Design Patterns courses can help you learn object-oriented design principles, common design patterns like Singleton and Observer, and best practices for software architecture. You can build skills in code refactoring, improving maintainability, and enhancing collaboration among developers. Many courses introduce tools such as UML for visualizing design structures and integrated development environments (IDEs) that facilitate pattern implementation, allowing you to apply these concepts in real coding projects.

Skills you'll gain: Unified Modeling Language, Software Design Patterns, C++ (Programming Language), C and C++, Software Architecture, Object Oriented Design, Software Design, Code Reusability, Object Oriented Programming (OOP), Maintainability, Programming Principles, Diagram Design, Memory Management
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Microsoft
Skills you'll gain: Design Thinking, User Experience Design, User Experience, User Centered Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Human Centered Design, Wireframing, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Prototyping
★ 4.7 (519) · Mixed · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

LearnQuest
Skills you'll gain: Spring Framework, Microservices, JUnit, Model View Controller, Restful API, Application Frameworks, Spring Boot, Software Architecture, Data Store, API Gateway, Web Services, Cloud-Native Computing, Transaction Processing, Object-Relational Mapping, Data Persistence, Frontend Integration, Service Oriented Architecture, JSON, Unit Testing, Java Programming
★ 3.9 (705) · Beginner · Specialization · 1 - 3 Months

University of Alberta
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 (2.4K) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: UI Components, Systems Design, User Interface (UI) Design, Digital Design, System Design and Implementation, Design Strategies, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Design, Design Software, Scalability, Design and Product, Agile Methodology, Usability, Design Research, Style Guides, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), UI/UX Research, Product Testing, System Programming, Prompt Patterns
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

University of Minnesota
Skills you'll gain: UI/UX Research, User Research, Design Research, User Interface (UI), User Interface (UI) Design, Usability Testing, Prototyping, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Usability, Interactive Design, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), User Experience Design, User Experience, Human Computer Interaction, User Centered Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Persona (User Experience), Ideation, Design, UI/UX Strategy
★ 4.6 (1.8K) · Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

Skills you'll gain: Microservices, System Design and Implementation, Service Oriented Architecture, Data Architecture, Systems Analysis, Database Architecture and Administration, Distributed Computing, Application Deployment, Service Design
★ 4.3 (11) · Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Skills you'll gain: Code Reusability, Software Architecture, Object Oriented Design, Data-oriented programming, C# (Programming Language), Memory Management, Artificial Intelligence
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Prompt Patterns, Agentic systems, Performance Testing, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI Agents, Generative AI, Agentic Workflows, Performance Tuning, Model Evaluation, Verification And Validation, Large Language Modeling, MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), Embeddings
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Design Software, Creative Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Creativity, Editing
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Skills you'll gain: Responsive Web Design, Prototyping, Interactive Design, Cross Platform Development, User Interface (UI) Design, User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Design, Interaction Design, Application Design, User Experience Design
Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

Packt
Skills you'll gain: Salesforce Development, Salesforce, CI/CD, Software Architecture, Solution Architecture, Continuous Deployment, Systems Architecture, Continuous Integration, Relational Databases, DevOps, API Design, Software Design, Software Design Patterns, Database Design, Security Architecture Review, Maintainability, Enterprise Architecture, Diagram Design, System Design and Implementation, Scalability
Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months