If I can throw my ha'penny in as a longtime macromedia/adobe trainer
- (uk based so not in the frame for this!)
the courses themselves are good, but if I were you I would go for a
higher level of customisation - try and get the trainer to come up
with a tailored programme that suits your people. The problem I have
found with those courses is that there is so much to pack in that
there isn't room to really explore things as fully as one might
like . Some of the early stuff (like adding controls etc) is stuff
that is pretty intuitive for existing developers and is often best
sealt with in granular detail later on when the controls themselves
are being used a lot more to load data .
Also, there is the Creating visual ---- ah can't recall and don't
have details to hand but iss something like "creating visual
experience' in Flex which is a great little course for learning about
really c§ustomisisng the app - developers and designers alike work
well together on this and it helps developers understand the
structure of components vis a vis skinning etc.
good luck !
Matt Wicks
On 14 Mar 2007, at 18:46, michael_p_levine wrote:
The company I'm working for is preparing to shift it's web development
from ASP.NET to Flex and is interested in bringing in a good Flex
instructor on-site to provide training to a small group of developers.
The company is located in Chicago, but we're willing to fly someone
in from anywhere in the U.S. and provide accommodations for the week.
If we go with the Adobe courses (are there alternatives?) we would
target the 3-day "Flex 2: Developing Rich Client Applications"
followed by the 2-day "Flex 2: Data and Communications".
I am very interested in hearing other people's experiences with any
type of instructor-lead Flex training courses and any suggestions on
training providers and/or specific instructors.
- What company provided the training?
- How was the instructor?
- How was the training material?
- Any other suggestions or feedback?
My thanks in advance to everyone for the assistance!
Michael Levine
