Kick Your Way to the Top of the Class with JavaScript/Ajax Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch, January 19-23, 2009

Big Nerd Ranch, premier provider of bootcamp-style training for Mac and Open Source developers, announces a new class, JavaScript/Ajax Bootcamp January 19-23, 2009.

Atlanta, GA (Vocus) November 12, 2008 -- Kick Your Way to the Top of the Class with JavaScript/Ajax Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch, January 19-23, 2009

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The web is the fastest growing and most disruptive technology platform

Think you know what it takes to develop a dynamic presence on the web? JavaScript/Ajax Instructor Matthew Russell tells you to think again.

Matthew Russell, Dojo sensei of JavaScript web application development, comes to the Big Nerd Ranch with a new high-energy class designed specifically for any web developer or company seeking a competitive edge in the online arena, JavaScript/Ajax Bootcamp January 19-23, 2009. The new JavaScript training class is designed for any organization with a website that consists of more than static content, especially if the site is written in JavaScript against the bare metal of a browser and where developers routinely engineer scaffolding with little business value in order to accomplish the feature they actually set out to do.

"The web is the fastest growing and most disruptive technology platform," said course instructor, Matthew Russell. "This course teaches you how to rapidly prototype elegant, maintainable applications and then harden them in just a few simple steps for production settings."

Russell is a well respected expert on web technology and author of O'Reilly's successful 'Dojo: The Definitive Guide' who brings his extensive background developing real-world web applications to deliver high quality JavaScript/Ajax instruction in five short days. The class is taught using the Dojo JavaScript Toolkit, although the skills learned in the class can be used with any JavaScript library. Dojo has achieved widespread use among top-tier businesses, including Sun, IBM, AOL and O'Reilly Media.

Upon completion of the class, students will:

-Be able to demonstrate extensive knowledge of DHTML (JavaScript, HTML, and CSS)
-Understand the Dojo Toolkit with emphasis on building slick, interactive, advanced web applications
-Understand how to use Dojo's powerful JavaScript standard library as protection from the bare metal of the browser
-Be able to create custom widgets that work on all of the mainstream browsers
-Be able to put Dojo's extensive collection of accessible and internationalized turn-key widgets to work
-Understand how to use Dojo's build system to minify and consolidate JavaScript files and templates so pages load lightning-fast
-Be able to write good unit tests for web apps - even interactive ones - and be able to effectively test in all mainstream browsers
-Understand how to animate content and perform 2-dimensional drawing in web appliations -- all without Flash!
-Have a library of tips and techniques for production settings

The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac OS X programmers in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of $3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and transportation to and from the Atlanta airport. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects to class, allowing for input from classmates and individual instructor attention. For more information, call (404) 527-6211 or visit www.bignerdranch.com.

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