The JSON protocol is the most common method software systems use to communicate with each other, but is it the best choice? This course will teach you about protocol buffers, a faster, more efficient, and more flexible system for inter-service communication.

Watch as skyscrapers, shopping malls, and expansive parking lots take shape, rising beam by beam with cranes doing the heavy lifting. You'll see job-site essentials: the foreman's trailer, supply sheds, and stacks of pipes and parts waiting for assembly. Laying roads, setting rebar, and pourin' concrete – it's all in a day's work. This hands-on, dynamic environment boasts the grit, grime, and genius of ground-up creation, providing you the tools and templates of towering cranes, hardworking crews, and awe-inspiring machinery. Mix and match Construction Zone with any from our Modern Cities Kits to craft a metropolis that's not just standing, but thriving and alive with action. Get to work!

Modular and pre-constructed city blocks make it easy for you to build your realistic and vibrant metropolis in a matter of minutes. Inspired by one of the most densely populated modern cities in the world, this Kit includes towering skyscrapers, in-progress construction sites, hidden alleyways, graffiti-lined streetscapes, and more. Travel among society's elite in buildings above the clouds, or move among the millions of common city dwellers in noodle shops, tenement apartments, and back-alley basketball courts.

Adobe Photoshop, the industry standard for digital image processing and editing, delivers a comprehensive package of professional retouching tools, and is packed with powerful editing features designed to inspire.