NoSQL databases have received a lot of attention in the last few years, and MongoDB is currently the most popular one. If you've been looking at MongoDB for a while now, but aren't ready to take the plunge away from good old MySQL, this course should be exactly what you need to get started with the wonderful world of NoSQL databases.

If you’ve been designing for a while, you’ve surely ran across graphic design stock files and you’ve wondered how to sell your own. But where do you start? How do you get your files up and promote sales? Now you can find out the inside scoop from GraphicRiver senior reviewer Ben Gribbin. Whether it’s selling web ui sets, backgrounds or textures, Ben Gribbin walks designers through the technical aspects of producing your sellable files and gives smart business advice on promoting and growing your profile.

Interested in learning motion graphics? Get started off right! In just 30 Days, VinhSon Nguyen will take you from AfterEffects newbie to designing and working with your own motion graphics. VinhSon provides practical demos and walks you through the basics of AfterEffects on up to advanced editing techniques.

From web design, to graphic design, to photo editing and manipulation, Photoshop is the primary tool of many creative industries. This course will help you feel comfortable and confident using all of Photoshop’s most important functions, like layers, the brush tool, blend modes, smart objects, and lots more! In one month, you’ll have well and truly learned how to use Photoshop.

This course begins by assuming you have no experience with MongoDB, taking you through the basics of installation. Then you will learn about JSON and Mongo``s extensive query capabilities through the Mongo shell. We will cover importing, and exporting data into Mongo. After that, we cover replication and fault tolerance. Then it is on to scaling out with MongoDB, including indexing, performance tuning, monitoring, and sharding. Finally, we cover backups and recovery. No prior experience with MongoDB is assumed for this course but a knowledge of administration of another database will be helpful.

Full details 10gen Education - M102: MongoDB For DBAs (2012) and get links download please reading below.

From photo-realistic 3D to subtle shapes and shades of color, you can achieve some stunning effects with the gradient mesh tool. If you’re comfortable with Illustrator and ready to jump into advanced illustration techniques, this is the course for you. Join us as Cheryl Graham teaches us how to effectively use the gradient mesh tool in any illustration project.

Interested in working for yourself, but not sure what freelancing as a designer is like? We've got you covered. In this introductory course, Ben Gribbin introduces you to the world of freelancing and gives specific tips for designers.

Learn everything you need to know to get started building a MongoDB-based app. This course will go over basic installation, JSON, schema design, querying, insertion of data, indexing and working with language drivers. In the course, you will build a blogging platform, backed by MongoDB.

Full details 10gen Education - M101: MongoDB For Developers (2012) and get links download please reading below.

Adobe Illustrator is a powerful and popular tool for illustrators and designers, but can be intimidating if you’ve never worked with vector before. Don’t know about anchors, brushes, symbols or meshes? Never fear! Experienced illustrator Ryan Quintal takes you from newbie to Illustrator pro in just 30 days. Once you’re up and running, Ryan will work through a final project, a product case design, to show how it all goes together.

Logos are deceptively complicated–simple to look at, but incredibly difficult to do well. We only need to look at brands such as Apple, Nike and 3M to see how effective logos can be deceptively minimal. Well, Gary Simon is here to teach us how this is done and he will be taking you through the whole process of designing logos, from the design brief to sketching concepts to incorporating client feedback. Let’s get started!

Ever wanted to learn how to design for the vast mobile device market* In the course, Ryan Quintal will teach us the basics of Mobile Design and take rough concept sketches through to polished designs for mobile websites or apps. Along the way, youll learn about planning usability, human interface guidelines, wireframing, and more.

Full details Tutplus Training Mobile Design (2012) and get links download please reading below.

In this course, we will be discussing basic, everyday photo retouching techniques that photographers of any skill level can use. Whether youre touching up professional portraits or just want to make your casual snaps Facebook-ready, Philip Zeplin demonstrates practical techniques in Photoshop for polishing your photos while avoiding that overdone look. This course will cover:

A resume packages your assets into a convincing advertisement that sells you. The main purpose of the resume is to win the interview, thus beating the competition for the job you are applying for. Here, Nicki Hart will show you how to do this in a creative and professional way. Nicki will teach you how to layout your resume, what colors to use, how to break up your content and much much more!

Learn everything you need to know to get started building a MongoDB-based app. This course will go over basic installation, JSON, schema design, querying, insertion of data, indexing and working with language drivers. In the course, you will build a blogging platform, backed by MongoDB.