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Autodesk API technology learning resources & webcasts

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It struck me as a good time to remind people of some good learning resources for the APIs to Autodesk products.

The Developer Centers are really the first place to start, from where you can typically access API documentation and (increasingly) DevTV sessions for our various platform products.

Another great resource people may not realise is available to everyone, for free is our collection of API webcasts, which can not only be attended for free but also downloaded and viewed offline. You can access these via this direct link to the training schedule, or by clicking on "Schedule" from http://www.autodesk.com/apitraining (I do it this way - I just find it easier than looking up bookmarked links). This page allows you to register for future events, but you'll also see "download" links on the right-hand side of the session list, if recordings are available for past sessions.

To give you an idea of the content available, here are the recorded AutoCAD API webcasts that are available for download:

The recording of this week's webcast should be posted any day:

  • AutoCAD: Creating a UI using WPF

And there's one upcoming AutoCAD webcast - scheduled for September 16th - open for registration:

  • AutoCAD .NET: Developing a User Interface

We're currently thinking about how best to run these webcasts in the future, so please let me know of any topics you'd like to see us focus on. One of the primary goals for these webcasts is to provide an opportunity for more direct contact with our DevTech team: for more polished content we focus on DevTV sessions, which we have the chance to edit and where we have more control over the recording quality (the recordings provided automatically by LiveMeeting seem optimised for size rather than quality).

And if you have feedback on any aspect of these sessions, please drop me an email and I'll pass it on to the appropriate person in my team.

Enjoy! 🙂

5 responses to “Autodesk API technology learning resources & webcasts”

  1. GanQuan Avatar
    GanQuan

    I have downloaded and watched the video, what I want to say is that I can not understand the India-English.

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  2. Kean Walmsley Avatar
    Kean Walmsley

    Thank your for the feedback, GanQuan. Which sessions did you have trouble with? I'll see what I can do to get you written transcripts for those sessions.

    Kean

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  3. Stephan Bartl Avatar
    Stephan Bartl

    In some of the videos (incl. DevTV and API webcasts from the ADCenter) I have watched, it is mostly some Asian woman's voice, that is almost impossible to understand (sorry, no prejudice, just too quiet and too much accent for my personal hearing - although I mostly do understand the Indian speaker). The sound qualitiy on some of the videos also is really not good. But all together, the idea with the Video-Tutorials is very good. Thank you to all, who had a part in in.

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  4. Dev Avatar
    Dev

    Go to school and Learn Basic English.. Then you can overcome that... :):)

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  5. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    Personally I had no problem whatsoever understanding the accent. the speaker certainly can speak extremely fluently, and has a command of the language that would rival a native speaker.

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