If you need a high-end 3D graphics software package for 3D effects, animation, cinematics, or game graphics, check out Maya! Maya is widely used by visual effects and animation studios, and is growing increasingly popular with game developers. This Virtual Training Company tutorial introduces you to Maya's groundbreaking tools and features. Co-authors Chuck Grieb and Roger Dickes begin showing you the tool sets and helping you to understand the structure and organization of Maya. They will introduce you to the modeling, lighting, animation, and dynamic tools available in Maya. You will learn exciting features such as adding texture, digital sculpture, and much more. To get started, just click one of the movie topics below.

The Java 2: Certified Programmer tutorial is for programmers experienced in using the basic syntax and structure of the Java programming language who wish to take the Sun Certified Programmer for Java 2 Platform exam . This course covers the information required by certification exam 310-035, which is the exam for Java 2 version 1.4. It also includes the information needed for 310-036, which is the certification exam for upgrading a certification from version 1.2 to version 1.4. It also includes the information required by 311-055, which is the certification exam for Java 2 version 5.0. The latest releases added several new features to the language. VTC Author Arthur Griffith guides you through this preparation tutorial on your journey to certification.

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a tool that lets you create dynamic web pages. PHP-enabled web pages are treated just like regular HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you normally create regular HTML pages. Virtual Training Company's tutorial is taught by Joshua Mostafa and shows you how to get the most out of using PHP. He begins with the basics and takes you smoothly through all you need to know to use PHP in creating an incredible web site.

Video tutorials cover these topics:

• Concepts
• Absolute Basics
• Making Choices
• Loops and Control Structures
• Data (Arrays, Strings and Regular Expressions)
• Querying A Database
• Interacting With The User
• Intermediate Coding Techniques
• Sessions and Users
• Objects
• Building a Data-Driven Website

Linux is a free Unix-type operating system originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers around the world. Developed under the GNU General Public License, the source code for Linux is freely available to everyone. In this tutorial, Arthur Griffith explains and demonstrates everything you need to know to begin understanding and using Linux. From history to philosophy, installation to networking (even Cygwin X Server and RedHat); whether you have a passing interest in a new OS, or would like to become a Linux engineer, the VTC 'Linux: Introduction to Linux' tutorial is the best place to start.

Contents:

• Introduction
• A Look Around the File System
• Disk Drives and Device Nodes
• Files and File Utilities
• The Linux Shell
• Shell Scripts and Init
• Running Processes
• UNIX Networking
• X
• Archiving and Compressing
• Misc Utils

Microsoft ASP.NET has taken many of the best active server technologies and combined them into one powerful set of coding instructions which allow interaction between the user and the server. Today's companies and their customers rely on a back-and-forth flow of data that can be specific and more importantly, updated based on individual requests for information. Why is this important? A customer shopping at an e-store can have specific pages generated and delivered based on their shopping habits. As they continue to shop or change their habits, the information can be updated, or even updated at their request. In this seven hour tutorial, Certified Instructor Mark Long will introduce and then expand on Microsoft's ASP.NET.

• What is ASP.NET?
• Course Overview
• History of ASP
• What's Different About ASP.NET?
• A Simple ASP.NET Page
• .NET Framework
• Internet Information Server
• Visual Studio.NET
• Web Forms
• Controls
• User Controls
• Tracing
• Managing State
• Optimizing ASP.NET Apps
• Configuration
• ASP.NET Security Basics
• Web Services
• Deployment