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Introduction to Career Skills in Software Development 

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Overview

Discover the power of computing in projects and technical roles, as you prepare for the Microsoft GSI Programming Foundations certificate exam

Duration

2 hours

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

Credential

Certificate

Introduction to Career Skills in Software Development
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Highlights

  • Earn a certificate of completion from LinkedIn Learning
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Introduction to Career Skills in Software Development
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More about this course
  • Learn about a week in the life of a programmer working in software development
  • Explore tools of the trade and various programming languages with a crash course in Python, the object-oriented programming language that’s beginner-friendly and easy to use
  • Upon completing this course, you’ll be ready to rewrite your resume and kick off your job hunt today
  • In this course, instructor Annyce Davis gives you a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes look at what it’s really like to be a programmer, from basic concepts and core professional skills, to landing your first role and advancing your career

Introduction to Career Skills in Software Development
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Curriculum

Introduction

Beginning your programming journey

Life as a Programmer

What do programmers do?

A week in the life

The biggest challenges

Keeping your skills sharp

Software Development

What is software development?

The software development process

Explore the various roles in software development

Tools used for software development

Getting software to customers

Tools of the Trade

Explore version control systems

Tour various code repository services

Introduction to libraries and frameworks

Survey different types of IDEs

Learn where to get help

Programming Languages

What is a programming language?

Basic components of a programming language

What is source code?

Running source code

Exploring variables

Basic statements and expressions

Python Show and Tell

Introduction to Python

Basic Python syntax

Saving data with Python

Making decisions with Python

Functions in Python

Challenge: What's the output?

Solution: What's the output?

Working with Python

Introduction to object-oriented programming

Creating and using a class

How to organize your code

Adding modules to your programs

How Python is used in the real world

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Introduction to Career Skills in Software Development
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Faculty details

Annyce Davis, Vice President of Engineering at Meetup

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Learning Experience: Course is for freshers as how the project starts what kind of work every domain does and how the SDLC implied
Faculty: Faculty was the experienced persons the way of teaching was good and practical explanation and theoretical was perfect We have 3 modules and each module consists atleast 8 sub chapters and for every sub chapter they will conduct quiz
Course Support: It helps alot teaching from basics to advance level
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