Through this tutorial you’ll learn several techniques for creating a cob of corn and a cactus with particle systems. This includes working with hair strand particles, using objects as particles, distributing the particles along a mesh, adding randomness, and rendering the objects in the Cycles renderer.

Whether you're building a web- or desktop-based application with Java SE or Java EE, many Java applications need to integrate data from a relational database. This course describes how to read and manage data from relational databases such as MySQL and SQL Server using the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API.

Java Advanced Training shows developers how to expand their programming skills and get more out of Java. This course offers platform- and framework-neutral tutorials that can be used to build web, mobile, and desktop applications. Starting with advanced methods of defining Java classes and programmatic flow, author David Gassner goes on to describe the Java Reflection API and the Collections Framework; management of files and directories; test-driven development with advanced exception handling and reporting; and how to work with multiple threads.

This SQL Server 2012 administration course covers how to configure and maintain an enterprise data management system. You'll learn SQL profiler, SQL server agent, basic high availability principles, and proper management of data and log files. If you're new to SQL Server administration, you'll benefit from this introduction as it introduces you to a broad range of topics.