Design Patterns courses can help you learn object-oriented design principles, common design patterns like Singleton and Observer, and best practices for software architecture. You can build skills in code refactoring, improving maintainability, and enhancing collaboration among developers. Many courses introduce tools such as UML for visualizing design structures and integrated development environments (IDEs) that facilitate pattern implementation, allowing you to apply these concepts in real coding projects.

Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Microservices, Maintainability, Performance Tuning, Model View Controller, Programming Principles, Python Programming, Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Software Design Patterns, Code Review, System Design and Implementation, C and C++
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: AI Workflows, Agentic Workflows, Prompt Patterns, Tool Calling, OpenAI API, Artificial Intelligence, Software Design Patterns, Prompt Engineering, Development Environment, Python Programming
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Apple iOS, Swift Programming, Test Driven Development (TDD), Apple Xcode, Mobile Development, Model View Controller, Application Development, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Software Design Patterns, Software Architecture, Animations
Advanced · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, C# (Programming Language), Scripting, Animations, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
University of California San Diego
Skills you'll gain: Design Research, Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Statistical Analysis, Usability, Ideation, User Research, Graphic and Visual Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Experimentation, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Human Centered Design, Human Computer Interaction, A/B Testing, Human Factors, Collaborative Software, Telecommuting, R Programming, Storyboarding
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Design Patterns, Game Design, Maintainability, Software Design, Software Architecture, Video Game Development, Programming Principles, Animation and Game Design, Event-Driven Programming, Scalability, Game Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Animations
Intermediate · Course · 3 - 6 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Prompt Patterns, Agentic systems, Performance Testing, AI Workflows, Prompt Engineering, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Generative AI, Data Validation, Model Evaluation, Verification And Validation, A/B Testing, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Embeddings
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs), Cloud Deployment, Model Deployment, Information Privacy, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Application Programming Interface (API), AI Product Strategy, Analysis, Data Pipelines, Feature Engineering, Performance Analysis
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Model Deployment, Generative AI Agents, Prompt Engineering, LLM Application, Enterprise Architecture, Application Deployment, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), User Interface (UI), API Design, Responsible AI, Data Persistence, Software Architecture, Flask (Web Framework), Application Security
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

University of Colorado Boulder
Skills you'll gain: User Research, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Verification And Validation, Usability Testing, Internet Of Things, Design Research, API Design, Amazon Web Services, Embedded Software, Cloud Computing Architecture, Human Computer Interaction, Embedded Systems, Application Programming Interface (API), Prototyping, Network Protocols, User Interface (UI) Design, Software Development
Build toward a degree
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Digital Design, Web Design, Motion Graphics, Adobe XD, Graphic and Visual Design, No-Code Development, Graphic Design, Animations, Prototyping, Typography, Layout Design, Visual Design, Design Elements And Principles, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Style Guides, Storytelling, Creative Design, Image Quality
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months