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[Featured image] A DevOps engineer is taking notes on a GitHub repository.

What Is GitHub? Use Cases and FAQ

GitHub is a web-based social coding platform. This article offers an overview of how GitHub works, its role in professional and open-source development, and how individuals and teams use it to collaborate on code.

August 31, 2023

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[Featured image] A UX designer is on their laptop looking at a service blueprint.

What Is a Service Blueprint?

Learn what a customer blueprint can do for your company, from helping employees perform to enhancing customer service.

August 30, 2023

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[Featured Image] A person works at a desktop computer to improve user flow on a website.

What Is User Flow?

Considering user flow in the UX design process is important. Learn more about this key concept and how it differs from the user journey.

August 30, 2023

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[Featured image] A DevOps engineer is taking notes on a GitHub repository.

What Is GitHub? Use Cases and FAQ

GitHub is a web-based social coding platform. This article offers an overview of how GitHub works, its role in professional and open-source development, and how individuals and teams use it to collaborate on code.

August 31, 2023

Article

[Featured image] A UX designer is on their laptop looking at a service blueprint.

What Is a Service Blueprint?

Learn what a customer blueprint can do for your company, from helping employees perform to enhancing customer service.

August 30, 2023

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Top courses to explore computer science and engineering

IBM

Skills you'll gain: Cloud Deployment, Software Development Life Cycle, CI/CD, Cloud-Native Computing, Istio, Software Architecture, Node.JS, React Redux, Cloud Computing Architecture, Application Deployment, Restful API, Responsive Web Design, Django (Web Framework), Git (Version Control System), HTML and CSS, Server Side, Cloud Computing, Data Ethics, Data Import/Export, Engineering Software

Build toward a degree

4.6
Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
60K reviews

Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

Status: Hands-On Projects

Meta

Skills you'll gain: Jest (JavaScript Testing Framework), Django (Web Framework), Version Control, Restful API, Responsive Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Unix Commands, HTML and CSS, Git (Version Control System), API Testing, GitHub, Relational Databases, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Database Management Systems, Bootstrap (Front-End Framework), React.js, Mobile Development, SQL, Database Design, Python Programming

4.7
Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
25K reviews

Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

IBM

Skills you'll gain: Software Development Life Cycle, Cloud-Native Computing, Software Architecture, Hibernate (Java), Database Design, Responsive Web Design, Docker (Software), Containerization, Git (Version Control System), GitHub, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), CI/CD, Restful API, Data Ethics, Java Programming, Model Deployment, Engineering Software, Version Control, Database Management, Software Design

4.6
Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
7.5K reviews

Beginner · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

[Featured Image] Two people working at a desk, analyzing notes from a business report.

What Is Task Analysis?

Learn about task analysis and how this process of observation can help people understand how and why someone completes a task to improve the user experience.

August 30, 2023

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[Featured image] A UX designer is using their phone to learn about skeuomorphism.

What Is Skeuomorphism?

Learn how skeuomorphism fits into user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design as well as the role it has played in the development of digital design.

August 29, 2023

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[Featured image] A UX designer is researching on a desktop the types of assistive technology they'll need to incorporate into a product.

What Is Assistive Technology?

Discover how assistive technology enhances the capabilities of people with disabilities and improves their well-being.

August 28, 2023

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[Featued image] A group of UX designers is usability testing on a laptop.

What Is Usability Testing?

Learn more about usability testing, from the benefits and different methods to how to get started.

August 24, 2023

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[Featured image] A UX designer is researching affinity diagrams on their laptop while holding a mug.

What Is an Affinity Diagram?

Considered one of the seven new management and planning tools, an affinity diagram helps you organize ideas and data into natural and meaningful relationships.

August 23, 2023

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[Featured image] A UX designer is researching about iconography on their laptop.

What Is Iconography?

Learn more about the important role of iconography as a visual language for users and online tools in the UX design world.

August 22, 2023

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[Featured image] A person in a polka-dot shirt stands in front of a wood-paneled wall and taps the screen of their tablet, which features a graphical user interface (GUI).

What Is a GUI?

Explore what a graphical user interface (GUI) is, how it differs from a command-line interface (CLI), and what elements make up a GUI.

August 21, 2023

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[Featued image] An IT specialist is working at a cafe and researching binary code.

What Is Binary Code?

Learn what binary code is, how it works, and the role it plays in the digital communication processes.

August 21, 2023

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[Featured image] A learner is researching about typography on their laptop at home.

What Is Typography?

Learn about the importance of typography and how the style, size, and spacing of certain typefaces impact the overall message and design of a print or digital document.

August 21, 2023

Article

[Featured Image] A person works at a desktop computer to improve user flow on a website.

What Is User Flow?

Considering user flow in the UX design process is important. Learn more about this key concept and how it differs from the user journey.

August 30, 2023

Article

[Featured Image] Two people working at a desk, analyzing notes from a business report.

What Is Task Analysis?

Learn about task analysis and how this process of observation can help people understand how and why someone completes a task to improve the user experience.

August 30, 2023

Article

[Featured image] A UX designer is using their phone to learn about skeuomorphism.

What Is Skeuomorphism?

Learn how skeuomorphism fits into user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) design as well as the role it has played in the development of digital design.

August 29, 2023

Article

[Featured image] A UX designer is researching on a desktop the types of assistive technology they'll need to incorporate into a product.

What Is Assistive Technology?

Discover how assistive technology enhances the capabilities of people with disabilities and improves their well-being.

August 28, 2023

Article

[Featued image] A group of UX designers is usability testing on a laptop.

What Is Usability Testing?

Learn more about usability testing, from the benefits and different methods to how to get started.

August 24, 2023

Article

[Featured image] A UX designer is researching affinity diagrams on their laptop while holding a mug.

What Is an Affinity Diagram?

Considered one of the seven new management and planning tools, an affinity diagram helps you organize ideas and data into natural and meaningful relationships.

August 23, 2023

Article

[Featured image] A UX designer is researching about iconography on their laptop.

What Is Iconography?

Learn more about the important role of iconography as a visual language for users and online tools in the UX design world.

August 22, 2023

Article

[Featured image] A person in a polka-dot shirt stands in front of a wood-paneled wall and taps the screen of their tablet, which features a graphical user interface (GUI).

What Is a GUI?

Explore what a graphical user interface (GUI) is, how it differs from a command-line interface (CLI), and what elements make up a GUI.

August 21, 2023

Article

[Featued image] An IT specialist is working at a cafe and researching binary code.

What Is Binary Code?

Learn what binary code is, how it works, and the role it plays in the digital communication processes.

August 21, 2023

Article

[Featured image] A learner is researching about typography on their laptop at home.

What Is Typography?

Learn about the importance of typography and how the style, size, and spacing of certain typefaces impact the overall message and design of a print or digital document.

August 21, 2023

Article

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