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Computer science · 15Beginner
Systems Programmer
Learners drawn to low-level code, memory and performance.
C on Linux, memory management, then Rust and Go for modern, concurrent systems programming.
346hours of coursework
35weeks at 10 h
4steps
19courses
3universities
Target skills
Memory ManagementFile I/OCommand-Line InterfaceAlgorithmsCSoftware EngineeringProgramming PrinciplesDebuggingData StructuresProgram DevelopmentSoftware DesignSoftware Testing
Skill labels as listed on Coursera.
Target jobs
- Systems developer
- Embedded software engineer
- High-performance back-end developer
Progression
- 1Duke UniversityBeginnerC
Stated prerequisites: No prior programming experience required
Show the 4 courses
Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Programming Fundamentals Beginner 19 h 4.7 (7,054) Writing, Running, and Fixing Code in C Beginner 20 h 4.3 (837) Pointers, Arrays, and Recursion Beginner 21 h 4.3 (352) Interacting with the System and Managing Memory Beginner 24 h 4.2 (182) - 2Dartmouth College & Institut Mines-TélécomBeginnerC, Linux, Build Tools
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) C Programming: Getting Started - 1 Beginner 11 h 4.6 (272) C Programming: Language Foundations - 2 Beginner 14 h 4.7 (110) C Programming: Modular Programming and Memory Management - 3 Beginner 10 h 4.8 (62) C Programming: Pointers and Memory Management - 4 Beginner 7 h 4.7 (67) C Programming: Advanced Data Types - 5 Beginner 8 h 4.4 (59) Linux Basics: The Command Line Interface - 6 Beginner 8 h 4.7 (36) C Programming: Using Linux Tools and Libraries - 7 Beginner 9 h 4.7 (36) - 3Duke UniversityBeginnerRust, Python, Cargo, Docker, Jenkins, Prometheus, Hugging Face
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Rust Fundamentals Beginner 40 h 4.0 (255) Data Engineering with Rust Intermediate 64 h 3.5 (72) Rust for DevOps Intermediate 19 h 4.1 (19) Python and Rust with Linux Command Line Tools Intermediate 21 h 5.0 (16) Rust for Large Language Model Operations (LLMOps) Intermediate 17 h 4.3 (15) - 4University of California, IrvineIntermediateGo
Stated prerequisites: Previous programming experience, ideally object-oriented (C++ or Python)
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Course Level Length Rating (reviews) Getting Started with Go Intermediate 10 h 4.6 (2,484) Functions, Methods, and Interfaces in Go Intermediate 11 h 4.6 (1,017) Concurrency in Go Intermediate 13 h 4.7 (809)
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Projects to build
Memory allocator
Write your own malloc and free and measure fragmentation.
Command-line tool
Recreate a fast text search tool in Rust, with tests.
Concurrent server
Write a small chat server in Go that handles hundreds of connections.
Free textbooks
Modern CJens GustedtFree PDF, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
The Rust Programming LanguageS. Klabnik, C. Nichols, C. KrychoFree online
A Tour of GoThe Go AuthorsFree official tutorial