Adam’s combination of real-world design experience, technical expertise, and training background make him an ideal InDesign CS3 software guide. In Part 1, he shows you how to navigate the new Adobe InDesign CS3 interface as well as all the paragraph, text, and character options available. In Part 2 you’ll learn how to insert Photoshop, Illustrator and PDF files into your work and how to create and transform shapes and effects. Plus, you’ll learn necessary skills for using color, working with layers, and preparing your designs for final output.

Total Training for Microsoft SQL Server Development takes you inside the latest, coolest, and most powerful database software platform, Microsoft's SQL Server 2005. The tutorials focus on key elements in a logical sequence. You can easily find what you need-including all the SQL Server 2005 basics, best practices, dozens of targeted examples, and sample code. If you design or develop SQL Server 2005 databases, this video series is what you need to succeed!

Contribute CS3 is the tool of choice for non-web designers who need to make changes and updates to an existing website without fear of accidentally damaging the site. In Contribute CS3 Essential Training , instructor Garrick Chow explains the process of setting up the Contribute CS3 workflow. He also covers how to collaborate with others to create and maintain a site and how to write and update blog entries.

Ubuntu Linux is a free, general-purpose operating system for the PC desktop that often rivals Microsoft Windows and Macintosh OS for ease of use, security, and freedom from restrictions. Since its founding a few years ago, Ubuntu Linux has become extremely popular and has helped popularize free and open source software. This step-by-step beginner's course to Ubuntu Linux is designed to guide a user with no previous linux experience. This course, presented by VTC author Chess Griffin, also the host of "Linux Reality," a popular podcast for new Linux users, starts at the absolute beginning. Including an explanation of what Linux is, how to obtain a free copy of Ubuntu Linux, and how to boot the "live" CD to test Ubuntu Linux. You will learn configuration, customization, adding software to the system, and working with the desktop environment. As well as the many included programs and features of Ubuntu Linux.

Design patterns let programmers avoid re-inventing the wheel. The original book (Design Patterns by the "Gang of Four": Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides) was phenomenally successful. When the programmer faces a particular problem, all they have to do is to look up the correct matching design pattern and use it to implement the solution. In this tutorial VTC author Steve Holzner guides you through the most popular and useful design patterns, so you can begin incorporating them into your own code.

SQL Server 2005 Express for Beginners

1. What is a Database?
This introduction covers the questions and terminology SQL Server beginners need to create and manage databases, such as: What is a SQL Server database? How is a SQL Server database different from an Excel spreadsheet? What do SQL Server databases do in my website or software applications? What’s SQL Server Express’ relation to Visual Studio Express? What do terms like “ADO.NET” mean?
Duration: 28 minutes, 15 seconds
2. Understanding Database Tables and Records
SQL Server beginners will learn about tables and definitions of data types, properties, keys, etc. in this second video. Find out how table rows, columns, and fields interrelate and whether columns can be empty.
Duration: 24 minutes, 56 seconds
3. More about Column Data Types and Other Properties
SQL Server beginners will explore data integrity, learn which data types to use for what, and avoid common data type pitfalls.
Duration: 21 minutes, 37 seconds
4. Designing Relational Database Tables
Why are relational databases the most popular? SQL Server beginners will learn to differentiate between primary and foreign keys, design relational database tables, and learn about normalization rules and de-normalization.
Duration: 34 minutes, 10 seconds
5. Manipulating Database Data
SQL Server beginners will learn about ADO.NET objects and execution of SQL statement from ADO.NET. Explore SQL and learn about insert, update, and delete statements.
This lesson requires Management Studio Express and MSXML
Duration: 40 minutes, 20 seconds
6. More Structured Query Language
SQL Server beginners will discover more SQL statements like sub-select and learn stored procedures and their counterparts in C# and VB methods.
Duration: 23 minutes, 13 seconds

This video series consists of over two hours of content focused on solving the common questions developers are facing every day with ASP.NET 2.0.
1. Learn the Tips and Tricks of Experts?
View tips and tricks including encrypting sensitive information stored in the web.config file, posting content to a different page, simplifying complex URLs using URL remapping, and much, much more.
Duration: 18 minutes, 46 seconds
2. Create a Multi-Lingual Site with Localization?
Learn how to create culture-aware and locale-specific web content with no additional code. Use the Resource Editor to create page-level and application-level resources.
Duration: 13 minutes, 37 seconds
3. Make Greater use of Caching?
Watch a demonstration of Partial-Page Output Caching, followed by an overview of the Cache API that demonstrates how to efficiently bind a data presentation control to an XML file.
Duration: 15 minutes, 36 seconds
4. Make use of Caching?
Watch a demonstration of Page Output Caching followed by an overview of the new Database Caching support for SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005.
Duration: 11 minutes, 34 seconds

This video series includes over six hours of video-based instruction that walks you through creating and deploying your first web page, to creating a fully-functioning Quiz Engine web site.

1. Lesson 1: Getting Started with Visual Web Developer Express
In this lesson, you will begin to get familiar with Visual Web Developer Express Edition, and look at the workflow involved in using the program to build dynamic ASP.NET Web sites.
Duration: 28 minutes, 40 seconds
2. Creating a Web Forms User Interface
In this lesson, you will explore the various ASP.NET 2.0 server controls available in Visual Web Developer Express Edition. In addition, you will begin to get familiar with the windows in Visual Web Developer.
Duration: 49 minutes, 20 seconds
3. Understanding More About Events and Postback
In this lesson, you will learn how events can be used in your code, and how to react when those events occur.
Duration: 17 minutes, 24 seconds

1. Get Started with ASP.NET AJAX?
Take your first steps toward learning Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX, from downloading and installing the framework to creating your first AJAX-style application.
Presented by Joe Stagner
Duration: 7 minutes, 51 seconds
2. Get Started with the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit?
Learn how to extend your ASP.NET AJAX applications using the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. This video starts with the very basics, including downloading and installing the toolkit, and adding a few of its controls to a simple ASP.NET AJAX-enabled web page.
Presented by Joe Stagner
Duration: 11 minutes, 15 seconds
3. Use the ASP.NET AJAX CascadingDropDown Control Extender?
This video demonstrates how ASP.NET’s standard DropDownList can become AJAX-enabled using the CascadingDropDown control extender from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit. You will also see how easy it is for a web form to draw its data from an XML Web Service.
Presented by Joe Stagner Duration: 27 minutes, 56 seconds
4. Implement Dynamic Partial-Page Updates with ASP.NET AJAX?
In this video you will learn how to add dynamic partial-page updates to your ASP.NET application using Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX. In particular, you will see how to use the TimerControl to manage the frequency of the AJAX callbacks.
Presented by Joe Stagner
Duration: 12 minutes, 7 seconds