IT & Software

Last updated: October 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. The best Excel VBA course for most people is Leila Gharani’s Unlock Excel VBA and Excel Macros on Udemy, and the best free route is the University of Colorado Boulder’s Excel/VBA course on Coursera. Below are five courses worth your time, chosen for […]

Last updated: October 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. We re-opened every course below on 24 October 2026 and read its rating, enrollment, length and last-update date from the provider’s own page that day. See our review methodology. QUICK VERDICT Bottom line: For most people the best Selenium course is “Selenium WebDriver with Java:

Last updated: November 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. QUICK VERDICT Bottom line: the best Microsoft Access course for most people is the Microsoft Access 2016 Master Class on Udemy (4.8 from 14,411 ratings, 58,072 students). Its footage is old, so if your workplace runs Microsoft 365, take the Access

Last updated: 28 October 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. Every course below was opened on its platform on 28 October 2026 to confirm it is live and to read its rating, enrollment and last-updated date; hardware facts come from raspberrypi.com. See our review methodology. Quick verdict Best place to start in 2026: Raspberry

Last updated: October 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson. See our review methodology. Quick verdict Bottom line: For breaking into an IT help desk with no experience, the Google IT Support Professional Certificate (4.8 from 215,976 reviews, 2.2 million learners) is the single best starting point. It teaches the technical and customer-service skills the job uses

Last updated: September 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. THE VERDICT Yes, on the numbers, with two real caveats. The pay and growth are genuinely strong. The job is far more writing and process than the word “hacking” suggests, and it is a poor entry-level field: most roles want experience

Last updated: August 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. Every tool below was checked for current maintenance status before publication — two of our previous nine were retired. See our review methodology. QUICK VERDICT Bottom line: Most networks today run WPA2 or WPA3, and the practical attack for both is capturing a handshake or

Last updated: August 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. BUYER’S VERDICT Bottom line: most teams need exactly two paid tools — a web application scanner and a vulnerability management platform. Everything else in a working pentest stack is free and open source, and stays that way at enterprise scale. Start

Last updated: August 2026. Written by Josh Hutcheson, OnlineCourseing editor. See our review methodology. START HERE The short answer: install Kali Linux, then learn Nmap, Wireshark and Burp Suite Community before anything else. Those three cover reconnaissance, traffic analysis and web testing, they are free, and every tool below assumes you already understand them. Cost: