Programming Courses

The Python for Beginners – Level 3 Course is designed for students wanting to get started with this high-level general-purpose programming language. Python can be easy to pick up whether you're a first-time programmer or you're experienced with other languages. On successful completion of the course students will receive an Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate.

The Advanced Python Programming – Level 4 Course is designed for anyone with a working knowledge of Python, this Advanced Python course will turn you into an expert Python programmer, where you will benefit from Distance Learning Centre’s acclaimed “Learn-by-Example” methodology, with more than 300 advanced coding examples provided, along with detailed explanations of the code. On successful completion of the course students will receive an Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate.

The Ruby for Beginners Course teaches this dynamic, open source programming language. Ruby is a cross-platform, object-oriented programming language available for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Unix, and many other operating systems, and is ideally suited to the development interactive applications and games.

Android is one of the most popular mobile operating systems and it uses the Java programming language as the primary language for apps of all kinds, particularly for games. If you would like to build your own games that run on Android smartphones and tablets and you are new to Android, Java, and computer programming, then this is the course for you, because it shows you how to build Android games from scratch. The course can also be used as a refresher course for those of you who have some previous Android or Java experience.

The Java SE 8 Programmer I Course covers the Oracle Certified Associate 1Z0-808 exam, and is targeted at newcomers to object-oriented programming or Java developers who want to validate their strong Java programming skills and improve their programming skills.

The Java SE 8 Programmer II Course covers the Oracle Certified Professional 1Z0-809 exam, which is an intermediate level certification specifically designed to certify the foundation skills required for database administration. The Oracle 1Z0-809 exam covers functional programming; basics of object-oriented programming; application of knowledge in database work, and much more. The Oracle OCP Java 1Z0-809 certification exam validates your understanding of the Java technology and provides a new way of Java coding.

The Webmaster: HTML & CSS for Beginners - Level 3 Course is designed for learners who are interested in starting a career as a Web Designer or who simply want to build their own personal or a company / organisational website. The course is designed as a thorough introduction to the HTML and CSS web development tools, and shows our students how to build a high-impact landing page with a stunning photo gallery, optimised for the popular search engine search algorithms and responsive to the browser screen size. During the course, our students will also build a contact page and their own store front, using some compelling animation, transition, and transformation techniques to attract their visitors. On successful completion of the course, students will receive the Distance Learning Centre Webmaster Diploma with feedback and analysis of your completed work, as well as an Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate.

The Webmaster: Advanced HTML & CSS - Level 4 Course is aimed at students with a pre-existing knowledge of HTML and CSS and will show how responsive web design (RWD) can be used to build stunning responsive website which allow an optimal viewing and interaction experience using the very latest HTML5 and CSS technology. Responsive web design is a methodology which aims at providing an optimal viewing experience – easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling – across a wide range of devices, from computer monitors, through laptops and tablets, to smartphones. A responsive website automatically adapts the layout to the viewing environment by using fluid, proportion-based grids, flexible images, and CSS3 media queries.

The Webmaster: JavaScript - Level 4 Course is designed to introduce students with a working knowledge of Web Design to the fundamentals of JavaScript (an object-based, event-driven Web programming language), which tightly integrates with HTML. Students will learn the fundamentals of JavaScript through a series of interesting assignments and as the course progresses, the student's skills are honed via the development of a number of dynamic, interactive games such as the Minefield and Connect4 games, which are both challenging to build and addictive to play. The final assignment consists of the development of a technically demanding ‘Owzat cricket game, where the extensive JavaScript and jQuery skills learned during the course, are brought together to create a stunning application, which you will be rightly proud of.

The Webmaster: Advanced JavaScript - Level 4 Course is designed for both experienced JavaScript programmers who would like to extend their knowledge and write JS code in a professional environment and for those who have completed Distance Learning Centre’s JavaScript Programming course and wish to learn about more advanced concepts. On successful completion of the course students will receive an Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate.

The PHP & MySQL Server-Side Web Programming is designed for learners with a working knowledge of HTML & CSS and this highly-practical programming course will revolutionise the complexity of web pages that you can develop by adding back-end database functionality to your designs. On successful completion of the course, students will receive a Distance Learning Centre Diploma with feedback and analysis of your completed work, as well as an Open Awards Quality Endorsed Unit Course Certificate.

The Web Design Professional Bundle allows you to purchase our best-selling Webmaster: HTML and CSS for Beginners - Level 3 Course, Webmaster: Advanced HTML & CSS - Level 4 Course as well as our Webmaster: JavaScript - Level 4 Course for the discounted price of just £475.00. This will allow students to progress from a beginners level right the way through to developing professional responsive websites and will also allow students to cover advanced JavaScript programming which will allow the creation of dynamic interactive JavaScript games. Purchase all 3 courses together for a massive saving of £200.00!!

The Webmaster: HTML & CSS Beginners and Advanced Bundle is perfect for those new to web design who want to learn the basics of HTML and CSS programming, but who also want to learn the very latest responsive web design techniques to develop dynamically responsive web pages of the highest quality. Responsive Web Design is the modern standard for the development of web pages which can be consistently viewed on a variety of devices from PCs and laptops to tablets and smartphones. This bundle is part of our best-selling Webmaster series of website design courses and consists of the HTML & CSS for Beginners Course and the Advanced HTML & CSS Course, featuring the latest HTML5 and CSS3 Responsive Web Design technology, and is available at the discounted price of £350.00, representing a saving of £100.00.

The Webmaster: HTML & CSS for Beginners & JavaScript Course Bundle is designed for those interested in learning how to build dynamic, interactive web pages. This bundle is part of our best-selling Webmaster range of web design courses, consisting of the HTML & CSS for Beginners course and the more advanced JavaScript Programming course. This bundle of courses is available at the discounted price of £350.00, representing a saving of £100.00 over purchasing the courses separately.

This bundle is part of our best-selling Webmaster trilogy of web design courses and consists of the Advanced HTML & CSS Course, featuring the latest responsive web design technologies, and the JavaScript Programming course, and is available at the discounted price of £350.00 – a saving of £100.00 over purchasing the courses separately.