SPUG: Re: CONSULTIX Perl Classes

[Tim Maher/CONSULTIX]

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See below for comments from a recent student on Perl Training
from my company, which many clients have found to be worthwhile!

-Tim Maher
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| Tim Maher, PhD  CEO, Consultix &    (206) 781-UNIX/8649          |
|      Pacific Software Gurus, Inc.   Email: tim at consultix-inc.com |
| "The UNIX/Perl Training Experts"    http://www.consultix-inc.com |
|CLASSES: Shell+Utils: 8/23-27; Perl: 8/30-9/1;  Perl Modules: 9/2;|
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>
>Hi,
>
>I am looking for feedback on Consultix, Inc.'s Perl Programming
>class in Kirkland, WA.  

I highly recommend Consultix's perl programming course. I had been
studying perl for a year before I took the class and had written several
major web cgi-bin applications. I found that Tim's class did a lot
to firm up my understanding of the language. Tim didn't know this, but
during the course I had an open telnet session to my linux server at
home and I compared my "self taught" techniques, to those presented in
the class. I still use the class workbook for a reference. It sits
right next to the camel and cookbook.

Tim's class is a lot more than just lecture.  You will find yourself
challenged each day to put into practice, via lab work, the concepts
covered in each session. Tim's class moved me out of the realm of "type
this, and it works" to understanding *how* things work. I have moved on
to working with objects, and database programming.  I'm now doing things
in perl that my co-workers call "magic".

If I can only nail down regular expressions - I would be in perl
heaven. (I have bought the "owl" book, now all I have to do is read it!)
Hey Tim, how about a regex class! Something with a more depth than what
was already covered in the perl class.

{Tim comments: we now have a one-day Advanced Pattern Matching class,
which is taught in the same week as our 3-day Intro class}

Tell your boss to send you to the class! 
It's a good investment.


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According to S ED:
> 
> Hi Ryan-
> 
> I took Perl Programming through continuing education at BCC.  It was more 
> than $295 I think, but I assume we are talking about the same class.
> 
> I have mixed feelings about the class.  It was not hands-on at all.  Lame.  
> There was homework, which I had fun trying and occasionally failing at.  The 
> value I got from the class was the repetition of things that I was reading 
> and trying to get a grasp on.
> 
> I would not say that I did not learn anything.  But I wish I had read the 
> description better and fully understood that it was not hands on.  Let me 
> tell you, listening to 3 hours at a time of Perl is sometimes tedious, 
> depending on the subject.
> 
> If you can find a hands on class I would recommend you go for that.  For a 
> cheaper Perl class, the BCC class adequate I suppose.  I found that the 
> homework did provoke me to ask some good questions of my personal Perl 
> advisor - the lately-silent Andrew.
> 
> I believe I got a nicely bound, orange covered book of all the slides (yes 
> this a PowerPoint dominated presentation).  I think I got the O'Reilly Perl 
> Programming, although the class was targeted towards one of those Perl in 2 
> week type books.  In fairness, the Perl in 2 week type book is good for the 
> programming illiterate - it defines EVERYTHING.
> 
> The instructor was a good public speaker.
> 
> Samantha
> 
> 
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| Tim Maher, PhD  CEO, Consultix &    (206) 781-UNIX/8649          |
|      Pacific Software Gurus, Inc.   Email: tim at consultix-inc.com |
| "The UNIX/Perl Training Experts"    http://www.consultix-inc.com |
|CLASSES: Shell+Utils: 8/23-27; Perl: 8/30-9/1;  Perl Modules: 9/2;|
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