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Developers, web builders and testers now write, review, document and test code with AI assistants such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex and Gemini, and because those tools can produce insecure or wrong code that still looks right, training on how to prompt, check and test their output matters before you rely on them at work.

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AI Fluency: Framework & FoundationsAnthropic AcademyYou learn the 4D framework of Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence for working with AI systems, plus how generative AI works, its capabilities and limits, and effective prompting techniques. A final assessment earns a certificate.CertificateFree4 hrsClaude Code 101 (Anthropic Academy)Anthropic AcademyYou learn how an AI coding agent differs from a chat tool, install Claude Code in your terminal or editor, follow an explore, plan, code and commit loop, and set up CLAUDE.md memory, subagents, MCP servers and hooks.CertificateFreeSelf pacedOpenAI Academy: AI FoundationsOpenAI AcademyYou learn the core practices for using ChatGPT at work: writing stronger prompts, giving context, checking outputs and using AI responsibly, applied to drafting, summarizing, planning and meeting prep. Scoring 80% or higher on the assessment earns a badge.CertificateFree60 to 75 minOpenAI Academy: Codex Pathway Certificate (3 courses)OpenAI AcademyYou take three short courses on Codex, starting with handing it a first coding task, then extending its workflows, then running it safely across governed teams and systems, passing a quiz for each.CertificateFree4.5 hrsAmazon Q Developer Getting Started (AWS Skill Builder)AWS Training and CertificationYou get a one hour tour of Amazon Q Developer, what it does for coding on AWS, where teams use it, the technical ideas behind it and what it costs, so you can decide whether to try it.TrainingFree1 hrCoding With Junie (JetBrains Academy and Nebius)JetBrains AcademyYou install Junie in a JetBrains IDE and build a project from scratch, writing prompts for a food image web app, planning features with project guidelines and Ask mode, then debugging, writing tests and automating upkeep.TrainingFree20 hrsVibe Coding 101 with Replit (DeepLearning.AI)DeepLearning.AIYou build two small web apps with the Replit agent, a website SEO analyzer and a national parks voting app with saved data, after writing a short product requirements document and wireframe, then debug and customize them.TrainingFree1.5 hrsIntroduction to Generative AI (Google Skills course with badge)Google Cloud Certification and Google SkillsIn about 45 minutes you learn what generative AI is, how people use it, how it differs from traditional machine learning, and which Google tools you can use to build your own gen AI apps, then earn a badge.CertificateFree to learn45 minClaude Code: Software Engineering with Generative AI Agents (Vanderbilt University on Coursera)Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt AI Law Lab)You practice running Claude Code like a tech lead directing several developers, giving it process and context, keeping code quality high, splitting work across git branches and using images in prompts.CertificateSee details5 hrsStreamline App Development with Gemini Code Assist (Google Skills course with badge)Google Cloud Certification and Google SkillsYou try Gemini Code Assist on Google Cloud as a coding partner, using its suggestions and autocompletion, catching errors as you type and getting refactoring help, then complete a challenge lab to earn the badge.CertificateVaries2 hrsGemini CLI: Code and Create with an Open Source Agent (DeepLearning.AI with Google)DeepLearning.AIYou use Google's open source Gemini CLI from the terminal, give it project context with GEMINI.md, connect MCP servers and extensions, and set it up to review code automatically through GitHub Actions.TrainingVaries1 hr
IntermediateBuild on the basics. Some experience or a first certificate helps.8
Claude Code: A Highly Agentic Coding Assistant (DeepLearning.AI with Anthropic)DeepLearning.AIYou use Claude Code on three real projects: a RAG chatbot codebase, turning an ecommerce notebook into a dashboard, and building a web app from a Figma mockup, while managing context, planning, subagents, worktrees and hooks.TrainingFree2 hrsMicrosoft Learn: Building applications with GitHub Copilot agent mode (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou open a GitHub Codespace, prompt Copilot agent mode to create an application, steer it with documentation files and watch how it works through a codebase to fix errors, refactor and add features.TrainingFreeSelf pacedMicrosoft Learn: Develop unit tests using GitHub Copilot tools (module)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou use GitHub Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code to write unit tests, target edge cases, plan test work with Plan and Agent modes and fix failing tests, then confirm the test project builds and runs.TrainingFreeSelf pacedMicrosoft Learn: Get started with AI assisted development (AZ 2007 learning path)Microsoft Learn / Microsoft CredentialsYou work through six hands on modules in Visual Studio Code, using GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat to explain an existing codebase, write docs and comments, add features, generate unit tests and clean up code, then build a small app with the Copilot agent.TrainingFreeSelf pacedGenerative AI for Software Development (DeepLearning.AI on Coursera)DeepLearning.AIYou learn how LLMs work so you can use them as a developer, then use them to prototype and test features, find and fix bugs, write tests and docs with a team, and help design software and databases.CertificateSee details34 hrsISTQB Certified Tester AI Testing (CT AI) v2.0ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)You learn how to test systems that contain AI, from quality traits like those in ISO/IEC 25059 to ML performance metrics, then design tests for training data and models and help shape an ML test strategy.Certification$19960 minISTQB Certified Tester Testing with Generative AI (CT GenAI)ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board)You learn to use LLMs as a tester: writing prompts that produce useful test cases and data, spotting hallucinations and other GenAI risks, choosing LLM powered test tools and planning how a test team adopts them.Certification$19960 minGitHub Copilot Certification (Exam GH 300)GitHubYou prepare to prove you can use GitHub Copilot well on real code: choosing features across plans, writing prompts with the right context, using Copilot to raise productivity and testing, and setting privacy and content exclusions.CertificationPrice not published100 min

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