FreeBeginner
Web Development Basics
Learn how the web works and build a responsive personal page with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
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Programming Fundamentals
Programming Fundamentals
A gentle start for absolute beginners. You will learn what a program is, how Java code is compiled and run, and the building blocks every programming language shares: variables, data types, operators, conditions, loops and methods. Each lesson ends with a small exercise you can try on your own computer.
- Free
- Beginner
- 5 lessons
- About 1 hr 17 min
- Final assessment
Lessons in this path
What is programming? How programs execute
Understand what a program is, how Java source code is compiled to bytecode, and how the JVM runs it line by line.
12 min Knowledge check Exercise
Variables, primitive data types and operators
Store values in variables, choose the right primitive type and calculate with arithmetic, assignment and comparison operators.
15 min Knowledge check Exercise
Conditional statements and logical operators
Make decisions with if, else if, else and switch, and combine conditions with &&, || and !.
15 min Knowledge check Exercise
Loops and iteration
Repeat work with for, while and do-while loops, loop over arrays, and avoid off-by-one and infinite loops.
15 min Knowledge check Exercise
Functions, problem-solving and a coding exercise
Organise code into methods with parameters and return values, and use a step-by-step approach to solve a coding problem.
20 min Knowledge check Exercise
Programming Fundamentals assessment
8 questions covering the whole path
Optional next step: DevCrest Academy
Enterprise Java, Spring Boot & Microservices Engineering
If you enjoyed writing Java, the academy course takes you from these basics to object-oriented design, Spring Boot REST APIs and microservices, with guided projects and mentor feedback.
- Intermediate
- 16 weeks • 120 hours
- Hybrid or Online Live
- From ₹7,500 per student
What you'll learn
- Write idiomatic, well-tested Java 21 using collections, generics, streams and concurrency utilities.
- Explain and apply inversion of control, dependency injection and bean lifecycles in Spring.
- Design and build layered REST APIs with validation, DTOs and RFC 7807 error responses.
- Persist data with Spring Data JPA, including relationships, pagination and migrations.
Syllabus preview
- 01Java Fundamentals
- 02Advanced Java
- 03Spring Framework
- 04Spring Boot & REST APIs
+ 2 more modules
Prerequisites
- Programming fundamentals
- Core OOP principles
- Basic tooling (recommended)
Upcoming batches
- Starts 16 Nov 2026 • Monday – Thursday • Hybrid
- Starts 5 Dec 2026 • Saturday & Sunday • Online Live
Hands-on project
A distributed ledger and settlement system with three microservices, event streaming, a secured JWT gateway and a containerised deployment.
Fees and batch dates are sample data pending confirmation
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