Then I stand corrected. Thanks for pointing that out Sandy. Paul
On May 14, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Sandy Scarfo wrote: > The Lynda.com course durations are listed in hours, so the first two > PHP offerings cover about 21 hours combined, and the last two about > half an hour. > > Sandy > > > > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Art Thompson > <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, so I was one of the folks (culprits?) who suggested Lynda.com > for learning PHP before even checking to see if they offered any > tutorials on the subject. I have to say that I'm shocked that there > are only 4 segments offered totaling less than a half-hour of > instruction?? Sorry for the knee-jerk testimonial! I'm going to > email them right away and request that they up their library in web > development subjects. I just assumed that they would have this > covered as well as they do the front-end subjects, but we know what > happens when you assume... > > Cheers, > Art > > 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 >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
