The team of developers behind Elastic Engineers knows their stuff. With experience working for companies such as Google, JPMorgan, and AOL, the instructors use their over 50 years of combined industry experience to teach students the ins and outs of software development. Because the end goal of these courses is to land students a job in the development sphere, courses cover practical programming techniques such as object-oriented software design and best practices common in the industry. Students practice their skills through learn-by-doing activities and assignments, all of which can be completed from their own personal computers.