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Object Oriented Design Courses

Object Oriented Design courses can help you learn principles like encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism, along with design patterns such as Singleton and Factory. You can build skills in creating reusable code, improving software maintainability, and designing systems that are easier to understand and extend. Many courses introduce tools like UML for modeling, as well as programming languages such as Java and Python, which are commonly used to implement object-oriented concepts in real-world applications.

Popular Object Oriented Design Courses and Certifications

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University of Alberta
Object-Oriented Design
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Unified Modeling Language, Software Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Java, Java Programming, Maintainability, Code Reusability, Software Design Documents, Application Design, Conceptual Design, Diagram Design, Design Elements And Principles
4.7
Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
2.4K reviews
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
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University of Colorado Boulder
Object-Oriented Analysis & Design
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, JUnit, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Unified Modeling Language, Software Design Patterns, Software Testing, Java, Software Engineering, Java Programming, Computer Programming, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Unit Testing, Software Design, Software Architecture, User Interface (UI) Design, API Design, Model View Controller, Software Development, Test Driven Development (TDD), Databases
4.4
Rating, 4.4 out of 5 stars
19 reviews
Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
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Packt
Intermediate Python and OOP
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Data Structures, Unit Testing, Object Oriented Design, File I/O, Algorithms, Test Case, Test Tools, Python Programming, Debugging, Software Testing, Programming Principles, File Management, Code Reusability, Data Science, Context Management, Performance Tuning
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
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University of Alberta
Software Design and Architecture
Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Model View Controller, Unified Modeling Language, Object Oriented Design, Service Oriented Architecture, API Design, Systems Architecture, Web Services, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Microservices, Restful API, Software Design Documents, Software Visualization, Code Review, Product Family Engineering, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Development, Java
4.6
Rating, 4.6 out of 5 stars
4K reviews
Beginner · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months
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University of Alberta
Design Patterns
Skills you'll gain: Model View Controller, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Unified Modeling Language, Object Oriented Design, Code Review, Software Architecture, Programming Principles, Maintainability, Software Technical Review, Java Programming, System Design and Implementation, Java, Diagram Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Code Reusability, Application Design
4.7
Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
1.4K reviews
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks
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University of Colorado Boulder
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Foundations & Concepts
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Design, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Unified Modeling Language, JUnit, Software Testing, Software Engineering, Java, Java Programming, Computer Programming, Unit Testing, Software Design, Test Driven Development (TDD), Diagram Design
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4.1
Rating, 4.1 out of 5 stars
13 reviews
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Object Oriented Programming
Skills you'll gain: Java Programming, Java, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Object Oriented Design, File I/O, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Code Reusability, Data Structures, Software Engineering, Program Development, Data Access, Data Persistence, Unit Testing, Debugging, OS Process Management, Performance Tuning
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Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
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Microsoft
Object Oriented Programming with C++
Skills you'll gain: Memory Management, Development Testing, Programming Principles, Code Reusability, Generative AI
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months
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University of Colorado Boulder
BiteSize Python: Object Oriented Programming
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Software Documentation, Maintainability, Programming Principles, Code Reusability, Python Programming
4.5
Rating, 4.5 out of 5 stars
14 reviews
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
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University of London
Object Oriented Programming
Skills you'll gain: Pseudocode, C++ (Programming Language), Object Oriented Programming (OOP), C and C++, Object Oriented Design, File I/O, Integrated Development Environments, Computer Programming, Development Environment, Programming Principles, Data Structures, Program Development, Algorithms, Interactive Design, Data Modeling, FinTech, Software Engineering, Test Data, Data Validation, Software Installation
Build toward a degree
4.7
Rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars
256 reviews
Intermediate · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months
Status: New
Packt
Mastering Python Design Patterns
Skills you'll gain: Software Architecture, Software Design Patterns, Software Design, Systems Architecture, Microservices, Maintainability, Object Oriented Design, System Design and Implementation, Performance Tuning, Model View Controller, Application Design, Programming Principles, Scalability, Python Programming, Code Reusability, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Event-Driven Programming, Unit Testing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months
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IBM
Object Oriented Programming in Java
Skills you'll gain: Object Oriented Programming (OOP), File I/O, Object Oriented Design, Java, Java Programming, File Management, Application Development, File Systems, Computer Programming, Programming Principles, Program Development, Data Structures, Data Persistence, Code Reusability, Data Management
4.8
Rating, 4.8 out of 5 stars
73 reviews
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

In summary, here are 10 of our most popular object oriented design courses

Object-Oriented Design: University of Alberta
Object-Oriented Analysis & Design: University of Colorado Boulder
Intermediate Python and OOP: Packt
Software Design and Architecture: University of Alberta
Design Patterns: University of Alberta
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Foundations & Concepts: University of Colorado Boulder
Object Oriented Programming: Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Object Oriented Programming with C++: Microsoft
BiteSize Python: Object Oriented Programming: University of Colorado Boulder
Object Oriented Programming: University of London