal with deep learning, machine learning, and other services like RStudio.
The course is available for beginners, by the way, even professionals, and can be completed within 11 months at a rate of 3 hours per week, with the possibility of reducing the period by increasing the number of hours per week. And do not forget that it is available in Arabic as subtitles for videos.
5- How to Become a Professional Full Stack Developer - Provided by IBM
We conclude with a full course to become a Full Stack Developer brought to you by IBM. The course aims to teach you all the basics that you will need to develop Front End and Back End websites using specific techniques. At the end of the course you will also receive a certificate from IBM that certifies your knowledge of web development techniques.
In this course, you will first learn the basics of developing web pages and interfaces such as HTML, CSS, Javascript, React and Bootstrap initially. Then move on to working on frameworks and libraries such as Express, Nodejs, Python Django and others. The best is to rely on cloud services for enterprise development, which includes the use of technologies such as Kubernetes, Serverless, and Microservices. Then in the end, achieving the end result, which is the creation of an integrated website.
The course is available for complete beginners without the need for any kind of previous experience, and it can be completed within 13 months at a rate of 3 hours per week, with the possibility of reducing it significantly to two months or less by increasing the weekly viewing hours.