InDesign Fundamentals

Jump into the world of print design by learning the leading publishing software, Adobe InDesign. Cheryl Graham does a masterful job of explaining the ins and outs of this great publishing program that anyone of any experience level can follow. Learn the basics of setting up pages, styles, pre-press, completing your first project, and more. Ready? Let as get started!

jQuery Plugin Development Best Practices

This course will explain the fundamental aspects of writing great jQuery plugins. Some of the topics we’ll cover include how plugins extend jQuery’s prototype to add new methods to the library, understanding the this object inside a plugin, keeping plugins configurable, theming them, handling events and exposing AJAX options for easier implementation by others. Sound fun?

Connected to the Backbone

Have you tried to learn Backbone many times, but found that the various tutorials on the web moved too quickly, and didn’t explain the specifics enough? I know I felt that way at one point! Well, my job is to change that. In this course, I’ll painstakingly go over each and every detail. There’s no way you won’t learn it this time. It’s time to improve your JavaScript chops!

Tutsplus – CSS: Noob to Ninja

This exclusive Tuts+ Premium video series will take you from being an absolute CSS “noob,” all the way up to ninja-status, capable of wrangling even the most obnoxious of browsers into place. The series begins with the basics: the syntax, properties, etc. However, each new video expands upon the previous, as you work your way up and improve your skills.

Object-Oriented JavaScript

JavaScript is not a strict object-oriented language, but it does have the features of one. Join us, as Jeremy McPeak teaches you how to take your JavaScript understanding to the next level.

Laravel Essentials

Laravel has taken the PHP community by storm, with its incredibly expressive syntax, the most powerful Active-Record implementation available, a robust command line tool, and much more. Join me, as I dig into the framework, and demonstrate how to build web applications with ease!

Build a Practical Web Application with Laravel

Do you understand the basics of Laravel, but just need a little guidance in putting it all together? In this course, Andrew Perkins will walk you through the process of building a practical, Yahoo Answers-esque web app, “Make It Snappy,” with Laravel – step by step!

Working with Clients (and Getting Paid!)

There’s a lot to learn when you’re breaking into freelancing, but the most important skills any freelancer will learn revolve around one thing: clients. Every successful freelancer will eventually need to master the ability to find good portfolio of clients, manage your relationship with them through the project, deliver in a way that makes them repeat clients, and (very importantly) get paid promptly. Wes McDowell of Deep End Design will walk you through every step of client management. Ready to turn your clients into your biggest fans? Let’s get started! Wes explains everything you need to know about working with clients,

Photoshop for Web Developers

Are you a web developer, but want to improve your Photoshop and graphics skills? Well, join us as Neil teaches us the basics of Photoshop that all web developers need

Build a CMS in CodeIgniter

Need to go about building your own custom CMS? Well, I’m here to teach you how to do this very thing, using the popular CodeIgniter framework. If you’d like to take your skills to the next level, why don’t you join me?

Agile Design Patterns

Design patterns are an essential part of software development. At some point in every programmer’s career, he or she will have to dig in and learn how to apply these patterns. Even if they may appear scary at first, they are, in fact, much simpler to understand than you might initially think.
In this course, you’ll learn what design patterns are, how each of them is defined, what they are used for, and, of course, how to implement them in PHP!

Build a Practical Web Application with Laravel

Do you understand the basics of Laravel, but just need a little guidance in putting it all together? In this course, Andrew Perkins will walk you through the process of building a practical, Yahoo Answers-esque web app, “Make It Snappy,” with Laravel – step by step!

PhoneGap Essentials

So you have a great idea for a new app for a tablet or smartphone, but you don’t know how to get started. One option is PhoneGap, a mobile development framework that allows you to turn your HTML, CSS and JavaScript assets into apps for multiple platforms. This may not be the optimal solution for every app, but, nonetheless, PhoneGap is an exciting platform to help get your foot through the door.

SSH For Newbs

In this course, I’ll teach you the basics of working with Linux and SSH. Along the way, you’ll gain a basic understanding of how things work on a Debian system. Though we’ll start at the beginning, don’t worry: there’s something for everyone in this course!

30 Days to Learn C#

My aim is to introduce you to the C# language (and a tiny bit of the .NET Framework), and give you a clear understanding of the fundamentals needed to start writing applications in C#.

Test-Driven PHP in Action

In this course, join Radoslaw Benkel, as he takes you through the ins and outs of using PHP as most popular test-suite, PHPUnit. Along the way, you will of course learn how to install it on your system, how to use the various assertions, how to create mocks, and much more!

Programming in Objective-C

Ever wondered what Objective-C actually is? Historically, it was the first attempt to make C objectified. C++ came later. NextStep, and now OSX, popularized this very powerful language. So sit back, as Yari D`Areglia takes you through the first steps in getting started with this language.

Riding Ruby on Rails

Been meaning to learn Ruby on Rails, but felt that it was too hard? Well, not anymore. In this course, Jose Mota will take you through the process of creating dynamic and creative web applications, using Ruby on Rails. Come join us for the ride!

Learning MongoDB

NoSQL databases have received a lot of attention in the last few years, and MongoDB is currently the most popular one. If you’ve been looking at MongoDB for a while now, but aren’t ready to take the plunge away from good old MySQL, this course should be exactly what you need to get started with the wonderful world of NoSQL databases.

Getting Started with Python

In this course, you will learn how to use the Python programming language. We will begin with the very basics, and then move our way up to creating dynamic webpages and custom applications. We will wrap up the course by discussing how to distribute your Python programs to other developers.