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Web Services Training with PHP

I would like to get some good training on how to publish and consume web services using PHP. My employer is allowing me a budget to do this for next year. I was wondering if anyone new of some good web service training using PHP as the tool to do so. Edit: Just to clarify a little. I have been using PHP for about 4 years now and am fair...

Should employees be tested after completing technical training?

I've never been to technical training that required a test after completion. There is always the post training questionnaire to gauge things like the instructor's presentation skills and the instructor's ability to field questions. In theory, I could show up drunk to training, learn nothing, and still receive my certificate; which, of ...

Learning C# help or hinder VB.NET learning

Hi I have just moved job and gone from VB 6 to VB.Net and found the learning jump fairly steep, have more a problem with the object / conceptual side of things .. but getting there now ... but as I was a assembler / C++ 10/15 years ago and was considering learning C++/C# .Net (XNA games library calls my name) but not sure if it would hi...

What is best solution to make code/technology training for small dev team?

Hello I am going to make cycle of few meetings of our company dev team, which have 6 people. I want that one can show others some technology feature and how to write in it. Trainings will be in Java Enterprise technology on Eclipse IDE. It is good idea that everyone share one HelloWorld application throug svn? The leading programmer ca...

Recommendations for Scrum training in Germany

I'm looking to get some Scrum training for a dev team in Germany? So far I've found these guys: agile42. Does anyone have any experience with them or have recommendations from good experiences with other trainers in Germany? ...

Any recommended training resources for VBA programming (e.g. DVD, computer) for non-software people?

I have been asked to find training resources to bring engineers up to speed on VBA programming. The target trainee will have some systems engineering experience but little to no non-systems programming experience. I'm hoping for a computer-based training course or DVD that we can purchase and give to the engineers for a couple days to...

How to keep a programming course interesting?

I guess, the following is a standard problem on every school or university: It is Your job to teach programming. Unfortunately, some of the students are semi-professionals and have years of experience while others do not even know the basic concepts, e.g. the concept "typed variable". As far as I know, this leads to one of the followin...

Do you train your staff to give software demonstrations?

Does your company have customer-facing engineers, or do you have marketing departments that exclusively give demos to the outside world? Do you train your software engineers on how to give software demonstrations? (arguably requires additional training on top of standard presentation skills) Most importantly for my current needs: How d...

Is it possible to sign-up, pay for and attend a Scrum Master certification class and not get certified?

If you go to the class and pay for it, will you ever not get certified. If thats the case... What exactly does it certify? That you have 2k, and can show up to a place for 2 days? ...

The absolute minimum training program for your new employees

Suppose that you are running a software company. What are the elements that your new developers' training program, that you will not let a developer touch your code without completing it, would contain? The answer can consist of books, articles, presentations, blog posts, videos or other resources. Better available and linkable online. ...

How to justify the cost of attending development conference?

What is the training need and what is the business value to justify a developer's conference? Hello Everyone, I have attended many conferences over the years. My first was VBITS in 1995. Wow did it help. My Boss saw the improvement right away. I like to go to one every other year or so. But the benefit is not as measurable as that first...

Is knowing some basic low-level stuff essential to all programmers?

Should all decent programmers be expected to know at least something about low-level stuff such as the following: The gist of how garbage collection is implemented, how memory management works without GC, and exactly what the difference is between the heap, the stack and the static data segment? At least be able to read assembly langua...

Infragistics Training

We are a somewhat advanced user of this technology but have had to learn it by trial and error. We are looking for formal training either online or instructor-led that is worth the cost. How is the vendor's offering? Any other recommendations? ...

How do you persuade others to write unit tests?

I've been test-infected for a long time now, but it would seem the majority of developers I work with either have never tried it or dismiss it for one reason or another, with arguments typically being that it adds overhead to development or they don't need to bother. What bothers me most about this is that when I come along to make chan...

How do you train your testers?

We tend to get a fair amount of churn in our testing department. I guess this is mainly because most of the people that move into testing get bored quickly and want to move up the chain into development positions (this is a good thing). As a result of this, as a developer I find myself on a fairly regular basis having to take a brand new...

Are there any compiler lectures available via video?

I would like know if there are any compiler construction lectures available along with video? ...

What should I do if there is not much coding things on working days?

These days ,there are not enough coding works everyday, and I feel that it is not a good thing to a newbie like me, What should I do to improve my coding ability?? ...

Good Book/Training Material To Learn ASP.NET 2.0+

Hello all can you suggest a book/s or training material (APPDEV, LearnKey etc.) that is very thorough in learning ASP.NET 2.0 and better? I am going to start the SAMS ASP.NET Unleashed Book since a know of a few training classes that uses this book as a textbook. Let me know of that book/site/training material that really helped you in...

How do you give a junior developer a shot on a big project with tight deadlines?

I'm looking for advice on how to give a junior developer a chance to gain experience on a big project with tight deadlines without hurting the timeline. If we all know it will take a little longer with the developer because of less experience, then what is the best way to give them a portion of the project and spread the risk? Giving the...

Is it better to send a couple of people to scrum training, or bring in a scrum Master to teach the whole team?

We are looking at starting to do some scrum training and I was wondering if we should look at sending a couple of people to become scrum masters, or bring in a consultant to do scrum training. Also any recommendations for scrum training, either to come in or to go to? ...