Learn Web 2.0 Development with TurboGears
I’ve been swamped lately, starting a new company and a new job, and a couple new book projects.
But I really want to start running some online classes again.
I’d like to help people who are facing the learning curve of Web 2.0. Perhaps you’ve done some basic web stuff, but the thought of HTML+CSS+JavaScript+ServerFramework seems like it’s too much to learn on your own. My theory is that it’s better to learn in groups, so what I hope to do is organize some online classes which bring together groups of people who are interested in helping each other learn all this web 2.0 stuff.
I have some basic materials from the PyCon 2007 tutorials on TurboGears, which should supliment the book to provide plenty of material for the server side stuff. And we can use some existing resources for the HTML, CSS and JavaScript stuff.
I’d also be interested in doing a local class in the South East Michigan area on a couple successive Saturdays — but I need a good location, so if you’re in the area, and want to help make this happen drop me an e-mail at (mark at compound thinking dot com).
I’m still getting getting the website setup for all of this, and how I’ll be able to manage the bandwidth requirements of the class. An the class will be “free,” except that I’m going to ask people to pledge to volunteer some time on either a local charity, or working on some open source project.
This will be a learning experience for me too, so if you’ve done something like this before, feel free to e-mail me with whatever tips you might have (mark dot ramm at gmail dot com).
And if you’re interested in taking the class, watch hear for final details sometime next week.