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Software Engineering Tools and Practices Specialization

Hands-on Introduction to Software Engineering

Evan Fingerman
Veronika Shchiraia
Dmitrii Suchkov

Instructors: Evan Fingerman

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.0

(21 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Provision development environment with a script

  • Create and access web APIs

  • Test software with different tools and philosophies

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Specialization - 6 course series

Mastering Ansible Automation

Mastering Ansible Automation

Course 110 hours

What you'll learn

  • Automate tasks associated with files, packages, and users

  • Learn the syntax and structure of YAML files

Skills you'll gain

Category: Ansible
Category: User Accounts
Category: Automation
Category: Package and Software Management
Category: File Management
Category: Unix
Category: Web Applications
Category: YAML
Category: Unix Shell
Category: Apache
Category: Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Category: Linux Administration
Category: System Configuration

What you'll learn

  • Introduction to Github Actions

  • Automate building, testing, and quality control

  • Deploying code

Skills you'll gain

Category: Continuous Integration
Category: CI/CD
Category: Continuous Deployment
Category: Automation
Category: Version Control
Category: Application Deployment
Category: DevOps
Category: Test Automation
Category: Git (Version Control System)
Category: Key Management
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Software Quality Assurance
Category: GitHub

What you'll learn

  • Create tests with Jest

  • Test UIs with Selenium and Cucumber

  • Use testing tools like Postman and JMeter

Skills you'll gain

Category: User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Category: Selenium (Software)
Category: Behavior-Driven Development
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Performance Testing
Category: Software Testing
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Postman API Platform
Category: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework)
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Acceptance Testing
Category: Usability Testing
Category: Test Automation
Category: Functional Testing
Category: Test Case
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: Test Tools
Category: API Design
Category: Cucumber (Software)
API Development

API Development

Course 410 hours

What you'll learn

  • Accessing web APIs

  • Creating a simple web server

  • Authentication.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Servers
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: OAuth
Category: Restful API
Category: Authentications
Category: Application Security
Category: Web Servers
Category: JSON
Category: Web Development Tools
Category: Software Documentation
Category: Web Services

What you'll learn

  • Use specific metrics to monitor users, servers, and applications.

  • Collect important performance metrics with Prometheus

  • Build dashboards and visualizations with Grafana

Skills you'll gain

Category: Application Performance Management
Category: Prometheus (Software)
Category: Grafana
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Web Analytics and SEO
Category: Network Monitoring
Category: Performance Testing
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Server Administration
RESTful MVC Architecture

RESTful MVC Architecture

Course 66 hours

What you'll learn

  • Determine how data flows between a client-side MVC patterned frontend web application and its server-side API

  • Explore how APIs enable communication between the client- and server-side of an application

  • Refactor component code into a model

Skills you'll gain

Category: Vue.JS
Category: Model View Controller
Category: Javascript
Category: HTML and CSS
Category: Full-Stack Web Development
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Web Applications
Category: API Design
Category: Software Design Patterns
Category: Server Side
Category: Restful API
Category: Unit Testing

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Instructors

Evan Fingerman
Codio
1 Course4,141 learners
Veronika Shchiraia
Codio
1 Course3,542 learners
Dmitrii Suchkov
Codio
6 Courses7,568 learners

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