Most programming languages have an associated package management system that helps find and install code libraries and their dependencies. For the .NET developer, NuGet is the official package manager. In this course, longtime .NET programmer Walt Ritscher looks at the NuGet integration within Visual Studio and the Visual Studio command line. Walt shows you how to install, update, and remove packages from .NET projects, as well as how to search the public NuGet Gallery and create private repositories for your team. He also details the process of creating and publishing custom packages. If you’re a .NET programmer, understanding the Visual Studio package management system is vital knowledge, so join Walt as he takes a deep dive into the NuGet package manager.

The first explanation you typically hear about Microsoft LINQ is that it provides an in-language query tool to manipulate the contents of arrays and lists. Explore LINQ further and you’ll find it works with other popular data sources like XML files. In this course, instructor Walt Ritscher shows you how LINQ to XML uses LINQ extension methods to read, create, search, and manipulate XML in a simplified way. Walt walks you through LINQPad, the lightweight, powerful code editor and code runner that is used in this course, then explains how to load XML into different LINQ classes. He covers how you can get different elements and attributes from XML and some of the ways you can work with elements and attributes, after getting them. Walt describes a variety of query operators that you can use. He concludes with a discussion on how you can create and edit XML structure with LINQ.

Learn the basics of working with Language-Integrated Query (LINQ), which allows developers to filter, sort, aggregate, and query data directly within C# code.

Learn how to produce professional videos with very little gear, tight deadlines, shoestring budgets —and no crew.

Learn how to add a more cinematic look to your video productions with very little gear and without a crew.

Join Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Eduardo Angel as he shares field-tested tips and tricks for capturing rich stories and stunning visuals as a one-person crew. Eduardo highlights the advantages and disadvantages of working solo, sharing examples gleaned from his own experiences working around the globe. He provides tips for speeding up your editing workflow, getting the right gear, and tightening up your working routine to get the most out of every day. Plus, Eduardo offers suggestions for getting comfortable in front of the camera, finding fascinating subjects, and more.

Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.

Leaders balance a lot. They manage entire teams, oversee cross-functional tasks, and take on their own work as individual contributors. With all these moving parts, it can be easy to fall victim to small mistakes that snowball into large problems. In this course, leadership development expert Halelly Azulay reviews common mistakes that leaders should avoid to help their teams and themselves to succeed. She describes each error, then explains behaviors and techniques you can use to turn these areas for improvement into team highlights. Halelly first reviews communication blunders that can have a major impact on employee morale and how a leader is perceived. Then she covers mistakes that deal with employee development, performance management, and collaboration. In going over the last four mistakes, Halelly gives you pro tips for leading impactfully and fostering a culture that keeps your team engaged.

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Learn 10 ways to keep your morale up and increase your chances of success while looking for a job.

What goes into creating a lynda.com course? Join David Rivers author of 100+ lynda.com titles, to learn about his course creation process and his career as an elearning expert.

If you need to sort through information to gain insights or make data-driven decisions, regression analysis is a helpful tool in almost any circumstance. On the most basic level, regression analysis reveals relationships between a dependent variable and a collection of independent variables in a fixed dataset. This is crucial for predicting and forecasting, and also helpful for inferring causal relationships between variables. In this course, Franz Buscha moves beyond the basics, showcasing several prominent tips and tricks that will allow you to not only build better regression models, but also present your results in a more impactful way. Through use of practical examples, Franz covers topics like weighted regressions, polynomial variables, and how to deal with missing data in your regression models.

Learn the 12 principles that underlie everything animators do in movies and video games. Learn how they translate into digital character animation and tools like Blender and Maya.

Learn the actions you can take to survive a job loss, from protecting your savings to using your network to find new opportunities.

Save time and grow your skills faster. Learn the top mistakes that you should avoid as a data scientist.

Get 15 time management tips from highly successful people, including billionaires, entrepreneurs, and Olympians, in this audio-only summary of Kevin Kruse’s popular book.

Get tips for landing your dream data science job. Learn how to activate your network, showcase your work, create an effective resume, and nail your interview.

Become a better PR specialist. Learn the common public relations mistakes to avoid.

Marketing is full of questions. In this course, build effective marketing campaigns at your company by exploring key questions and answers to help conquer your marketing challenges. Find out how to identify the competition, build buyer personas, and define the most important metrics. Brad Batesole shares how to determine your NPS score, set priorities, select pricing, and address privacy concerns. Whether you are an independent marketer, a small business owner, part of an enterprise team, or a solo entrepreneur, the topics that Brad discusses are applicable in helping you navigate digital marketing, B2C, B2B, brand management, and more.

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Learn about protecting important information like logins, passwords, and credit card data, and how to conduct security audits and generate more secure passwords with 1Password.

Learn great tactics and techniques from top marketing experts with these short, engaging, stand-alone tips. Get useful advice and instruction that you can apply to your work today, including quick tools and platform advice—everything from what Instagram filters are best for business to custom reports for YouTube advertising—as well as important skills like how to keep large and small marketing presentations on track, perform content audits, and marketing with visual storytelling.