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AutoCAD 2018 New Features

Explore the new features in AutoCAD 2018, and learn how to leverage the functionality to bolster your productivity, increase your effectiveness, and create the kind of precise, measured 2D drawings that form the basis of design communication the world over. In this course, Shaun Bryant helps you understand the benefits of the new AutoCAD 2018 enhancements, leading you through each new feature.…

AutoCAD 2018 Essential Training

AutoCAD 2018 is a powerful designing and drafting software used to create precise 2D and 3D designs. In this beginner’s course, learn how to get started with AutoCAD. Shaun Bryant covers the basics of the user interface, showing how to use the ribbon, change workspaces, use the ViewCube, and work with the Quick Access Toolbar. Shaun also demonstrates how to manage files and options, navigate your…

AutoCAD: Express Tools Workflow

Save time and become more productive when working in AutoCAD by using Express Tools. Join Shaun Bryant as he demonstrates how to implement Express Tools into your workflow, replacing formerly tedious, multistep tasks with faster shortcuts. He covers features for attributes, blocks, objects, and text, including his favorite Express Tool, Arc-Aligned Text. He also shows you how to use modification,…

Android Essential Training (2017)

This course shows you how to get the most out of your Android phone or tablet. Join Dan Gookin for a comprehensive tour of the Android operating system features you can use on your device. Dan starts with a review of the basics including navigation and typing. Then he shows how to make phone calls and video calls, organize contacts, and send and receive emails and texts. Next, Dan demonstrates…

Android Development Essential Training: Local Data Storage with Java

Android developers who need to manage and present data have many tools available to them in the application framework of Android. This course covers a variety of data persistence techniques, including storing data in shared preferences—key-value pairs—in JSON-formatted text files, and in relational databases with SQLite. Join David Gassner as he demonstrates these data management techniques. He…

Kotlin for Java Developers

Kotlin is a concise, easy-to-use programming language from JetBrains that’s 100% compatible with Java, and is an officially supported development language for Android. With its clean syntax and ability to eliminate most null pointer exceptions, Kotlin makes coding easier, faster, and generally more fun. In this course, learn the basics of Kotlin programming and explore its interoperability with…

Creating Your First Android App with Kotlin

Kotlin is now officially supported by Google as an Android development language. This announcement has been widely applauded by developers, many of whom were already using Kotlin. Learn how to build a simple application with Kotlin and make it your language of choice. This course is designed for new Android developers who want to start with Kotlin. Instructor Chiu-Ki Chan spends time explaining…

Android Tips and Tricks

Take your Android experience to the next level. This fun course offers productivity-enhancing techniques to help Android users better enjoy their phones and tablets. Learn how to manage apps and widgets, record great video and take fantastic photos, manage your contacts, listen to music, store movies and books to enjoy offline, use Google Assistant to go hands-free, and much more. Android expert…

Android App Development Quick Start

Android powers the majority of smartphones on the planet and a growing number of devices, from Android Wear on your wrist to Android Auto for your car. This course is designed to teach anyone how to make a new Android app from scratch. Learn all the basics of the platform and all the skills an Android app developer needs to be successful. Discover the tools and technologies that you will use when…

Visual Studio Essential Training: 09 Unit Tests

Ensure your code is up-to-par by performing a unit test, verifying your code works as expected. You can perform unit testing using Visual Studio 2015. Selecting a framework and creating a small piece of code, to exercise a specific area of functionality, is all you need to get started. In this course, learn about the types of frameworks, naming conventions, integrations, and options available to…

Visual Studio Essential Training: 05 Code Editors

Visual Studio’s code editors are much more powerful and customizable than most developers realize. Join Walt Ritscher in this course and learn how to configure Visual Studio’s settings to suit your workflow. Walt shows how to code more efficiently with IntelliSense; collaborate with other developers using comments and change tracking; refactor code; create formatting rules for C#, C++, HTML, and…

Visual Studio Essential Training: 03 Exploring Projects and Solutions

Projects and solutions are essential to Visual Studio. In fact, you can’t start coding without a solution file, which contains its own subset of projects with source code, images, and data. Find out how to create and manage your own projects and solutions in this installment of Visual Studio 2015 Essentials, with expert Walt Ritscher. Walt explores the relationship between solutions, projects,…