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Get started programming with Visual Basic using Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Desktop.

Learn to design and build a Live Tile to represent your app on the Windows Phone Start screen.

Learn a basic level of fluency with MATLAB, the programming language of choice for scientists and engineers for statistical analysis.

Get comfortable in Visual Studio, the full-featured app development environment from Microsoft, and learn how to create a variety of projects, from websites to rich Internet applications.

Get started selling and or distributing your apps through the Windows Store.

Lays the groundwork for coding and distributing your very first app for Windows 8.

Explores the major features of Xcode, the integrated development environment for developers of OS X and iOS apps.

Shows how to pair XAML with Visual Basic to build a simple data-driven application.

Shows how to pair XAML with C# to build a simple data-driven application.

Learn to set up Eclipse to work with a variety of different languages, including Java, PHP, C/C++, and JavaScript, create new projects, and use the editing tools.

Reviews the history of version control and demonstrates its fundamental concepts: check-in/checkout, forking, merging, commits, and distribution.

Take a quick tour of the free web development tool Aptana Studio and its features for building rich HTML sites that integrate CSS and JavaScript.

Introduces the concepts behind Core Data, the object persistence framework used to manipulate and store data in iOS and OS X applications.

Covers every major feature of this popular language for application development for the Mac and iOS devices, with instructions for building basic applications using Objective-C and Xcode 4.

A complete tutorial and reference for C and C++, from variables to functions and loops, including the C Standard Library and the C++ Standard Template Library.

Offers a detailed tour of the foundational programming language for several Microsoft platforms, including Windows, ASP.NET, Silverlight, SharePoint, and Windows Phone.

Shows app developers how to package and submit applications for sale through Apple's Mac App Store.

How to develop and deploy Flash-based native applications with Adobe AIR 2.

Adobe Certified Instructor David Gassner brings AJAX developers deeper into the functions and features of AIR 1.5 used with Dreamweaver CS4.

How Flex Builder 3 and the Flex 3 framework can be used to build cross-system desktop applications with Adobe AIR.

Web developers can learn to leverage their Flash, Flex, HTML, and AJAX skills to create multi-platform desktop applications in AIR.

How to use the Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) and associated development tools to create dynamic applications.