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Programming Essentials — Zero to Expert

Everything between "hello world" and writing production-grade software — core programming fundamentals, clean code, git, debugging, and the engineering practices that separate hobbyists from professionals.

+500 XP30h (405m total)27 lessons0 enrolled

What you'll learn

Core programming fundamentals
Object-oriented & functional thinking
Debugging & testing your own code
Git & collaboration
Writing production-quality code

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Curriculum— 6 modules, 27 lessons

How Computers Actually Run Your CodeFREE12m Variables, Types, and the Memory Behind ThemFREE12m

Control Flow Done Right12m

Functions — Writing Code That's Actually Reusable15m

OOP — Classes, Objects, and Why They Exist15m

Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism in Practice15m

Functional Programming Concepts Every Engineer Should Know15m

Error Handling — Exceptions, Return Codes, Failing Gracefully12m

Exercise — Refactor a Messy Function into Clean Code20m

Git Fundamentals — Commits, Branches, Merges15m

Git in a Team — PRs, Rebasing, Resolving Conflicts15m

Debugging — A Systematic Approach (Not Just print)15m

Reading Code You Didn't Write12m

Writing Tests for Your Own Code15m

Clean Code Principles — Naming, Functions, Structure15m

Code Review — Giving and Receiving Feedback That Helps12m

Design Patterns — the Ones You'll Actually Use18m

Working with APIs and External Dependencies15m

Exercise — Take a Working Script to Production-Ready20m

Concurrency and Parallelism — Threads, Async, Race Conditions18m

Memory Management — Stack, Heap, Garbage Collection15m

Performance — Profiling Before You Optimize15m

Databases from the Application Side — Queries, ORMs, N+115m

Designing APIs and Interfaces That Age Well15m

Technical Debt — Recognizing It and Paying It Down Deliberately12m

Building Resilient Systems — Retries, Timeouts, Circuit Breakers15m

Checkpoint — Programming Essentials Comprehensive Review20m