Prepare for a career in the high-growth field of backend development. In this program, you’ll develop skills needed for an entry-level, backend JavaScript developer in as little as 4 months. No prior degree or software engineering experience is required.
Industries have ever-increasing needs for talented backend developers who can use JavaScript to write server-side applications. These modular applications connect to front-end interfaces and enable communication with databases, networking technologies, and more to power the user experience.
When you complete this program, you’ll develop expertise with the range of back-end developer tools that make them highly sought after in our web-centric world. Get hands-on experience with server-side systems that power modern web and mobile applications to get hands-on experiences with these technologies.
Technologies covered include HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node.js, Express, Git and GitHub, SQL and NoSQL databases, containers with Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices, and Serverless. Upon completing the full program, you will have built a portfolio of projects to provide you with the confidence to excel in your interviews. You’ll receive a Professional Certificate and badge from IBM to showcase your proficiency to potential employers.
In the final course, you will learn inside tips and steps to perform professionally and effectively at interviews and unlock exclusive access to career support resources to help you in your job search.
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IBM is in Tier 2: excellent universities and the companies that build the technology of our institution ranking (84/100).
Instructor: Dennis Freeman, Kendra Pugh This course provides an integrated introduction to electrical engineering and computer science, including modern software engineering, linear systems analysis, electronic circuits, and decision-making. The lecture videos provide an overview of each topic, whi…
This playlist contains video recordings of Stanford's graduate-level CS329A course. It covers the latest techniques and applications of AI agents that can continuously improve themselves through interaction with themselves and the environment. The lecture recordings start with self-improvement tech…
Harvard University · edX
An introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming.
The field of Computer Science is headed for a major upheaval with the rise of large AI models, such as ChatGPT, that are capable of performing general-purpose reasoning and problem solving. We are headed for a future in which it will no longer be necessary to write computer programs. Rather, I beli…
*** This is CS50, Harvard University's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming. *** TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:14:01 - Bingo Board 00:14:51 - Internet 00:19:37 - TCP/IP 00:27:25 - ports 00:31:05 - DNS 00:34:20 - DHCP 00:35:25 - H…
Harvard University · edX
This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.
