In case you are looking to hone in on some of your skills:
My friend Mike (http://classes.mzdesigns.net) is offering three different classes right now: "Learn Ruby on Rails" "Interactive UI - Advanced CSS/Javascript/AJAX" "Design Beautiful Websites - Advanced CSS and HTML". He recently offered some Intro to Web Development classes with some rave reviews. Use the discount code - "kim_discount" and get discounted prices on all these classes. :) Sign Up via - http://classes.mzdesigns.net Scroll below to see more details on these classes. Kim Learn Ruby on Rails: Create a Twitter Application! -------------------------------------------------- Cost: $500 ($300 with discount) Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Holiday Inn - Arboretum Area Hotel (corner of 183/Mopac) When: Wednesdays, September 2 and 9 (price includes all classes) Have you ever wanted to build your own web application? Do you want to learn about some of coolest technology on the web? Have you heard about Ruby on Rails and are curious how it works? The Introduction to Ruby on Rails course will introduce you to Rails and rapid prototyping of your web application. The course has two 3-hour sessions and will cover a wide range of topics. Lesson 1: Learning the Ruby language, Object Oriented Programming, Databases and Data Modeling. Lesson 2: Learning Model-View-Control (MVC) design patterns and the Rails framework. Then we will build a light weight Twitter clone Rails application with user logins and AJAX interactions. ======================================================= The Interactive UI: Advanced CSS/Javascript/AJAX ------------------------------------------------ Cost: $500 ($300 with discount) Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Holiday Inn - Arboretum Area Hotel (corner of 183/Mopac) When: September 14 and 21 (price includes all classes) Have you ever wanted to create draggable elements on a web page? Do you want to learn to re-sort lists on the page? Have you heard about AJAX and are curious how to use it? This class will cover advanced CSS techniques and begin using AJAX/Javscript to create dynamic web application interfaces. Learn to use UI widgets like Date Pickers, Accordions, Draggables, Resizables, Sortables. We will be manipulating the DOM, so you MUST be familiar with CSS and XHTML as this will be a deeper dive into creating dynamic web elements. Topics covered: XHTML/DHTML/HTML, CSS, Javascript, Javascript Libraries (JQuery), PHP, XML ======================================================= Designing Beautiful Web Sites: Advanced CSS/HTML ------------------------------------------------ Cost: $300 ($150 with discount) Time: 1pm - 5pm Location: Holiday Inn - Arboretum Area Hotel (corner of 183/Mopac) When: September 12 How exactly do I achieve the great designs I see on the web? I have a strong design background, how can I leverage that in building a site? I am familiar with HTML and CSS but want to use it properly to achieve stunning designs. In this class we will take a PhotoShop design and create a web site using CSS based design. This is an advanced CSS class and you must be familiar with HTML, CSS, and PhotoShop. Topics covered: XHTML/DHTML/HTML, CSS, Javascript, PhotoShop _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=PID23391::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HYGN_faster:082009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
