This Professional Certificate will equip you with all the key skills and technical know-how to kickstart your career as a Full-Stack Cloud Native Application Developer. Guided by experts at IBM, you will learn to build your own cloud-based applications and practice working with the technologies behind them. This program consists of 10 courses with ample instructional content as well as hands-on exercises and projects designed to hone your skills and help you build your portfolio.
No prior programming experience or Cloud background is required to start this program. You’ll skill up with the tools and technologies that successful software developers use to build, deploy, test, run, and manage Full Stack Cloud Native applications, giving you the practical skills to begin a new career in a highly in-demand area.
The courses in this program will help you develop skill sets in a variety of technologies including: Cloud foundations, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, GitHub, Node.js, React, Cloud Native practices, DevOps, CI/CD, Containers, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Istio, Python programming, Databases, SQL, NoSQL, Django ORM, Bootstrap, Application Security, Microservices, Serverless computing, and more.
After completing all the courses in the program, including the capstone project, you will have developed several applications using front-end and back-end technologies and deployed them on a cloud platform using Cloud Native methodologies.
Throughout the 10 courses in the Professional Certificate you will develop a portfolio of hands-on projects involving various popular technologies and programming languages in Full Stack Cloud Application Development. These include publishing HTML pages on Cloud Object Storage; creating an interest rate calculator using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript, an AI program deployed on Cloud Foundry using DevOps principles & CI/CD toolchains with a NoSQL database, a Node.js and React application, a containerized guestbook app packaged with Docker deployed with Kubernetes & managed with OpenShift, a Python app bundled as a package, a RDBMS powered application using Django ORM and Bootstrap, and an app built using Microservices & Serverless; and completing a Capstone Project that leverages several technologies into a single scalable Cloud Native Full Stack application. You will publish these projects through your GitHub repository to share your skills with your peers and prospective employers.
Prepare for a career as a full stack developer. Gain the in-demand skills and hands-on experience to get job-ready in less than 4 months. No prior experience required.
What you’ll learn
Master the most up-to-date practical skills and tools that full stack developers use in their daily roles
Learn how to deploy and scale applications using Cloud Native methodologies and tools such as Containers, Kubernetes, Microservices, and Serverless
Develop software with front-end development languages and tools such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and Bootstrap
Build your GitHub portfolio by applying your skills to multiple labs and hands-on projects, including a capstone
