Thanks for the good feedback, Holly. I was the instructor of your PHP course in the ACC Webmaster Certificate Program.
On May 14, 2009, at [May14]2:40 PM, Holly Fortenberry wrote: > I earned my Webmaster's certification at ACC and the php (and other) > classes were very helpful. And they only last about 5 weeks usually. > > > Paul 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > Alysia Korelc (c) 512-576-1776 [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
