Obviously, a classroom experience with one on one interaction is ideal, however, it may not be practical depending on your goals and/or other reasons. In addition to the resources listed in these emails, I have found interesting learning materials at http://www.w3schools.com/
For PHP and related things, I personally do not believe a classroom is necessary for those who are familiar with programming. The basics can be picked up easily and the advanced subjects can be learned with internet searches and other resources (such as this group). Good luck in your endeavors! :) Regards, ~K On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > For what it's worth, any no offense to anyone who posted about Lynda.com. I > also think Lynda.com is awesome. I did a quick search on PHP and the results > returned 4 courses. Two of which are all of 16-17 seconds in length. The > other two are 10-11 minutes. I would not consider this *comprehensive*. > Jonathan, for my opinion it really depends on two important variables. > > a) How best to *you* absorb training information. Are you the type of > person that can pick up a book on the subject and consume the details? Do > you need one-to-one instructor driven instructions? > b) In what environment are you specifically interested in? Meaning for PHP > you can get training for example in Dreamweaver. Or you can get training on > using TextMate and learn to do all the things DW does for you. > > Maybe look into the Austin Community College. They used to offer a > Webmaster cert program which was part of the Adult Education. Lindsey Allen > (also on this list) might be so kind to offer some opinion on ACC. They > offer both online self-paced sessions as well as in-classroom instructor > lead courses. > > P- > > > On May 14, 2009, at 10:26 AM, Art Thompson wrote: > > I suggest Lynda.com as well. For years I didn't take them seriously > because, after all, how could a video tutorial take the place of an O'Reilly > book or a physical class on a subject. But, I've found that their > one-on-one, tutorial-based learning is superb for technical subjects such as > PHP or ActionScript and I feel that they are unmatched with regards to the > time and effort put in to learning and what I actually walk away with. Plus, > you can't really beat the price. Also, I keep strange hours and who's going > to teach me one-on-one Advanced ActionScript at 2 in the morning? > > Art > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Take a look at geekaustin.org ... they offer free mysql classes from >> time to time >> >> On May 13, 9:15 pm, Jonathan Horak <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello y'all, >> > >> > Anyone have recommendations for cost-effective PHP/MySQL training in >> > central Austin? I was recently laid off, so I'm looking to expand my >> > skillset -- advanced front-end developer here with beginner level PHP >> > experience -- while the job search continues. >> > >> > << Jonathan >> >> > > > > > > > > -- If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
