Computer Floss » Training http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 Git – A New Training /2013/06/git-a-new-training/ /2013/06/git-a-new-training/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 13:12:44 +0000 /?p=1411 Git continues to encroach upon the space of existing version control systems. More and more development projects are opting for Git over the likes of CVS and Subversion. But Git is not an easy system to handle. You’ll need someone to give you a nice, gentle introduction. I’ve long since elbowed out all other version […]

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Ruby on Rails – A New Training /2013/06/ruby-on-rails-a-new-training/ /2013/06/ruby-on-rails-a-new-training/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:57:54 +0000 /?p=1407 In May, I spent a week in Hamburg giving a training in Ruby on Rails. I’ve already been a team-member on two Rails development projects, and it was as much a joy to teach as it is develop. Ruby is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language that particularly encourages simplicity and elegance in its users. Rails […]

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More trainings. Updates will follow /2013/06/more-trainings-updates-will-follow/ /2013/06/more-trainings-updates-will-follow/#comments Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:42:17 +0000 /?p=1403 My intense three-weeks/three-trainings period is now over. I’ve been all over Germany teaching and training various IT subjects, and now I’m home for some rest and recovery. A couple of the trainings were actually new courses that I offer. I’ll write a couple of follow-up posts with details about them later… maybe… I’m enjoying Berlin […]

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Subversion – New Trainings, New Experiences /2013/04/subversion-new-trainings-new-experiences/ /2013/04/subversion-new-trainings-new-experiences/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:49:02 +0000 /?p=1385 The latest training I delivered this week was for a client in the embedded software industry who were changing their version control systems from CVS to Subversion. First, I’ll just plug the course content a bit, then say a bit more about how it went. I’ve updated my business website with details of the course. […]

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Teaching Web Applications and Arguing to Let Students Loose /2013/03/teaching-web-applications-and-arguing-to-let-students-loose/ /2013/03/teaching-web-applications-and-arguing-to-let-students-loose/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:30:26 +0000 /?p=1343 As I mentioned recently, I’ve come to the end of my latest teaching course: a semester in Web Applications at one of Berlin’s universities (see my previous post for more details). As well as theory, there was a practical element to the course, where the students divided into teams to produce their own web apps […]

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More Training: Web Applications /2013/02/more-training-web-applications/ /2013/02/more-training-web-applications/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:28:02 +0000 /?p=1335 I just recently finished delivering a university-level course at the HTW (Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft) here in Berlin on the topic of Web Applications, and I’m very happy with the way it went. In fact, I intend to blog about it here real soon. Before I do that, let me just briefly advertise the […]

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New trainings available: HTML5 /2012/06/new-trainings-available-html5/ /2012/06/new-trainings-available-html5/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:26:36 +0000 /?p=1174 I’ve recently added another subject to my collection of flagship trainings, this time it’s HTML5. The focus of the course is the bunch of new features offered by HTML5, as well as the changes to existing ones. HTML5 also mandates somewhat of a change in the “approach” to producing web documents and applications, and the […]

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More trainings available via Mixin /2012/02/more-trainings-available-via-mixin/ /2012/02/more-trainings-available-via-mixin/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:11:45 +0000 /?p=1121 I was recently added to the staff of trainers at Mixin, a German-based training company run by Dr. Björn Kesper. My entry into the company means they now offer Java and Eclipse trainings in addition to a whole host of others, including C#, .NET, SQL Server, HTML, CSS and whole lot more. Follow the link […]

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