How To: Photoshop Tutorial – Soft Focus Effect
By Photoshop Tutorials
Published: May 18, 2018“
In today’s Photoshop tutorial, I will share a few great techniques on how to create a soft focus effect. All stocks are free to download so you can follow along.
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Top Headlines for February 13, 2023

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[#Script #Coding] Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in C++ Course
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) in C++ Course
By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Feb 02, 2021“
Object Oriented Programming (OOP) is commonly used when writing code with C++. In this crash course, you will learn what OOP is and how to implement it using C++.
This course was developed by Saldina Nurak (CodeBeauty). Check out her channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/CodeBeauty
Course Contents
- (0:00:00) Introduction
- (0:00:54) Introduction to OOP
- (0:03:17) Classes and objects
- (0:10:40) Access modifiers
- (0:17:26) Constructors
- (0:29:39) Encapsulation
- (0:39:50) Abstraction
- (0:52:23) Inheritance
- (1:15:43) Polymorphism
- (1:28:26) Outro
- (1:29:01) Bloopers
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[#Script #Coding] Learn Tailwind CSS – Course for Beginners
Learn Tailwind CSS – Course for Beginners
By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Jan 17, 2023“
This course will give you a full introduction into all of the core concepts of Tailwind CSS — it will also provide details on every feature that provides Tailwindcss.
Course from codewithguillaume.
Contents
- (0:00:00) Introduction
- (0:02:36) Setup
- (0:17:01) Colors
- (0:29:11) Customization
- (0:42:11) Typography
- (1:05:21) Spaces & sizes
- (1:29:36) Flex
- (1:51:46) Grids
- (2:12:48) Layouts
- (2:37:49) Borders
- (2:45:41) Effects & filters
- (2:57:33) Animations
- (3:08:28) Design System
- (3:56:31) Core concepts
- (4:05:26) Dark mode
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Top Headlines for February 12, 2023
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U.S. Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon
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U.S. Says It Will Expand Its Military Footprint in the Philippines
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Tyre Nichols Was a 'Beautiful Soul,' Memphis Pastor Says
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Winter Storm Brings Icy Conditions to Texas
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Thousands Welcome Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Mother of Tyre Nichols Calls for Peaceful Protests
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[#Script #Coding] Using map() in Python #shorts
Using map() in Python #shorts
By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Jan 27, 2023“
Master the HTTP networking protocol by completing over 80 coding exercises and quizzes in JavaScript. Once you’ve learned it all, we’ll build a real web crawler using Node.js to put all the concepts into practice.
HTTP is the backbone of the modern web, and in this course we’ll do a deep dive into all of the fundamentals you’ll need to know to master web networking. We’ll use the Fetch API to interact with a live RESTful server in order to connect the different components of a video game.
Code: https://github.com/bootdotdev/fcc-learn-http-assets
Follow this course interactively on Boot.dev: https://boot.dev/learn/learn-http
Lane Wagner created this course.
Boot.dev: https://boot.dev
Lane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wagslane
Lane’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bootdotdev
New to JavaScript? Beginner course: https://boot.dev/learn/learn-javascriptContents
- (0:00:00) Introduction
- (0:03:32) Ch 1 – Why HTTP
- (0:27:31) Ch 2 – DNS
- (0:48:11) Ch 3 – URIs and URLs
- (1:16:21) Ch 4 – Async JavaScript
- (1:49:48) Ch 5 – Errors in JS
- (2:04:54) Ch 6 – HTTP Headers
- (2:21:04) Ch 7 – JSON
- (2:41:09) Ch 8 – HTTP Methods
- (3:17:01) Ch 9 – URL Paths
- (3:36:33) Ch 10 – HTTPS security
- (3:48:24) Proj – Setup Dev Environment
- (3:51:28) Proj – Hello World
- (3:56:29) Proj – Normalize URLs
- (4:11:05) Proj – URLs from HTML
- (4:27:49) Proj – The main.js file
- (4:33:10) Proj – Using Fetch
- (4:45:16) Proj – Recursively crawling the web
- (4:55:33) Proj – Print an SEO report
- (5:06:59) Proj – Conclusion
- (5:08:04) Congratulations
Documentation used:
Fetch API: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API
URL constructor: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/URL/URL
Fetch Response: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Response
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[#Script #Coding] Angular Course for Beginners
Angular Course for Beginners
By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Sep 07, 2022“
Learn Angular in this complete course for beginners. First, you will learn the basics of Typescript and then you will learn about important Angular concepts such as binding, dependency injection, forms, routing, and more.
Santosh Yadav created this course.
Check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TechTalksWi…
https://twitter.com/SantoshYadavDev
https://github.com/sponsors/santoshya…Course Contents
Introduction
- (0:00:00) Introduction to Angular
- (0:09:56) Introduction to Typescript
- (0:28:57) SPA and Local Setup
Typescript
- (0:42:09) Typescript Data Types and Functions
- (1:25:56) Classes and Interface
- (2:11:10) Typescript decorators and tsconfig file
Angular Installation and Basics
- (2:20:24) Angular Installation and Binding Syntax
- (3:25:04) Built-in Directives
- (4:07:36) Built-in Pipes
- (4:30:10) Adding Bootstrap CSS to App
Lifecycle Hook and Component Communication
- (4:44:53) ngOnInt and Component Communication using Input and Output
- (5:09:32) Change Detection and ngOnChanges
- (5:36:51) ngDoCheck
- (5:42:01) ViewChild, ViewChildren and AfterViewInit
- (6:22:41) Content Projection, AfterContentInit and OnDestroy
Dependency Injection
- (6:44:55) Introduction
- (7:09:34) Resolution Modifiers
- (7:24:06) Value Providers
HttpClient and RxJs
- (7:41:04) Setting Up HttpClientModule
- (7:44:07) HttpService , RxJs observables and http get
- (8:01:28) RxJs Observable and Observer
- (8:11:59) Http Put and Delete
- (8:27:10) Http Request
- (8:40:55) ShareReplay RxJs Operators
- (8:47:17) Async Pipe
- (8:57:15) catchError operator
- (9:05:29) map operator
- (9:09:06) Http Interceptor
- (9:29:11) APP_INITIALIZER
Routing Basics
- (9:35:06) Angular Router and default Route
- (9:51:01) Adding Angular material and navigation
- (10:00:35) Wild card, dynamic route and ActivatedRoute service
- (10:23:19) ParamMap and Activate Route Service
Template Driven Forms
- (10:25:45) Introduction
- (10:50:20) Validation
- (11:09:26) Pristine, Dirty State and Reset Form
- (11:19:08) Custom Directives and Custom Validation
Advanced Routing
- (11:49:33) Navigation using Router Service
- (11:52:34) Feature and Routing Module
- (12:10:57) Nested and Child Route
- (12:19:41) Lazy Loading
- (12:35:49) Configure Lazy Loading using CLI
- (12:42:46) Using ProvidedIn Any
- (12:59:15) Router Events
- (13:06:00) Listening to Router Events
Route Guards
- (13:08:49) CanActivate
- (13:21:24) CanActivateChild
- (13:26:53) CanLoad
Reactive Forms
- (13:30:44) Introduction
- (13:41:33) Using Material Controls
- (13:59:54) Nested Form Controls
- (14:17:38) Dynamic Forms
- (14:45:09) Built-in Validators
- (14:51:50) Reset Form
- (14:55:15) Control Level Validation
- (15:05:22) SetValue and PatchValue
- (15:09:23) ValueChanges and UpdateOn
- (15:17:40) map operator with Form
- (15:29:55) Custom Validator
CanDeactivate Guard
- (15:57:10) CanDeactivate Guard and Form
Custom Pipe
- (16:15:04) Custom Pipe
Resolve Guard
- (16:25:39) Resolve Guard
Global Error Handling
- (16:45:46) Error Handling
Testing Basics
- (16:50:08) Introduction
- (16:56:59) First test
- (17:01:43) Testing Component and Service
Deployment and CI/CD
- (17:15:44) Using Netlify for Deployment
- (17:28:06) GitHub Actions to Automate Tasks
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Top Headlines for February 11, 2023
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'Nothing Is Off the Table,' Sunak Says of Military Aid to Ukraine
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Los Angeles Rescue Team Deploys to Earthquake Zone in Turkey
The United States Agency for International Development said it was deploying two specialized search and rescue units, one from California and the other from Virginia, to assist in disaster response.
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Rescuers in Turkey Search For Earthquake Survivors
Rescue teams combed through the rubble of a collapsed building in Adana, Turkey.
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U.S. Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon
American officials said that the surveillance device was shot down off the coast of the Carolinas after it spent the last week traversing the country. Chinese officials maintained that it was a weather balloon that had entered U.S. airspace by accident.
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U.S. Says It Will Expand Its Military Footprint in the Philippines
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Tyre Nichols Was a 'Beautiful Soul,' Memphis Pastor Says
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Winter Storm Brings Icy Conditions to Texas
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Thousands Welcome Pope Francis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Mother of Tyre Nichols Calls for Peaceful Protests
Community members joined RowVaughn Wells, the mother of Tyre Nichols, and Rodney Wells, Mr. Nichols's stepfather, at a candlelit vigil in Memphis.
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Pope Says Homosexuality Is Not a Crime, 'God Loves Us As We Are'
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[#Adobe #Design] How to Automatically Create Captions and Subtitles in Adobe Premiere Pro
How to Automatically Create Captions and Subtitles in Adobe Premiere Pro
By AdobeMasters
Published: Aug 24, 2022“
Today we are going over a technique to automatically create subtitles or captions for your video in Adobe Premiere Pro CC!
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[#Script #Coding] ChatGPT Clone – OpenAI API and React Tutorial
ChatGPT Clone – OpenAI API and React Tutorial
By freeCodeCamp.org
Published: Jan 18, 2023“
Learn how to use React and the OpenAI API to create an application like ChatGPT. The application can answer our questions, convert the text into different languages, or even convert JavaScript code to Python.
OpenAI API: https://beta.openai.com/
Course developed by @CybernaticoByNishant
ChatGPT with React: https://github.com/nishant-666/ChatGPT-React
OpenAI with React: https://github.com/nishant-666/Dall-E-API-with-ReactContents
- (0:00) Introduction
- (4:01) Importing configuration and api keys
- (11:27) Creating the input and button
- (16:09) How to create an image
- (23:32) Getting the api key from the console
- (28:48) Setting up the menu items
- (36:14) Hovering options in the options
- (41:03) Importing the translated component
- (48:47) Setting options in a file
- (53:30) Finishing main function
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