Career path
Training for Developers
Microsoft Learn helps you discover the tools and skills you need to become a developer.
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What is a developer?
As a developer you leverage your end-to-end technical expertise in large scale distributed systems' infrastructure, code, inter- and intra-service dependencies, and operations to develop and improve the reliability, performance, efficiency, latency, and scalability of services and/or products operating at scale proactively and continuously. This role includes advisory on code optimization, sharing expertise and insights drawn from working across related services or products, and participating in incident response throughout development and operations lifecycles. You develop code, scripts, systems, and/or tools that reduce operational burden by automating complex and repetitive tasks, enable product engineering teams to increase the velocity at which they can safely deploy changes to production, and monitor the effects of changes across systems, services, and/or products.
Your path to start your journey in becoming a developer
Learn C#
If you are just getting started, work through the Get Started With C# series.
Web Apps
Move beyond console applications and work through this self directed training to learn about web applications.
Backend APIs and Microservices
Some developers enjoy working with what's behind the scenes of an application. Get started learning about backend APIs and microservices.
Get connected
Are you interested in professional networking with other developers? Would you like to connect with training, placement, recruiting partners or employers for jobs?
What is a developer?
As a developer you leverage your end-to-end technical expertise in large scale distributed systems' infrastructure, code, inter- and intra-service dependencies, and operations to develop and improve the reliability, performance, efficiency, latency, and scalability of services and/or products operating at scale proactively and continuously. This role includes advisory on code optimization, sharing expertise and insights drawn from working across related services or products, and participating in incident response throughout development and operations lifecycles. You develop code, scripts, systems, and/or tools that reduce operational burden by automating complex and repetitive tasks, enable product engineering teams to increase the velocity at which they can safely deploy changes to production, and monitor the effects of changes across systems, services, and/or products.
Your path to becoming a developer
Option 1: Self-Paced Training
Work through online guided trainings paths at your own pace. As you journey through the learning paths and modules, you will be exposed to some of the skills you need to help you earn credentials.
Option 2: Instructor led training
Choose a traditional classroom training setting to learn on your own schedule, at your own pace, and in your own place.
Get Certified
Once you have completed the self-paced training and/or the instructor led course, try a practice assessment to see if you are ready for the certification exam.
Get connected
Are you interested in professional networking with other developers? Would you like to connect with training, placement, recruiting partners or employers for jobs?