11 Best Visual Studio Code Courses for Beginners
We compared 11 Visual Studio Code courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $9.99 to $199.99. 1 comes from a named university or institution, including Imperial College London. 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
- 11
- Price range
- $9.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "visual studio code" 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 $9.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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1
Introduction to Python for Researchers
Offered by Imperial College London
This course teaches the fundamentals of Python 3 in the context of academic research. Our tutor team support researchers across the whole of Imperial College London, including in science, engineering, mathematics, comput...
$49.00listed price -
2
ASP.NET Core Fundamentals and Environment Setup
Offered by Packt
Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as yo...
$49.00listed price -
3
Python 3 from Beginner to Expert - Learn Python from Scratch
Offered by Packt
This specialization features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress throug...
$49.00listed price -
4
Python Programming for the Total Beginner
Welcome to the Ultimate Beginner's Python Course!Are you new to programming? Embark on your Python adventure with a comprehensive course designed exclusively for beginners. Get ready to grasp the essential building block...
$39.99listed price -
5
Learn JavaScript for Beginners
Learn JavaScript for BeginnersLearn JavaScript Basics and Create Small JavaScript Projects.Course SummaryJavaScript is a programming language that allows you to add interactivity to a web page. In this class, I will help...
$19.99listed price -
6
Amazon Q for beginners: Software Development with GenAI
Offered by Coursera
This Guided Project was created to help software developers seamlessly integrate Amazon Q into their workflow, enhancing their coding efficiency and accuracy. In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will learn how...
$9.99listed price -
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Complete Python Programming 2020: Beginner to Advanced
Above and Beyond of Python Programming..!If you are a beginner but you want to be advanced in Python, and if you want to develop your skills and become master of it to do Machine Learning, Data Science or Artificial Inte...
$199.99listed price -
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Build a Microservices app with .Net and NextJS from scratch
*** Course has now been updated for .Net 8, NextJS 14 and Next-Auth v8***Microservices is the latest 'buzzword' and hot topic in the web development industry at the moment and nowadays having microservices as p...
$199.99listed price -
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Git & GitHub for Beginners: From Start to Star
"Git & GitHub for Beginners: From Start to Star" is an immersive course designed to take you from a basic understanding to a proficient level in using Git and GitHub, two of the most essential tools in modern softwar...
$49.99listed price -
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Hands-On MCP: Build an MCP Server in Python from Scratch
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.In this course, you will learn how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server in Python from scratch through clear, hands-on, step-by-step lessons.The course is...
$19.99listed price -
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AI programming with Github Copilot in VS Code for beginners
This course is designed to help beginners get started with AI-assisted programming using GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code. Whether you're just getting into coding or looking for ways to speed up your development work...
$19.99listed price
Best Visual Studio Code Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Python for Researchers | Coursera | Imperial College London | $49.00 | View → |
| 2 | ASP.NET Core Fundamentals and Environment Setup | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | Python 3 from Beginner to Expert - Learn Python from Scratch | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | Python Programming for the Total Beginner | Udemy | — | $39.99 | View → |
| 5 | Learn JavaScript for Beginners | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 6 | Amazon Q for beginners: Software Development with GenAI | Coursera | Coursera | $9.99 | View → |
| 7 | Complete Python Programming 2020: Beginner to Advanced | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 8 | Build a Microservices app with .Net and NextJS from scratch | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 9 | Git & GitHub for Beginners: From Start to Star | Udemy | — | $49.99 | View → |
| 10 | Hands-On MCP: Build an MCP Server in Python from Scratch | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 11 | AI programming with Github Copilot in VS Code for beginners | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
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 11 priced courses on this page run from $9.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $190.00. 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 and Udemy. 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. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Imperial College London — 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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