[LRUG] Fwd: Ruby training recommendations

[Michael Pavling]

d'oh... pesky reply to sender. For the benefit of group discussion, here's
the reply I sent direct:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Michael Pavling <pavling at gmail.com>
Date: 18 September 2013 15:11
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Ruby training recommendations
To: gvim <gvimrc at gmail.com>


On 18 September 2013 14:36, gvim <gvimrc at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://wegotcoders.com
>
> Are there any better alternatives? I would be interested in something
> which is Rails-focused.


I kind of depends what you want to achieve from the training. If you're
already familiar with web development technologies, you might find that
none of the offerings are pitched quite at your level.

>From my experience, the goal of all three of the suggested course providers
is to take people with little-to-no experience of HTML/CSS/Ruby/SQL/etc and
expose them to as much as quickly as possible, to get them to a position
where they're able to continue their learning themselves, or in an
entry-level/apprentice role.

Those who already have some (or a lot) of the core skills do learn new
stuff (and cover in a lot of fundamentals that are missed by
self-learning), but those who are career-changing and need to learn the lot
set the pace of the class. If you're in a class where a large proportion
are being introduced to the concepts, it will be hard for the instructors
to increase the pace.

That said, WeGotCoders may well be a bit more flexible in their approach,
as this is their first course.
Probably best to call Dan and talk to him.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.lrug.org/pipermail/chat-lrug.org/attachments/20130918/f4d58f42/attachment-0003.html>