Micro Courses
=============

Each micro course teaches one subject in a short, focused course. Its page says why Smarter suits
the subject, where to look in the code base and the documentation, and suggests exercises. Each
also has three complete course plans, for a one-day classroom bootcamp, a two-week online course
and a four-week online course, with schedules, graded assignments and rubrics, capstone projects
and reading lists. :doc:`micro-courses/course-formats` explains what the three formats have
in common. They are starting points: pick, combine and adapt the ones that fit your students.

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   * - Course
     - Students
     - Programming
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/prompt-engineering`
     - Anyone
     - None
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/ai-applications`
     - Anyone
     - None
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/ai-governance`
     - Policy, ethics, law and business
     - None
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/ai-economics`
     - Business and management
     - None
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/backend-development`
     - Software developers
     - Python
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/frontend-development`
     - Software developers
     - JavaScript
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/full-stack-development`
     - Software developers
     - Python and JavaScript
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/api-design`
     - Software developers
     - Any language
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/secure-software`
     - Developers and security students
     - Some
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/docker`
     - Developers and operations
     - Some
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/kubernetes`
     - Platform and operations engineers
     - Some
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/infrastructure-as-code`
     - Cloud and operations engineers
     - Terraform
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/self-hosted-models`
     - Machine learning and operations engineers
     - Some
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/software-quality`
     - Software developers
     - Python or JavaScript
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/sphinx-documentation`
     - Developers and technical writers
     - Little
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/software-architecture`
     - Advanced developers
     - Reading
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/agentic-development`
     - Software developers
     - Python or JavaScript
   * - :doc:`micro-courses/open-source`
     - Anyone, as a capstone
     - Any

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   micro-courses/course-formats
   micro-courses/prompt-engineering
   micro-courses/ai-applications
   micro-courses/ai-governance
   micro-courses/ai-economics
   micro-courses/backend-development
   micro-courses/frontend-development
   micro-courses/full-stack-development
   micro-courses/api-design
   micro-courses/secure-software
   micro-courses/docker
   micro-courses/kubernetes
   micro-courses/infrastructure-as-code
   micro-courses/self-hosted-models
   micro-courses/software-quality
   micro-courses/sphinx-documentation
   micro-courses/software-architecture
   micro-courses/agentic-development
   micro-courses/open-source