Job Description
See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills
Prepare for a career in Computer Science
- Receive professional-level training from IBM
- Demonstrate your proficiency in portfolio-ready projects
- Earn an employer-recognized certificate from IBM
Get exclusive access to career resources upon completion
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Professional Certificate - 11 course series
When you complete this program, you’ll develop expertise with the range of back-end developer tools that make them highly sought after in our web-centric world. Get hands-on experience with server-side systems that power modern web and mobile applications to get hands-on experiences with these technologies.
In the final course, you will learn inside tips and steps to perform professionally and effectively at interviews and unlock exclusive access to career support resources to help you in your job search.
Throughout the professional certificate, you have ample opportunities to apply skills learned through labs and projects. Projects include:
Creating and sharing open-source projects on GitHub.
Writing a server-side application that stores, retrieves, and manages book ratings and reviews with Node.js and Express framework.
Building and deploying a multitier guestbook with rolling updates using Openshift image streams.
Writing a backend application that uses MongoDB with API endpoints so it readily integrates with a client-side application and deploying it to Kubernetes.
Preparing your backend developer resume and portfolio.
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