Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2009-09-08 08:05:37 - Graham Ellis
Are you wanting to learn PHP? Select a course that starts and ends at the right points!
You may (or may not) already know all the background stuff about web sites. And you may (or may not) have programmed a computer before. So you'll want to select the course with the correct starting point - one which neither assumes knowledge you don't have, nor makes you sit through stuff you already know.
You may be providing a fairly regular site running some small interactive pages, or you may be writing / running a major web based application. You may (or may not) need to know about Object Oriented PHP, you may need to know about AJAX (client - server interaction), web2 (where your server will contact other servers while handling requests), etc. So you'll want to select the course that takes you through the correct subjects to the right end point - one which covers everything you need, but does not keep you at our training centre, paying us money, through advanced topics that are un-necessary for you
We offer a range of courses - with different start and end points that help us match each individual's needs as closely as possible. There are three ways into the central "PHP Programming" subjects depending on your background, and advanced courses to take you beyond those base subjects, but only if you need that.
Here - in answer to an email I have just answered - are the courses:
1. Our "Technology for PHP" day - covers the pre-requisites for PHP rather than the language / system itself. It introduces HTML, web site structure, basics of computer programming and design, SQL databases and a host of other subjects which all get brought together within interactive web sites of the sort that you may develop under PHP. This is very much a 'lead in' day for newcomers to the technology - perhaps graphic artists who have been tasked with taking over or developing a web site that uses or will use PHP, and who need to start quickly in all the online technologies. These days, the course runs as required, typically for a single delegate, as a lead in to the "Learning to program in PHP" or "PHP Programming courses" - the next two I'll talk about. Cost for the Technology for PHP day is 350.00 + VAT
2. "Learning to Program in PHP" is a five day course for delegates who are familiar with web site set up / technology, but have never programmed before - it runs regularly at our Melksham, Wiltshire training centre. Full details here.
3. As an ALTERNATIVE to No. 2 ... "PHP Programming" is a course for delegates who have programmed before, but in other languages and perhaps not for web sites. It is 4 days long, and runs regularly at our training centre, sharing the final 4 days of the "learning to program" course - no. 2. See here.
4. Our "PHP Technology workshop" is a two day advanced course covering how to take PHP a step further - making the best of the language with graphics, multipage applications, site templating, and much more - see here.
5. Object Oriented Programming in PHP is a single day that covers OO (data driven programming) and how it's implemented and best used in PHP. Like the "technology workshop", this is another advanced course which takes you beyond the PHP programming / learning to program in PHP course. It is described in detail here
By offering courses in this way, we can come very close to providing the ideal agenda for most people. But everyone is different so it can never be exact - and the economics wouldn't mean we could sensibly train everyone on their own private course. But if you have a group of delegates - typically four or more - we can (and will) run a tailored private course at our training centre or at your offices which will be even more cost effective than places on public courses. See some priced examples ... PHP course in Cambridge, Private PHP training, Leeds, PHP class in Scotland, Learn PHP in Northern Ireland.