Get more from Ruby on Rails ActiveRecord and leverage shortcuts and techniques to make database code more efficient.

Use Ruby to interact with the file system. Learn how to read and write to files, import and export data, create reusable templates, and find and organize files and directories.

Learn how to use RSpec, the Ruby testing framework that can help developers be more productive, write better code, and reduce bugs during development.

Lead effectively—right from the start. In this course, adapted from the podcast How to Be Awesome at Your Job, executive coach Pam Fox Rollin teaches the rules for rising leaders.

Learn to write and use a creative brief for client-commissioned projects and ensure you have a roadmap for developing great design.

Learn to protect you and your client's interests and ensure a great creative design with a well-written contract.

Provides tools and insights for self-employed designers just starting out.

Grow your design business. Get tips from Rule29 founder Justin Ahrens on determining what you do best, identifying areas for growth, promoting your business, and building your team.

Leading a creative team takes distinct skills. Many get tossed into the role with no preparation or training. This course helps set new leaders on the right path from the start.

Convey your ideas with confidence and clarity to get the approval needed to move your project forward.

Figure out what to charge for your design services, and learn how to set an hourly rate, create estimates, and make sure you get paid.

Learn how to promote your design business. Discover the various ways to use self-promotion, both analog and digital, to stand out in today's competitive marketplace.

Learn how to win design projects, convince your clients to go with the best solutions, and cultivate lasting working relationships.

Transition your freelance design career into a small business, one step at a time.

Are you ready to grow your creative business? In this course, consultant Emily Ruth Cohen provides recommendations and a list of easy-to-follow rules for how to hire, organize, manage, and review employees within a creative team. Emily covers the hard and fast rules for staffing and staff management, culled from the mistakes and successes of other creative teams. These rules will help you strategically plan your organizational structure and roles, improve how you hire and manage your team, conduct more effective performance reviews, and more.

Explore how to write a winning proposal that effectively communicates your services and includes a smart pricing strategy.

Learn about the variables that go into pricing your work as a photographer.

You love photography and you're good at it. So maybe it's time to turn pro—as a freelancer or even full time. In this course, photo-marketing consultant Skip Cohen introduces the issues and considerations you should think about before starting a photography business. Learn how to define your niche, get practice and feedback, and build a brand as well as a network. From understanding the industry to marketing yourself, this course will give you a solid foundation on which to build a photography business.

Learn how to run a successful webinar with no technical hiccups. Discover how to choose the right webinar hosting platform, organize your content, use compelling visuals, and more.

Learn how revenue recognition—a seemingly innocent accounting topic—can turn a reported profit into a reported loss, sometimes with multibillion-dollar implications.