bldstr
07-10-2007, 05:34 AM
My company have finally agreed to letting me go on a .NET training course. I've been here almost two years now and this is my first opportunity, and will probably be my last, to go on a course like this so it's important I get the best one for my needs/level.
I have two choices: a seemingly more basic 3-day course at £795 or a more advanced 5-day course for £995.
Obviously I'd like to take full advantage of this opportunity and take the 5-day course to learn as much as possible but I'm worried it might be a little over my head.
My current "experience" goes along the lines of:
University (2 years ago since I finished the course and last used any of this) - a few months of training in VB6 learning the basics of programming and VB. Basic ColdFusion - retreiving data from an access database and outputting it to a table on a .cfm page. Learning SQL queries to select, input, delete data into/from a database, very briefly using these skills with Oracle at the end of the course.
Work - Using Javascript to validate forms and passing them onto basic PHP/ASP scripts which then send out an email. I've never really learned Javascript, I just use examples and modify them to suit my needs.
Basically, I'd like to know if this more expensive course will be a bit too fast-paced for me based on my minimal experience? I'm willing to look up my old notes on VB to re-learn the basics of programming again prior to the course. I don't want to return having learned little because a course was too simple/complex. Here are the two courses:
Basic course (http://www.wiseowl.co.uk/microsoft-asp.net-training/asp.net-intro-visual-basic-training.asp)
Slightly more advanced course (http://training.gbdirect.co.uk/courses/microsoft_training/microsoft_programming_courses/m2310_developing_microsoft_ASP.NET_web_applications_using_visual_studio_.NET.html)
Sorry for the long post, any advice appreciated!
I have two choices: a seemingly more basic 3-day course at £795 or a more advanced 5-day course for £995.
Obviously I'd like to take full advantage of this opportunity and take the 5-day course to learn as much as possible but I'm worried it might be a little over my head.
My current "experience" goes along the lines of:
University (2 years ago since I finished the course and last used any of this) - a few months of training in VB6 learning the basics of programming and VB. Basic ColdFusion - retreiving data from an access database and outputting it to a table on a .cfm page. Learning SQL queries to select, input, delete data into/from a database, very briefly using these skills with Oracle at the end of the course.
Work - Using Javascript to validate forms and passing them onto basic PHP/ASP scripts which then send out an email. I've never really learned Javascript, I just use examples and modify them to suit my needs.
Basically, I'd like to know if this more expensive course will be a bit too fast-paced for me based on my minimal experience? I'm willing to look up my old notes on VB to re-learn the basics of programming again prior to the course. I don't want to return having learned little because a course was too simple/complex. Here are the two courses:
Basic course (http://www.wiseowl.co.uk/microsoft-asp.net-training/asp.net-intro-visual-basic-training.asp)
Slightly more advanced course (http://training.gbdirect.co.uk/courses/microsoft_training/microsoft_programming_courses/m2310_developing_microsoft_ASP.NET_web_applications_using_visual_studio_.NET.html)
Sorry for the long post, any advice appreciated!