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35 Online Platforms to Grow Software Developer Skills
The story was originally posted on Vectorly's blog.
Vectorly’s knowledge base with online courses and educational content for software engineers, as well as other tech roles such as designers, product managers, marketers, and others, will save your time for research and help develop up-to-date skills.
In software engineering, new languages, tools, technologies appear and become popular every day. You have no choice but to stay up-to-date on main trends and constantly develop and expand your skillset in order to grow the market value and remain competitive.
That's why developers and engineering managers should cultivate a continuous learning mindset: constantly develop new skills, as well as integrate learning into the workflow.
Online courses to build and develop tech skills. The platform offers both paid and 200+ courses that are completely free (yet Udacity doesn’t offer a certificate for free programs).
Programs:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Business
- Cloud Computing
- Cybersecurity
- Programming & development
- Product management, etc.
Languages: English
2000+ online courses from 140 leading institutions worldwide. Students get certificates. Free courses are also available.
Programs:
- Business
- Computer Science
- Data Science
- Communication, and more
Languages: English
Video courses from leading engineers to develop front-end skills. Paid membership (special pricing for teams). Free content is also available.
Languages: English
Online courses taught by industry experts in software, creative, and business skills.
Programs:
- Business
- Creative
- Technology
Languages: English
Online learning and teaching marketplace with over 183000 courses. Programming, marketing, data science, and more. Free content is also available.
Programs:
- Development
- Business
- IT & Software
- Design
- Marketing, and more
Languages: English, French, Spanish, Russian, Spanish
Expert-authored video courses and content from beginner to advanced level. The platform also offers free skills assessment.
Programs:
- Architecture & construction
- Business
- Data
- IT ops
- Manufacturing & design
- Software Development
- Cyber Security, etc.
Languages: English
A platform for training cloud computing and testing your cloud skills. Available on subscription (with a special offer for teams). The platform also holds webinars and events.
Language: English
Interactive learning and training platform for software engineers. Over 300 real-world scenarios and counting. Students can choose a lab and start learning online. Free content.
Language: English
Data skills training platform. The platform offers skills assessment features, interactive courses and practice with quick daily challenges. Certification.
Language: English
Online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages including Python, Java, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, SQL, C++, C#, Swift, Sass, HTML, and CSS.
Many courses are free, though the paid plan offers additional learning tools, courses, and community support.
Language: English
This cybersecurity professional platform offers online courses to develop tech skills. There are also options for students:
- Certification Preparation
- Virtual Labs (hands-on experience)
- Skills Development and Assessment
Language: English
Online courses platform to build skills in tech. Among the extra features are quick skill tests and verified certificates of achievement for every course completed.
Programs:
- Project management
- Soft Skills
- Development
- Design
- Data Analysis and more
Language: English
Thousands of free online courses with certificates and diplomas. No enrollment or subscription fees.
Programs:
- IT
- Languages
- Sales & Marketing
- Management and more
Language: English
Full-time and time-part courses. The platform also holds workshops and events with industry experts. Alumni get access to the professional community.
Programs:
- Data Analysis
- Data Science
- Product Management
- Front-End Web Development
- JavaScript
- Python Programming
- Digital Marketing and more
Language: English
Lots of online materials - videos, articles, and interactive coding lessons, FOR FREE.
Language: English
Perfect for those who don’t like video courses and prefer a reading format. The platform offers text-based courses to build coding skills with the opportunity to practice the skills on real cases.
Language: English
Online courses from one of the world’s top universities: computer science, programming, data science, art & design, and more.
Language: English
The platform offers one-month-long online courses on programming languages (HTML, JavaScript, Python, SQL).
Language: English
Online interactive platform with a variety of online coding bootcamps in several areas including web development, mobile development, and design. The site also offers personal mentorship from industry experts and 6 months of professional career coaching.
Programs:
- Software Engineering
- UX/UI Design
- Data Science
- Project Management and more
Language: English
Online courses to master coding skills. The courses take from 1 week to 2 weeks depending on the qualification. The cost to attend Code with Mosh ranges from $140 to $500.
Language: English
Online coding, design (and more) classes for at-home learning. Free 7-day trial.
Programs:
- JavaScript Basics,
- Intro to HTML & CSS,
- Python Basics,
- CSS Layout, and more
Language: English
Online coding academy and developer community with courses from beginner programming fundamentals to advanced level.
Programs:
- React
- JavaScript
- Python
- CSS and more
Language: English
A free online training platform that provides interactive learning. Paths, certifications, life, and recorded events by Microsoft.
Languages: All
The platform offers hundreds of coding tutorials and programming video courses. Academind also has a community in Discord where students help each other and learn together, as well as share their progress.
Language: English
Interactive courses on data science. Build real-world projects. Certifications.
Language: English
Personalized and interactive learning video courses to develop creative skills on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. Available on subscription, 7-day free trial.
Language: English
Cloud, DevOps and 5G Training platform. Lectures and hands-on training.
Programs:
- 5G Courses
- Cloud/DevOps
- Programming
- Telecom
- SUSE
- Security
- AWS
Language: English
Courseroot aggregates and ranks the best online courses from the biggest platforms on the web. Students can filter through +50.000 online courses based on level of difficulty, price, hours of content, and certificate quality.
Language: English
Interactive online courses to build programming skills.
Programs:
- HTML and CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Animation and more
Language: Russian
Association of Telecom, Mobility, and IT Management Professionals is a membership organization dedicated to serving more than 10 million professionals around the globe who support the IT industry.
- Association Memberships
- Training & Certification
- Events & Conferences and more
Language: English
SQL tutorials, assessment, challenges, and sources.
Language: English
Online eDegrees and tutorials primarily on programming and technology. Free masterclasses.
Courses:
- Programming
- Data Science
- Software Development
Language: English
Platform trains Java developers with 1:1 mentorship online support. The platform also offers practice on real cases and a Slack community for students. 5-day free trial.
Language: Russian
Online programming school for beginners and more experienced software developers.
Programs:
- Front-end developer
- Python developer
- PHP developer
- Node.js developer
- Java, and more
Language: Russian
Online platform to master Java, Python, Spring Framework, SQL, OOP, Data Structures, and Algorithms. Video tutorials, practice, certification. Available on subscription.
To develop the skills of a tech team and save time for research, try Vectorly’s Growth Plans, which automate the process of finding a relevant source.
Vectorly analyzes the working activity of your team members for you and offers specific activities from the knowledge base, integrated with the service. All you need to do is choose between the offered recommendations and add the task to an employee’s to-do list.
The story was originally posted on Vectorly's blog.
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