Learning to program in PHP, Python, Java or Lua ...
Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-02-19 17:54:56 - Graham Ellis... or in Ruby, Tcl, C, C++ or Perl
Are you new to computer programming? Is it so long since you programmed that you feel very rusty and would like to start again from basics? If you've said "yes" to either of these questions our new "Learning to program in ...." series of courses may be exactly what you need!
The majority - but NOT all - of our programming course delegates already have some prior knowledge in another language, and the courses they attend can start quite fast as they cover common ground, before getting into unique specifics. However a sizeable and increasing minority have not programmed before, and so we're adding an optional extra day onto the start of most of our courses so that we can provide these customers with an appropriate product too.
I have already taught a number of "Learning to program" courses ... and in each case I start from first principles, showing delegates how programs are written from scratch, and how to work our what to do (the analysis) as well as how to do it (the programming). It's not done just off a set of notes - real programs are written for the newcomers in front of their very eyes, and they get a chance to do it and to get a couple of their own short examples under their belt before the main course.
Here are the "learning to program" courses ... listed alongside the shorter coursed for experienced programmers
Many of the delegates who have been asking me for "learning to" courses are retraining to take on a new role, or to take over someone else's tasks in the current economic climate, and they don't have very many weekdays to spare for the course. So I have scheduled many of the extra days on the weekend, immediately before the 'main' subject course starts on the Monday.
And these learners may not have a limitless budget either, so for bookings confirmed before the end of April [2009] on courses taken before the end of July, we'll give you the extra 'learning to" day at no tuition charge - you'll just be paying the extra £60.00 + VAT for your hotel room with us for an extra night. And as it's likely to be one-on-one tuition prior to a main course with a handful of delegates, that's a bargain you can't afford to miss!
Click on the individual course names in the table above for details ... call in (01225 708225) to book at these special rates. I look forward to teaching you to program ... I've been programming for many years and it is still fun!