SPUG: Perl classes, credit courses at community colleges

[Kathy]

Try some of the credit courses at the various community colleges, they are
cheaper, cover more material, graded, and since the course is spread out over
10 or more weeks you can work at home for a bit, and then go to the next class
with your questions.
The only problem is if you can find a credit course scheduled for when you
need it.  That takes luck, or a lot of people asking that the community
college add it.

Note to Samantha  fen_land at hotmail.com
How can any programming class not be hands on?    In a standard college
setting class time is only suppose to be 1/3 or less of the actual time you
spend studying a subject, the other 2/3 are the practice you do at home.  It's
easy to set up Perl at home, or you may have computer access through the
school.

Personally, I'd rather work on labs at home and later check it with the
instructor, than pay someone to watch me type.

As for continuing education courses, the classes are trying to appeal to as
general an audience as possible since the classes are self supporting or even
profitable for the community colleges.  The credit course are for those who
are determined to do programming.
Washington State could do a lot better in the number and quality of the course
it offers its residents.

Good Luck

Ryan Forsythe wrote:

> i was wondering if anyone has taken the coninuing ed. classes at BCC
> about Perl?  are they worth the $295, or would i be better off
> continuing the beating-my-head-against-the-camel-book technique?  or are
> there more worthy classes somewhere else?
>
> --ryan
>
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