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Introduction to Responsive Design using Bootstrap Framework
1.5-3 hrs 9,914 learners
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You Will Learn How To

Having completed this course you will be able to:

  • Describe the helpfulness of using Bootstrap to upgrade/develop a website
  • List the types of components found in Bootstrap
  • Describe how to bring Bootstrap components into a website
  • Explain the importance of a responsive design for a website
  • Discuss how to use grids in Bootstrap
  • Describe how grids in Bootstrap are different to HTML tables
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Web Design
Introduction to Responsive Design using Bootstrap Framework
1.5-3 hrs
9914 enrolled
Introduction to Angular 2
1.5-3 hrs 12,343 learners
By Microsoft
You Will Learn How To

Having completed this course you will be able to:

  • Identify what a single page application is.
  • Identify the core philosophies of Angular.
  • Recognise the features of typescript.
  • Discuss the process of installing Angular.
  • Recognise the main building blocks of an Angular application. Identify how to create and use a component, attribute and structural directives.
  • Identify what interpolation is used for.
  • Discuss using event binding in Angular 2.
  • Explain how routing works in Angular 2.
  • Explain the purpose of observables.
  • Recognise how to connect the building blocks of Angular.
  • Identify how to create a basic task list application.
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Programming
Introduction to Angular 2
1.5-3 hrs
12343 enrolled
Building a Responsive User Interface using Bootstrap
1.5-3 hrs 10,213 learners
By Microsoft
You Will Learn How To

Having completed this course you will be able to:

  • List the benefits of using JavaScript in Bootstrap
  • Describe how to create a Modal Dialogs and Alerts
  • Describe how to create inline help on your website
  • Explain how LESS can help you with achieving semantic mark-up and tidying up your code
  • Recognize package managers that help manage the use of LESS within Bootstrap
  • Discuss why you should not modify your Bootstrap files
  • Discuss what a content delivery network (CDN) is, how it works and how it helps host your websitej
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Web Development
Building a Responsive User Interface using Bootstrap
1.5-3 hrs
10213 enrolled
Introduction to C++ Programming Language
1.5-3 hrs 70,000 learners
By Microsoft
You Will Learn How To

Having completed this course you will be able to:

  • Describe the three-step process code goes through when it is being compiled.
  • Discuss variable types in C++ and how to convert them into different types.
  • Explain why C++ is a strongly typed programming language.
  • Discuss the flow of control in a program and the precedence of operators in C++.
  • Describe what functions are and how they work.
  • Explain the usefulness of creating a header file and an object file to hold functions and objects.
  • Describe the C++ standard library and how to include in your programs.
  • Explain different ways to call the C++ standard library member functions. Identify what an object is.
  • Explain how a class can help create complex objects.
  • Discuss the process of encapsulation within your program.
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Programming
Introduction to C++ Programming Language
1.5-3 hrs
70000 enrolled
C++ Programming using Advanced Features
1.5-3 hrs 18,946 learners
By Microsoft
You Will Learn How To

Having completed this course you will be able to:

  • Describe how to create a reference to an object in your program
  • Identify the importance and usefulness of inheritance in an object orientated program
  • Explain what polymorphism is and how it can be useful to your program
  • Discuss the use of pointers and compare their usage to references
  • Describe creating objects in the free store
  • Discuss the process of copying, assigning and destruction of objects
  • Discuss using and creating templates
  • Explain how to create a vector container to hold multiple values/variables
  • Identify the different type of applications you can create for with C++
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Programming
C++ Programming using Advanced Features
1.5-3 hrs
18946 enrolled
Ruby on Rails for Web Application Development
3-4 hrs 7,251 learners
By Microsoft
You Will Learn How To

Having completed this course you will be able to:

  • Identify the features of the Ruby programming language.
  • Describe how to create a Ruby web app through the command line interface.
  • Define what Object-Orientated programming is about. - Discuss inheritance in programming Explain how to create a class and an object.
  • Explain the difference in creating a method and a class method.
  • Identify how to create a method in Ruby.
  • Recognise the syntax for creating conditional branching statements.
  • Recognise the different types of loops in Ruby.
  • Explain what inclusive and exclusive ranges are.
  • Explain what MVC (Model View Controller) architecture is.
  • Describe how to change your database schema using Rails.
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App Development
Ruby on Rails for Web Application Development
3-4 hrs
7251 enrolled
Microsoft Excel 2010
6-10 hrs 172,346 learners
By Microsoft
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain how to create a worksheet and save, prepare for printing and apply templates to it
  • Identify patterns and trends with conditional formatting, sparklines and charts
  • Describe the ‘save’ and ‘run’ macros
  • Identify how to navigate Excel's menus
  • State the MS Excel 2010 version's improvements and new features
  • Indicate the process of working with formulas and functions
  • Outline the use of ‘VLOOKUP’ to search through the data in the spreadsheet
  • Describe how to apply a table to data
  • Discuss the ways to check conditions with the ‘IF’ function
  • Explain the process of calculating dates using formulas
  • Recall how to work more efficiently with keyboard shortcuts
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Microsoft Excel 2010
6-10 hrs
172346 enrolled
Microsoft Access 2010
4-5 hrs 21,725 learners
By Microsoft
You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Use database templates
  • Plan for good design
  • Understand keys and data types
  • Create tables while you save, add and navigate data
  • Create relationships between tables
  • Set referential integrity
  • Create ‘queries’ and ‘lookup’ fields
  • Create different types of forms in various ways
  • Work in ‘layout’ view
  • Create reports for your database
  • Build and work with online databases
  • Create and publish them
  • Save a changed database to the web
  • Utilize keyboard shortcuts and access keys
  • Work with security protocols
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Microsoft Access
Microsoft Access 2010
4-5 hrs
21725 enrolled
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