Upcoming online classes

  • by Zack Shapiro – Creator, Silencer.io

    Please note: This class is directed toward Mac users.

    Zack Shapiro is a developer for TaskRabbit, and scratched his own itch with Silencer. His posts about learning to code have gained massive traction on Hacker News and around the Internet.

    In ‘From Rails Zero to Hero,’ he will take you from knowing nothing about programming to building your first simple Rails application. By building each piece together, you will come to understand how to build the applications that, until now, have just existed in your head! I’ll walk you through different data types, how to send and receive information, how to construct forms, how to write helpful functions that get you the information you need to create web apps!

    In this class, we’ll cover how to set up a Rails dev environment on your Mac and how to spin up your first application. We’ll also cover the Model, View, Controller paradigm for writing code and start building the skills together to be confident coders without getting lost in the millions of articles that attempt to teach you “how to code.” We’ll also talk about how to be a good beginner, not get ahead of yourself and be confident as you hone your craft.

    Tutor
    Zack Shapiro
    Level
    Beginner
    Duration
    3 hours
    Date
    June 22
    Time
    5PM your time
    5PM GMT (more)
    Zack Shapiro

  • by Tim Anglade – Head of Developer Programs, Apigee

    A free 1-hour class to learn everything you need to know to build a mobile app for iOS, Android, Windows Phone or Blackberry! In this session adapted from Tim’s popular mobile training series (taken by over 1,000 people around the world so far!), we’ll use standard tools like HTML5, jQuery, PhoneGap and APIs to demonstrate how to quickly assemble cross-platform mobile apps that behave natively on your preferred mobile platform, and are ready to handle “catastrophic” success on the app store.

    After a quick review of standards and UI prototyping tools, we’ll take a look at how to integrate data sources & storage, and package your app for delivery on the app store. We’ll have our first app working on a device in under one hour, with plenty of time to spare for questions.


    Pre-requisites: being able to read HTML and JavaScript will be useful to follow along. We will pass around links to all tools & code used during the class.

    Tutor
    Tim Anglade
    Level
    Intermediate
    Duration
    1 hours
    Date
    June 27
    Time
    6PM your time
    6PM GMT (more)
    Tim Anglade

  • by Robin Good – Master New Media

    Robin Good is one of the leading voices on content curation, and he got there by curating content. A bit meta? Sure. But he can show his secrets to you.


    Discover how to become the new Google by learning how to find, organize and publish the very best content and resources in your specific niche / industry.

    You will learn what it takes to increase authority, visibility and trust by curating the best content being published in your industry sector as well as what specific steps and skills you need to take and refine to obtain immediately serious results.

    In this live online course with Robin Good, you will see exactly the tools and the methods for finding and organizing your ideal content sources, where to discover new ones daily, and how to edit, enrich and contextualize other people content for your web site without looking like a content-stealer.

    Topics covered in this course:

    • Curation objectives
    • Key benefits
    • Curation types
    • News and Content Curation Tools
    • Content Curation workflow
    • Titling curated content
    • References and related resources
    • Credit and attribution
    • Distribution approach
    • Business models - monetization examples
    • Future trends

     

    Tutor
    Robin Good
    Level
    Beginner
    Duration
    2 hours
    Date
    July 8
    Time
    7PM your time
    7PM GMT (more)
    Robin Good

  • by Carl Heaton – Managing Director, Web Courses Bangkok

    Do you have projects that spiral out of control? Are clients running things rather than you? Or are you finding that you don’t seem to be making the money you want to from a career in freelancing?

    This course aims at teaching you how to plan and run a successful project, manage your clients so both parties are happy and how to price your projects so that your income is what you deserve. Take this course and starting living the freelance dream you wanted at the start.

    Tutor
    Carl Heaton
    Level
    Beginner
    Duration
    1.5 hours
    Date
    July 11
    Time
    5PM your time
    5PM GMT (more)
    Carl Heaton

  • by Mike Vardy – Author, The Front Nine

    Mike Vardy could be best described as a productivityist. If there’s a faster and better way to accomplish something, he has probably found it and improved upon it. His book, The Front Nine focuses on starting your year at any time to make the huge changes that you need in order to do more with less effort.

    This workshop will enable attendees to take a step back from the day-to-day and learn about valuable strategies and tools that will allow them to be ready to attack their work and life with a more balanced, efficient, and effective approach. Mike will be focussing session on three specific areas that can impact your productivity: Email Management, Calendar Management, and Time Management.

    Tutor
    Mike Vardy
    Level
    Beginner
    Duration
    1.5 hours
    Date
    July 18
    Time
    6PM your time
    6PM GMT (more)
    Mike Vardy

  • by Taylor Gould – Director of Marketing, BetterCloud

    You’re not working nearly as efficiently as you could be. A lot of companies are starting to use Google Drive, but not many are leveraging all of the tools and features that can help employees work more efficiently and effectively.

    When your organization is fully utilizing all of the collaboration tools in Google Drive, the results can be really impressive. Users can access their files from anywhere, on any device, at any time. Every collaborator always has the latest version of whatever document they need, meaning there’s always a single version of the truth.

    So how do you make it happen? We’ll show you.

    Tutor
    Taylor Gould
    Level
    Intermediate
    Duration
    1.5 hours
    Date
    July 25
    Time
    6PM your time
    6PM GMT (more)
    Taylor Gould

Future classes

Classes we're working on

  • Entrepreneurship
    Developing and scaling your startup like a seasoned entrepreneur.

  • Web development
    Get on par with the latest web standards and technologies.

  • App development
    Principles and practices for developing applications for mobile devices.

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