As you learn a new technology, it's easy to miss or forget some of the best practices. This course will teach you some of those best practices within Angular.

It's easy to create simple applications in Angular, but once you start building larger, more complex applications, you can quickly run into legibility, scalability, and performance issues if you're not careful. In this course, Angular Best Practices, you'll learn best practices in Angular. First, you'll discover the Angular project and folder organization. Next, you'll explore Angular module organization and how to use Core, shared, and feature modules. Then, you'll learn about Angular component, service best practices, and some really important performance best practices to ensure you're building fast and scalable Angular applications. Finally, you'll cover a few basic coding best practices while you're at it. By the end of this course, you'll know all the key best practices to help you build respectable, high quality, and scalable Angular applications.

Securing Windows using encryption and anti-forensics methods

Through this course the students will learn to better secure your system using security solutions and methods. Improve privacy of your work on Windows OS with encryption tools and anti forensics measures. Learn to use programs such as Keyscrambler, BitLocker, Ccleaner and others. Main goal is on securing data and work of users on Windows OS as private as possible.

You've secured your systems, you've trained your users, and you've fortified your network. Think you're ready to handle a cybersecurity threat? Penetration testing is one of the best ways to see if your security will hold. It puts testers in the role of attackers, looking for vulnerabilities in your networks, computers, applications, email, and even your users. This course provides an introduction to the key knowledge and skills to start a program of professional penetration testing at your organization.

Cybersecurity expert Malcolm Shore reviews popular pen testing tools, as well as the Bash and Python scripting skills required to be able to acquire, modify, and re-use exploit code. He also provides a refresher on Kali Linux and introduces techniques for testing web services. At the end of this course, you'll be prepared to take more advanced training, and to pursue the popular Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) certification.

Topics include:
Pen testing overviewPen testing toolsBash scriptingPython scriptingKali and MetasploitWeb testingFinding exploit code

Python and one of its QT bindings, PyQT, has changed the face of GUI development. It allows us to build beautiful and powerful GUIs that grab the attention of Python programmers. QT5 has several advantages over other GUI frameworks such as tkinter and wxPython.

In this video, we will successfully install PyQt5 and the toolset that contains the QT Designer tool. The QT Designer enables us to develop our GUI in a visual manner, using drag and drop to add and position widgets, and we will use it extensively. We will then learn how to convert QT Designer-generated code into pure Python code.

After having successfully installed PyQt5, the QT Designer, and all other required QT tools, we will start out simple, building a Python GUI using only a few lines of PyQT5 code. Then, we will build a more complex GUI using QT Designer. Along the way, we will explore many QT widgets and learn how to efficiently lay out our GUI design. We will enhance the look-and-feel of the GUI using CSS styling. We will also connect our GUI to a SQL database, which we will create. We decouple the business logic code from the UI code, using best practices. At the end of this video tutorial, viewers will be able to develop complex GUIs using PyQt5.

Mobile app business: customer research hack and how to pick a winning app idea. Suitable for developers and appreneurs.

In this course you will a hack on how to quickly and effectively research your customers without boring survey and expensive ad campaigns and get known the exact idea for your next mobile application (for iOS or Android development), and it will not be about guessing or speculation.

We provide you with not only details about how to do this, but also the exact action steps that will enable you to generate your own very specific idea to solve problems that people will be happy to pay for.

Spring is an application framework and inversion-of-control (IOC) container for the Java platform. The framework's core features can be used by any Java application and are ideal for enterprise and internet-based app development. Get a comprehensive overview of Spring, in this intermediate-level course with software architect Frank Moley. Frank develops applications and web services with Spring, and shares what he knows about configuring the ApplicationContext (the interface for accessing components, loading files, publishing events, and more), as well as the beans (objects within the Spring IOC container). He demonstrates a modern Java configuration workflow, as well as XML configuration for legacy software. He explores the Spring lifecycle in depth, so you can extend the framework and better troubleshoot any issues you have with your applications. Plus, learn how to use aspect-oriented programming to add behaviors to your apps in a reusable way.

Topics include:
Introduction to SpringConfiguring the ApplicationContextUsing the Spring expression languageConfiguring proxiesAutowiring beansUsing lifecycle methodsConfiguring beans with XMLUnderstanding the initialization phases of the bean lifecycleAspect-oriented programming and Spring

Want to virtualize Linux workloads in Windows Server 2012 R2? These days, it seems like datacenters are a mix of technologies. They have evolved, with new technologies and standards cropping up all the time (OSS and proprietary alike). Although this isn't a bad thing, it's definitely a challenge.In this course, learn from an expert how Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 provides enhanced support for running Linux and FreeBSD workloads. Plus, get a look at integration services.

Installing WordPress on your computer gives you a perfect testing ground for experimentation, theme development, plugin testing, and website development. This course walks through the process of installing and configuring WordPress locally on your Mac using MAMP-the open-source server/database/scripting language combo that sets the stage for more serious WordPress development. Instructor Morten Rand-Hendriksen covers configuration options to help you get started in WordPress quickly. Plus, he shows how to set up your WordPress development environment with MAMP PRO-the professional, commercial version of the framework-and explains why you might want to make the switch from MAMP to MAMP PRO.

This course is for Microsoft developers that are ready to start building enterprise web applications and would like to take the 70-486 certification exam. Taking this course will provide you with training in web development, C Sharp, HTML and CSS, SQL Server, JavaScript, Object Based JavaScript, Model View and Controller, and jQuery.

Attention: There are no less than five intentional grammatical "errors" in this course description. If you can't identify at least five, we recommend that you get this course!

Grammar! For many of us, the word triggers memories of finger-wagging schoolteachers, and of wrestling with the ambiguous and complicated rules of using formal language. But what is grammar, really? In fact, it's the integral basis of how we speak and write.

As such, a refined awareness of grammar opens a world of possibilities for both your pleasure in the English language and your skill in using it, in both speech and the written word. As a foundation for writing, a detailed grounding in grammar and usage will hugely expand your resources for meaningful verbal expression, for navigating the subtleties of the language, and for achieving clarity of communication and stylistic power.


In English Grammar Boot Camp, linguist and popular Great Courses professor Anne Curzan of the University of Michigan takes you on an enjoyable exploration of the essential aspects of English grammar. These 24 spirited and accessible lectures offer you a comprehensive core training-a linguistic "boot camp," by which we mean a thorough immersion in all of the key elements of English grammar and usage, in their most immediate, practical application.

Speaking with incisive insight, a Socratic teaching style, and refreshing humor, Professor Curzan leads you sequentially through the workings of the many parts of speech, from nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and adverbs to the fine points of determiners, intensifiers, prepositions, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, dangling modifiers, and more. In the final part of the course, you'll combine all of these elements to take a penetrating look at matters of style and clarity, in settings ranging from daily speech to formal, academic, and scientific writing.

Delve Deeply into the Inner Workings of English

Regarding grammar and style, anyone can read a usage guide. But English Grammar Boot Camp provides something significantly more: a breadth of perspective and context you won't find elsewhere, leaving you with a more choices and rich verbal resources for your own use of the language.

In discussing the different parts of speech, Professor Curzan directs your attention to how the element at hand evolved, often going as far back as the Renaissance or Old English. Highlighting reflections from 18th- and 19th-century usage guides as well as from multiple modern commentators, she guides you in examining real-world language use in a variety of contexts, helping you develop a sophisticated frame of reference and a deep awareness of the idiosyncrasies of English.

As an emblematic aspect of the course, Professor Curzan repeatedly demonstrates the value of being open-minded about the strong points and weaknesses of grammatical rules. She shows convincingly that we benefit greatly when we learn the history of prescriptive rules and compare the rules to the way speakers and writers use the language. This allows us to make informed decisions about when we want to adhere to the theoretically or formally "correct" and when we don't. In this arena, you'll uncover examples of "questionable" usage for rhetorical purposes by a range of brilliant writers, discovering that history's grammatical scofflaws include the likes of William Shakespeare, whom used many double comparisons, and the framers of the U.S. Constitution, who spoke of a "more perfect" Union.

You'll also take account of the tendency of the English-speaking populace to regularize the language over time, replacing a wonderful past participle such as "mown" with "mowed" and opting for plural "emojis" rather than "emoji." Throughout the course. You'll devote attention to the significant differences between spoken and written English.

The lectures of English Grammar Boot Camp serve up a banquet of grammatical insights, all of which will richly inform and deepen your skill with the language.

Study the Fine Points of Grammatical Usage

In the course of the lectures, you'll investigate the building blocks of English grammar in detail, shedding light on numerous practical matters of usage, such as:

Common conundrums of grammar: Refine your understanding of numerous confusing issues of grammar, such as when to use "who"vs."whom" or "that"vs."which";the question of subject-verb agreement ("A jury of my peers is/are..."); the challenges of conjoined pronoun constructions ("My sister and I/me..."); and whether it's acceptable to begin sentences with conjunctions or end them with prepositions.
The anatomy of verbs: In mastering verb usage, gain clarity on verb tense (present, past, future) and aspect (progressive, present perfect, past perfect); how verbs function intransitively ("I read every day") and transitively ("I read the newspaper"), and the functions of primary auxiliaryverbs(be/have/do) and modal auxiliary verbs(might/could/should).
The uses of the passive voice: Discover how the passive voice(as in, "Mistakes were made"), which we're often counseled to avoid, has remarkable benefits in formal writing, such as for maintaining narrative continuity, for promoting a sense of objectivity in scientific writing, and for handling situations where the responsibility for an action is unclear.
Principles of punctuation: Clarify the meaning and usage of each of the punctuation marks and see how they organize information and shape meaning. In particular, investigate the punctuation marks that people are most confused about, such as the comma, semicolon, and dash, and the particular complexities of the apostrophe.
The grammar of conversation: In studying the important differences between spoken and written English, take account of grammatical practices that are acceptable in speech but less so in writing, such as dangling modifiers, the use of discourse markers (such as "so," "well," and "oh"), and stranded prepositions.
Grammar's larger context: Look closely at how to present information with fluency and style in your writing, and grasp principles of clarity in scientific writing. Experiment with the known-new contract, a principle that helps readers follow your ideas by presenting known information before new information, within sentences and sequentially.

A Glorious Panorama of the English Language

Finally, Professor Curzans' contagious passion for the subject matter and encyclopedic knowledge of the language make English Grammar Boot Camp an especially enthralling and enjoyable exploration. Throughout, Professor Curzan frames the course's inquiry into grammar as a thoroughly remarkable tour of the language, offering countless illuminating observations on how English grammar and usage developed, and on the matter of how writers and grammarians down through the centuries have viewed the language and its communicative resources.

Ranging widely across the historical spectrum, Professor Curzan treats you to fascinating reflections on the history of grammatical practice (the verb "to go" has a mystifyingly irregular past tense, "went," which was lifted from the verb "to wend") and to a keen view of how the language changes over time, including in our own fast-moving era. For example, the modal verbs "must" and "shall" are now in serious decline, and we often "verb" nouns ("to google") and "noun" verbs ("a hire"). To give perspective on conscious grammatical choice, she cites memorable examples of inadvertently amusing English usage ("Property owners and occupants of dwellings suffering damage from squirrel, raccoon, red fox and coyote, or their agents designated in writing...").

The delightful and superbly insightful lectures of English Grammar Boot Camp offer you a unique opportunity to explore the linguistic riches of the English language, and to significantly deepen your mastery of grammar, usage, and style. This mastery will enable you to use English more competently and confidently in every context.

Webinars can help you attract new customers and build client relationships, but only if they're smart and engaging. In this course, author, webinar expert, and instructional designer Sally Norred walks you through the basics of creating webinars for your business. The course begins with an overview of webinars and how they're used as business tools, and then reviews topics such as webinar hosting choices, audio and video setup, presentation skills, and ideas to build audience participation. Sally also takes a closer look at common webinar tools to help you select the right one.

Topics include:
What is a webinar?Making webinars engagingComparing webinar software, like Adobe Connect and WebEx Event CenterSelecting topics and presentersCreating an agendaScheduling and marketing your webinarUsing audio and videoRecording the webinarHandling audience Q&AFollowing up with attendees

Are you new to using CSS? If so, this course can help equip you with the skills you need to efficiently update and enhance the look of your website using CSS graphic design styles. Instructor Patrick Carey helps you get started by covering some basic topics, including how to add background color and insert background images. He also goes into some more advanced concepts, including how to create text and box shadows, apply color gradients, and format with filters. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll have the knowledge you need to start leveraging the power of CSS design styles so you can improve your website's appearance and attract more interest.

Topics include:
Defining the element backgroundAdding background colorInserting a background imageCombining multiple backgroundsCreating bordersDefining shadowsCreating a text shadowCreating a box shadowApplying color gradientsFormatting with filtersCombining multiple filters