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Today, This Dot Labs is proud to announce the release of a collection of free training video resources for developers.

The first batch of this growing library includes five courses on contemporary web development subjects, all taught by working software engineers.

Topics include:

Creating an Enterprise Angular Application (2) (1) “Creating an Enterprise Angular Application” by Pato Vargas

Google Cloud Functions and Firebase Scaling your apps for your needs (1) “Google Cloud Functions and Firebase: Scaling your apps for your needs” by Katerina Skroumpelou

Authenticating Angular Applications using Auth0 (1) “Authenticating Angular Applications using Auth0” by Frederik Prijck

Introduction to Machine Learning (1) “Introduction to Machine Learning” by Tracy King

Unit Testing NGRX “Unit Testing NGRX” by Frederik Prijck

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