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+title: "New Free Hands-On Video Course: Conan 2 Essentials"
+meta_title: "Announcing the New Free Conan 2 Essentials Course on JFrog Academy"
+description: "Discover the new, complete, and hands-on Conan 2 Essentials course on JFrog Academy. Learn Conan 2 for free with over 16 lessons and practical examples to master C/C++ package management."
+keywords: "conan, C++, C, package manager, training, jfrog academy, conan 2, devops, essentials"
+---
+
+After months of dedicated work, we are thrilled to launch the new [**Conan 2
+Essentials**](https://academy.jfrog.com/conan-2-essentials) course, which is now
+fully available.
+
+This new course has been created from the ground up to cover the fundamental
+features and best practices of **Conan 2**. It will provide you with the
+essential knowledge needed to start working with the tool effectively, whether
+you are a new user or migrating from a previous version.
+
+## A Hands-On, Free, and Self-Paced Course
+
+This course is designed to be a practical learning experience. There's a
+dedicated [GitHub repository](https://github.com/conan-io/conan-training2) with
+the source code that you will use throughout the lessons to apply the concepts
+with **hands-on examples**, allowing you to experiment firsthand with the
+features of Conan 2.
+
+The course is **completely free** and available for you to take at your own
+pace, with no schedules or deadlines.
+
+<p style="text-align: center;">
+  <a href="https://academy.jfrog.com/conan-2-essentials">
+    <img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/post_images/2025-07-14/course-icon.png" width="80%" alt="Conan Series on JFrog Academy"/>
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+## What Will You Learn in 'Conan 2 Essentials'?
+
+The course consists of **16 video lessons**, totaling **over two hours
+of content**. It follows a logical progression, starting with the
+most common scenario: **consuming packages** to build a simple application with
+CMake. From there, you'll explore the basic anatomy of a **conanfile.py** and
+other fundamental topics like **settings,** **options,** **profiles,** Conan's
+**PackageID** system, and even **cross-compilation**. The journey then continues into
+the core of **package creation**, where you'll build your own libraries, **manage
+dependencies**, and finally learn how to **use and upload your packages to an
+Artifactory repository**, giving you enough hands-on experience to startworking
+with Conan as part of your daily development process.
+
+## Start Learning Today!
+
+Don't wait any longer to modernize your C++ dependency management skills. The
+course is complete and waiting for you.
+
+➡️ [**Register for free for the 'Conan 2 Essentials' course on JFrog
+Academy**](https://academy.jfrog.com/conan-2-essentials)
+
+## What's Next? The Advanced Course is on its Way
+
+While our focus today is on the "Essentials" course launch, we want to let you
+know that we are already working on the next chapter: **Conan 2 Advanced**. This
+course will explore more complex scenarios and advanced features. You will
+learn to streamline local development workflows with **editable packages**, master
+**advanced versioning and lockfiles**, and unlock Conan's full potential through its
+**extensibility and customization features**. We will be releasing lessons
+incrementally over the coming months, aiming to have the full course ready by
+the **end of this year**.
+
+As always, your feedback is crucial to us. If you have any questions or
+suggestions during the course, please don't hesitate to open an issue in the
+[Conan Training GitHub repository](https://github.com/conan-io/conan-training2).
+
+We hope you enjoy the new content!