Thoughts on training courses
Doing some research for a little something I’ve got planned a few months from now — your feedback is very welcome!
Just leave a comment or drop me an email with your thoughts.
What do you look for in Flex 2 and AS3 training?
- Expert trainer, curriculum, courseware
- Pricing, location, classroom size
- Follow up, ability to post questions and get supportWhat do you want to get out of attending a training course?
- Get product certification
- Have a general overview of the product
- Have indepth knowledge of specific features
- Know how to best apply the technology (best practices)What teaching approach do you prefer?
- walk through a fixed curriculum
- open curriculum, discuss topics based on attendee feedback
- cover as much ground as time permitsHow do you want to learn code?
- Deconstruct an existing application
- Code an application from scratch
- Don’t build apps, do example codeWould you attend a Flex 2, ActionScript 3.0 or Apollo course in your area within the next 6 months?
- Yes, more than likely
- Possibly
- No, definitely not
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Hey Peter - You may want to get in contact with my friend Tom Bray (http://www.tombray.com) because he just jumped into the Flex training field himself over here in California.
Personally, I prefer to learn anything new through working on my own experiments and fleshing out my own ideas - i.e. working from scratch. Depends on your audience though, for programming beginners this may not work as well.
hi Peter, for what its worth, what I would like to get out of attending a training course is to have indepth knowledge of specific features and to know how to best apply the technology.
As I have learnd from one of your books, it seems that coding best practices are fundamental.
And also if we had good training courses near where I live I’d say that I would defenetely try and attend a training course.
Hey Peter,
I don’t generally take training courses, but this is what I’d look.
What do you look for in Flex 2 and AS3 training?
- Expert trainer, curriculum, courseware, Price
What do you want to get out of attending a training course?
- Get product certification
I’m accustomed to getting up to speed on new software by myself so the only thing I’d be looking for is accreditations
What teaching approach do you prefer?
- walk through a fixed curriculum
How do you want to learn code?
- Code an application from scratch
Would you attend a Flex 2, ActionScript 3.0 or Apollo course in your area within the next 6 months?
Yes, more than likely.. if the course met the above criteria