I created a class focusing on Flash ActionScript 3.0 called Flash ActionScript 3.0 Basics for Designers at LVSOnline.com. This class is for existing Flash designers who want to incorporate user interactivity in their Flash web site or Flash developers who have not made the switch from earlier versions of ActionScript.
Currently ActionScript 3.0 is the internal programming language of Flash, Flex and Adobe AIR. This object oriented language is more adherent to the ECMA-262 standard which many other languages (i.e. JavaScript) follow.
Students will learn the basics of the core language of ActionScript 3.0, how it is used within the timeline, interact with objects (movieclips) on the stage and library, develop simple animations with just ActionScript and understand the importance and how to create preloaders for your movies.
The class is only $30 and students need either Adobe Flash CS4 or CS3.
Topics covered:
Week 1: Trace statement, comments, variables, loops, functions and object basics.
Week 2: Manipulating movie clip properties
Week 3: Events: overview, targeting, propagating, timeline control methods
Week 4: More events: frame and keyboard events; timer events
Week 5: Loading external assets (images and movies); Display list explained
Week 6: Working with preloaders and sound
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register
I created a class focusing on T-SQL class called Understanding T-SQL using Microsoft SQL Server at LVSOnline.com. This class is for web administrators, web developers, analysts, or anybody else wanting to learn how to write simple to complex queries to retrieve and manipulate data from a SQL Server database.
SQL stands for Structured Query Language. SQL is a standard language that was designed to query and manage data in relational database management systems (RDBMS). An RDBMS is a database management system that is used today in every type of desktop or web-based application. Microsoft provides T-SQL (Transact SQL) as a dialect of, or extension to, SQL in Microsoft SQL Server, its RDBMS
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most popular RDBMS used today and a solid understanding of T-SQL is critical if you want to have a successful career in Microsoft application development (desktop or web).
The class is only $30 and there are no other materials or software needed to purchase.
Topics covered:
Week 1: Setting up SQL Server 2008 Express & Management Studio
Week 2: SELECT statements; Predicates and Operators, Case Expressions
Week 3: Joins: Cross, Outer and Inner
Week 4: Subqueries
Week 5: Data Modification: Inserting, Updating, Deleting and Merging
Week 6: Programmable Objects: Variables, Routines and Functions
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register
I created a class focusing on jQuery class called jQuery: Enhancing Web Development at LVSOnline.com. This class is geared for web designers to help and learnand use jQuery to enhance existing web pages as well as web developers to teach them how to use a very popular and powerful JavaScript library.
If you’ve spent any time at all trying to add dynamic functionality to your pages, you’ve found that you’re constantly following a pattern of selecting an element or group of elements and operating upon those elements in some fashion. You could be hiding or revealing the elements, adding a CSS class to them, animating them, or modifying their attributes.
Using raw JavaScript can result in dozens of lines of code for each of these tasks. The creators of jQuery specifically created the library to make common tasks trivial.
The class will be teaching not only how to use the many functions and properties of API, but practical examples you can use right away.
The class is only $30 and there are no other materials or software needed to purchase.
Topics covered:
Week 1: jQuery Overview; using $(), how selectors work
Week 2: Using filters, traversing the document, statement chaining
Week 3: Manipulating page content, working with CSS content
Week 4: Events: bind() and unbind(), helper functions, event object
Week 5: UI Library: Widgets, Interaction and Effects
Week 6: jQuery Project: Adding jQuery to an existing website
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register.
I created an AJAX ASP.NET class called AJAX Web Development with ASP.NET at LVSOnline.com. This fourth ASP.NET class in the series focuses on teaching students how the Ajax can be integrated within the ASP.NET framework.
Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) isn’t a technology but rather a grouping of technologies. Ajax uses a communication technology (typically SOAP and XML) to send and receive an asynchronous request/response to the server, and then leverages presentation technologies (JavaScript, DOM, HTML, and CSS) to process the response.
Ajax lets you execute a server-side method through a JavaScript call, without requiring a browser refresh.
The class is only $30 and there are no other materials or software needed to purchase.
Topics covered:
Week 1: Ajax overview; partial rendering; Ajax Extension controls; Script Manager
Week 2: Update Panel; Handing client errors; Update Progress
Week 3: AJAX Control Toolkit
Week 4: JavaScript libraries: jQuery
Week 5: Timer, Web Services and JSON Overview
Week 6: AJAX ASP.NET Controls: Telerik
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register.
I created a third ASP.NET online class called Database Web Development with ASP.NET at LVS Online.com.
This 6-week class will focus on how you can interact with databases such as SQL Server, MySQL and Microsoft Access using ASP.NET and C#. I start with the very basics on explaining how to use data source controls and objects in ADO.NET (Connection, Command, DataReader and DataSet) to retrieve, update and delete records in a database.
The great thing about ASP.NET is that you can work with almost any data source and are not limited to a Microsoft based technology. I provide a sample database in three separate versions (SQL Server, MySQL and Microsoft Access) and explain how SQL (Structure Query Language) statements are used to interact with your data.
The class is only $30 and there are no other materials or software needed.
Topics Covered:
Week 1: Database Overview (SQL Server, MySQL, Microsoft Access)
Week 2: Using SqlDataSource; SELECT statement and filtering data
Week 3: ADO.NET Review; Connection, Command and DataReader objects
Week 4: Updating and Inserting data (using data controls and ADO.NET objects)
Week 5: Databinding Techniques with GridView and DetailsView controls
Week 6: Understanding Stored Procedures (SQL Server and MySQL)
Extra: Concurrency issues and Transaction benefits
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register.
I created a beginner JavaScript class called JavaScript: The Basics at LVS Online.com.
This 6-week class will teach the students the basics of programming in general as well as the core concepts of using JavaScript. This will also prepare students to take my JavaScript: Unobtrusive Programming class. JavaScript’s popularity is still on the rise and this is a great way to get some experience on programming and understand what cool things you can do with this language.
The class is only $30 and there are no other materials or software needed.
Topics Covered:
Week 1: Components of JavaScript and ECMAScript
Week 2: Data types, Arrays, and Conditional Statements: If..else, and switch
Week 3: Writing Loops, Functions and Understanding Variable Scope
Week 4: JavaScript Native Objects: Math, Date, Array and String
Week 5: Browser Objects (Location, Screen, Forms, Images) and DOM Overview
Week 6: Script Review and Common Troubleshooting
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register.
I created a JavaScript online class called JavaScript: Unobtrusive Programming at LVS Online.com.
The main goal for students will be to further their basic knowledge of JavaScript and to understand how JavaScript can be developed to be more efficient by applying general programming concepts. This entails making your scripts more generic by taking the code out of the HTML container with only a reference to the external JS file with no “script” tags which is known as unobtrusive scripting.
This 6-week class will be covering many of the topics I have covered on this website, but with greater detail and, of course, includes on-one-one assistance.
The class is only $30 and there are no other materials or software needed.
Topics Covered:
Week 1: Unobtrusive Scripting: Three Layers of a Web Page
Week 2: The DOM: Referencing and Modifying Elements
Week 3: Creating a Custom Object: Encapsulating your Code
Week 4: Firebug: Debugging Your Scripts
Week 5: JavaScript Libraries: jQuery
Week 6: Ajax Basics: Understanding the XMLHttpRequest Object
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register.
Updated November 2009
This class has been delegated to
self-study so it can be taken anytime and the price is reduced to $15.
I am teaching database-based ASP online class called ASP E-Commerce Database Basics at LVS Online.com.
This 6-week class will teach you how to interact with a database by displaying, retrieving and updating data. The class is a continuation from where I left off from my Basic Web Applications with ASP class.
The class is only $30 $15 and there are no other materials or software needed.
The class learning level is “intermediate” which means taking the basics you already know and developing a usable web application. The class uses a simple Microsoft Access database (provided), but you can use almost any type of database with minimal code changes.
Topics Covered:
Week 1: E-Commerce types; Overview of ADO; Connecting to our database
Week 2: SQL basics: SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY, LIKE
Week 3: SQL continued: INSERT INTO and UPDATE; Managing our Products
Week 4: Recordsets and Pagination; Creating a Search
Week 5: Shopping Cart pt 1
Week 6: Shopping Cart pt 2; Checkout Process
The Online Store gives students a good example to use and refer to when they need to create their own database-driven dynamic web sites.
Here is the first lesson (.pdf) for you to see how it looks.
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register.
I only cover the basics of ADO in this class, but if you need addtional reference material here is an ADO Reference Guide (.pdf) by DevGuru.
Updated November 2009
This class has been delegated to
self-study so it can be taken anytime and the price is reduced to $15.
I am teaching a ASP online class called Basic Web Applications with ASP at LVS Online.com, which will teach you the basics of creating server-side web development using Active Server Pages.
This 6-week class is great for people who have some basic web experience (HTML or CSS or JavaScript) and want to know how they can develop dynamic web pages on the web server.
The class is only $30 $15 and there are no other materials or software needed.
Even though Active Server Pages has been replaced by ASP.NET, it is still used by many companies and the process for server-side development is the same no matter what technology you use. Many of the objects in ASP are still used in the ASP.NET framework and would make the transition to a newer technology a lot easier.
Checkout these great reference guides (.pdf) on ASP and VBScript by DevGuru on to learn even more.
Topics Covered:
Week 1: How a web server works, server-side vs. client-side
Week 2: Processing Form Results
Week 3: VBScript Basics
Week 4: Redirecting the User
Week 5: More VBScript – Arrays and Loops
Week 6: Sessions and Cookies
To give you an idea of how each lesson looks, here is the first lesson (.pdf).
When Does Class Start?
The class runs five times a year for six weeks in January, March, May, August and October. To learn more view the course description page and contact me to find out the exact date on when you can register.
