25 Best Application Development Courses Online
We compared 25 Application Development courses currently listed on Coursera, Udemy and edX, priced from $19.99 to $672.30. 11 come from a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Colorado Boulder and Heriot-Watt University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 25
- Price range
- $19.99 – $672.30
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy, edX
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 25 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, edX, matched to "application development" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $672.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Cloud Application Development Foundations
Offered by IBM
This program will equip you with all the key skills and technical know-how to kickstart your career as a full-stack Cloud Native Developer. Guided by experts at IBM, you will learn to build your own cloud-based applicati...
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Pega Basics - Understand Application Development in Pega
Pega Masterclass: From Basics to Advanced Level Training by HarshaMaster Pega from the ground up! This comprehensive course covers everything from core concepts to advanced techniques — ideal for both beginners and profe...
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Udemy CertificateApplication Development with Dynamics 365: 2-in-1
Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a business application that combines CRM and ERP capabilities to help you empower your employees, engage customers, and optimize operations. To build dynamic and incisive business solutions with...
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Udemy CertificateWeb Application Development - Learn by Building 3 Web Apps
A Certificate of Completion will be sent to all students after completing this course. The world is filled with developers who know multiple web programming languages but haven't applied them anywhere. Just knowing the s...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditSecure Coding for Application Development
Offered by Edureka
The Secure Coding for Application Development Specialization equips learners with the skills to design, build, and maintain secure applications across modern software environments. It integrates secure coding principles,...
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Coursera CertificateC# Programming & Desktop Application Development
Offered by EDUCBA
This Specialization provides a comprehensive, hands-on pathway to mastering C# programming and desktop application development using the .NET framework. Learners progress from core language fundamentals and object-orient...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditApplication Development using Microservices and Serverless
Offered by IBM
Welcome to this introductory course on microservices and serverless, essential technologies for cloud native and application modernization workloads. Rather than building large applications, known as monoliths, that perf...
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Coursera MOOC / Non-creditC# .NET Practical Business & Utility Application Development
Offered by EDUCBA
This Specialization focuses on building practical, industry-relevant desktop applications using C# and .NET through complete, real-world projects. Learners gain hands-on experience in requirement analysis, database desig...
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Coursera CertificateIntroduction to Application Development
Offered by LearnQuest
This Specialization is intended for anyone seeking to become an application programmer with no existing experience. Through four courses, you'll learn about the fundamental concepts of programming, object-orientation, an...
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edX MOOC / Non-creditBack-end Application Development with Node.js and Express
Offered by IBM
In a recent Stack Overflow survey, Node.js was used by about 50% of the developers who answered the survey, making it the most used server-side technology. Express ranked as the fourth most popular web technology overall...
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Generative AI for Software Developers
Offered by IBM
With generative AI, a new technology era has begun. Software developers can leverage this revolutionary technology to write high-quality code with fewer bugs, which will increase their overall effectiveness and efficienc...
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Advanced Embedded Linux Development
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
This courses in this specialization can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5305 - 5307, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. This specialization provides students with the fundamentals...
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Learn Java Programming
Offered by Heriot-Watt University
Unlock Your Future with Java: Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Dive into the world of software development with our Java Programming Course, designed specifically for professionals looking to upskill...
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Platform Product Management
Offered by University of Maryland, College Park
During this course the student will go through a full Low Code/No Code platform lifecycle. Learners will get an understanding of how to lead Citizen Developers (CD) and learn how to deploy solutions that will deliver suc...
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Computational Thinking with JavaScript 4: Create & Deploy
Offered by University of Glasgow
This fourth and final course is the capstone of the Computational Thinking with JavaScript Specialization. It builds on everything you have learned so far and supports you in designing, implementing, deploying, and refle...
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Coding Data Models with AI
Offered by University of Virginia
In this final course in the ‘Coding with AI’ specialization, we’ll close with an integrated approach to building full applications with a working Data Model, View (UI), and set of Controllers (or ‘algorithms’). As an MBA...
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System Issues in Cloud Computing
Offered by Georgia Institute of Technology
This specialization is a four-course sequence of hands on project-intensive immersive courses aimed at computer professionals to give them an in-depth experience in developing different layers of a Cloud computing infras...
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Developing and Deploying a Complete Django Web Application
Offered by University of Michigan
In this course, you'll delve into JavaScript and its Object-Oriented programming capabilities, gaining an understanding of its unique methodologies. You'll become familiar with the jQuery library for DOM manipulation and...
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Platform Product Management: Enabling the Low Code/No Code (LC/NC) Business Revolution
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
This course focuses on platform product management in the context of the low code/no code movement, which is transforming how businesses build applications and services. You'll explore the critical role of product manage...
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Python for Everybody
Offered by University of Michigan
This Specialization builds on the success of the Python for Everybody course and will introduce fundamental programming concepts including data structures, networked application program interfaces, and databases, using t...
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Master of Science in Software Development
Offered by Maryville University
The Master of Science in Software Development program is designed to deepen your understanding of software engineering principles and practices. It focuses on critical areas such as programming, system design, and softwa...
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Undergraduate Certificate in Software Development
Offered by Maryville University
This Undergraduate Certificate in Software Development provides valuable insights into the principles of software design and development. It is ideal for those seeking to deepen their understanding of programming languag...
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Cloud Applications
Offered by Georgia Institute of Technology
This course provides an introduction to the development and support for Cloud-native applications, more specifically it delves into best practices of developing applications; migrating on premise applications to the clou...
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Designing and Delivering the Citizen Developer Training Program
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
This course focuses on developing skills to design and deliver effective training programs aimed at citizen developers. Participants will learn techniques to empower non-technical professionals to create applications tha...
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Applied AI
Offered by Vanderbilt University
Master the practical techniques, strategies, and tools used to apply artificial intelligence across work, business, and everyday problem solving. Through hands-on projects, you'll learn prompt engineering, AI agents, AI-...
$49.00listed price
Best Application Development Courses Online compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 23 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $672.30, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $652.31. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera, Udemy and edX. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 11 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including IBM, University of Colorado Boulder and Heriot-Watt University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 30 August 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.