Visual Studio is the number one tool for Microsoft developers, whether youre targeting mobile devices or desktops. Get comfortable in this full-featured development environment and learn how to create a variety of projects, from websites to rich Internet applications. Author Walt Ritscher helps you dive deep into the basics of creating and debugging applications with Visual Studio, including configuring Visual Studio to support C#, Visual Basic, ASP.NET, and many other languages.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has become a popular program for photographers of all experience levels. In this course, photographer and teacher Jan Kabili provides an approachable introduction to all its capabilities. The course begins with a look at how to import photos from a camera and from a hard drive, describing how the Lightroom catalog works along the way.

Touch, Voice, Brain: A look into how input evolves; Tested this month: LG Optimus G, Samsung Galaxy Grand DUOS and more!

PC.com is the country’s leading local ICT magazine, and continues to be every newbie and intermediate user’s ultimate guide to the computing age. With over 100 pages of up-to-date, must-read information every month, PC.com keeps you up to speed with all things tech since our very first issue eleven years ago.

PC.com continues to enlighten readers with everything you want to know about personal and SOHO computing. We continue to offer you glimpses into the future with our takes on the latest and hottest products to hit the market. We continue to give you the best tips and tricks on personal computers, keeping your experience enjoyable.

Outlook.com is a free web mail service from Microsoft for reading email, managing a calendar, working with contacts, and sharing and storing all your files and photos. Learn to navigate the interface in your favorite browser; send, read, and reply to messages; organize and search your mail; and create appointments and tasks in your calendar. Author Jess Stratton also shows how to build a list of contacts and work with SkyDrive, the Microsoft cloud storage solution.[cut]

Discover how to build professional apps that encompass the 17 major feature areas of Windows Phone, from XAML to multimedia to network access. In this course, author Michael Lehman details the standard hardware device configuration, teaches how to navigate the development environment, and explores the Windows Phone APIs. The course shows how to build sample applications while learning Windows Phone concepts and frameworks, including the Metro design language.[cut]

One of the most popular and yet complex plugins for Adobe After Effects, Trapcode Form is a unique particle system that creates stunning and professional results. Instead of generating particles, Form’s particles just exist. This course helps you bridge the gap to mastery of Trapcode Form. Author Chad Perkins introduces Form’s properties, base forms, and particle types, and then moves on to mapping Form particles to 3D objects and creating effects like organic fireballs and 3D holograms. He also shows how to light particles in After Effects, integrate audio, and create 3D Form objects. The course includes three sample projects that are highly applicable to real-world client requests, including dissolving a logo design.

Get a glimpse behind the studio curtain and see music recording secrets in action. Producer/engineer and Tape Op magazine founder/editor Larry Crane takes you inside of his Jackpot! Recording Studio in Portland, Oregon, and demonstrates the recording techniques he has used when working with musicians such as She & Him, The Decemberists, Elliott Smith, Jenny Lewis, The Go-Betweens, and Sleater-Kinney. This course is a rare opportunity to learn practical techniques from a celebrated audio engineer.

Take a creative refresher course with these 18 simple design techniques that will immediately improve your layouts, brought to you by John McWade, founder and creative director of Before & After magazine. These tutorials combine instruction on topics like designs without graphics, extreme cropping, big and small type, logo design, and more, with Johns distinct visual learning style.

If SEO will be a big part of your job, then this is the right course is for you. Youll get three months of faculty-led online training, periodic quizzes, real-world projects, peer assessments, and a final faculty review. Pass with the endorsement of the dream team, and receive your Master Certification.

Twitter Bootstrap is one of the most used HTML/CSS/javascript frameworks for creating responsive websites. In this course, Jen Kramer shows you how to add interactive elements like a thumbnail gallery, dropdown menus, or a contact form using Bootstrap and a simple text editor. Plus, learn to add helpful pop-ups and tooltips that enhance the usability of these features. The principles illustrated here can carry into using Bootstrap in content management systems as well as with static websites.

Twitter Bootstrap is one of the most used HTML/CSS/javascript frameworks for creating responsive websites. In this course, Jen Kramer shows you how to add interactive elements like a thumbnail gallery, dropdown menus, or a contact form using Bootstrap and a simple text editor. Plus, learn to add helpful pop-ups and tooltips that enhance the usability of these features. The principles illustrated here can carry into using Bootstrap in content management systems as well as with static websites.

Outlook.com is a free web mail service from Microsoft for reading email, managing a calendar, working with contacts, and sharing and storing all your files and photos. Learn to navigate the interface in your favorite browser; send, read, and reply to messages; organize and search your mail; and create appointments and tasks in your calendar. Author Jess Stratton also shows how to build a list of contacts and work with SkyDrive, the Microsoft cloud storage solution.[cut]

Take a break from the routine, put a stop on mediocre progress, and be part of an amazing weekend where you will walk away with up to 4 videos FINISHED and marketing your business before you return home! Plus, you’ll have the skill set and strategic plan to repeat what you learn back home!

One of the most popular and yet complex plugins for Adobe After Effects, Trapcode Form is a unique particle system that creates stunning and professional results. Instead of generating particles, Forms particles just exist. This course helps you bridge the gap to mastery of Trapcode Form. Author Chad Perkins introduces Forms properties, base forms, and particle types, and then moves on to mapping Form particles to 3D objects and creating effects like organic fireballs and 3D holograms. He also shows how to light particles in After Effects, integrate audio, and create 3D Form objects. The course includes three sample projects that are highly applicable to real-world client requests, including dissolving a logo design.

Dr. Carleen Eaton utilizes her M.D. from the UCLA School of Medicine to bring in real world applications and examples for her AP Biology class. Carleen covers all the AP tested topics from cell structure to evolution to the laboratory review. Dr. Eaton has been teaching math and science for over 10 years and has won numerous "Teacher of the Year" awards and is consistently ranked as one of the top instructors in California. This course is indispensable for the student looking to ace the AP Biology test as Carleen covers the important concepts with fully illustrated diagrams before going in-depth into problems encountered in the multiple choice and free response sections. Topics also include Cell Structure, Genetics, Plants, Physiology, Behavior, and Ecology.

Prove your code is working every step of the way using a formalized test-driven development (TDD) process. TDD can be done in every modern programming environment, and for desktop, mobile, or web apps. In this course, Simon Allardice teaches you exactly how to get started with TDD: what makes a good test, why were more interested in failure than success, and how to measure and repeatedly run tests.

Learn about all the exciting motion graphics and visual effects features coming up in After Effects. Adobe plans on revealing these features at the 2013 NAB Show but you can get a sneak peak here first. In this course, author Chris Meyer reviews the streamlined connection to Maxon CINEMA 4D, highlights the Refine Edge tool for creating mattes around hair and other partially transparent areas, and reveals how to get more accurate tracks and stabilizations with Reverse Stabilization and ground planes. The course also introduces a host of other enhanced features.