15 Best Application Development Courses on edX
We compared 15 Application Development courses currently listed on edX, priced from $20.00 to $672.30. 3 come from a named university or institution, including The University of Maryland, College Park, Harvard University and Maryville 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
- 15
- Price range
- $20.00 – $672.30
- Providers
- edX
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from 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 $20.00 to $672.30, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Cloud and Application Development Foundations
Offered by IBM
This course offers a solid introduction to the foundations of cloud and application development. You can expect to learn about the essential technologies and practices that drive modern cloud applications, as well as how...
$198.00listed price -
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Back-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...
$49.00listed price -
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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...
$672.30listed price -
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Platform Product Development
Offered by The University of Maryland, College Park
Learn how to implement Low Code/No Code (LCNC) platforms. Go beyond “clicks not code” in this class to learn low-code platform design and implementation of industry best practices.
$249.00listed price -
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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...
$672.30listed price -
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Serverless Architectures on AWS
Offered by Amazon Web Services
The program walks you through building applications that run without managing servers, using Amazon’s cloud services. It covers the core AWS services that power serverless solutions, such as Lambda functions, API Gateway...
$119.00listed price -
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Integrating AWS with the SDK
Offered by Amazon Web Services
The course walks through using the AWS SDK to connect application code with core AWS services, showing how to configure authentication, make API calls, and handle responses. It demonstrates building secure, scalable feat...
$119.00listed price -
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Fundamentals of TinyML
Offered by Harvard University
Focusing on the basics of machine learning and embedded systems, such as smartphones, this course will introduce you to the “language” of TinyML.
$299.00listed price -
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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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Mobile & Desktop Apps
Offered by Microsoft
You will learn about building mobile and desktop applications. The content covers general development concepts and skills for creating applications, focusing on the overall process rather than specific files or folders.
$55.00listed price -
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LLM Server
Offered by Pragmatic AI Labs
In this course you will learn how to set up a GPU Server on your own infrastructure, download open source models, and build applications with those models programmatically and with Agents
$248.77listed price -
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Utilizing Codex for Software Development with Django
Offered by CodeSignal
Learn to use Codex CLI as an AI coding assistant for Django development. Build applications, modify existing codebases, and coordinate multi-file features using natural language prompts.
$20.00listed price -
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Building serverless applications on AWS
Offered by Amazon Web Services
This course focuses on building serverless applications using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Participants will explore the benefits of serverless architecture, including reduced operational overhead and increased scalability...
$321.30listed price -
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Applications Developer
Offered by Microsoft
The Applications Developer course on edX focuses on equipping you with the essential skills needed to develop robust applications across various platforms. You'll explore key programming languages, frameworks, and best p...
$139.50listed price
Best Application Development Courses on edX 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 13 priced courses on this page run from $20.00 to $672.30, with the middle of the range around $198.00 — a spread of $652.30. 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 edX. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 3 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including The University of Maryland, College Park, Harvard University and Maryville University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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