Pupils who grasped things fastest taught others basic programming and web development.

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Open-source programs across the board - the Apache Web server, the Perl programming language and the GNU development tool set, to name a few - are gaining legitimacy as a business platform.

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Employees can learn high-demand skills like the Python programming language, software testing, statistics and web development from anywhere in the world, at any time of day.

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