slightly OT: Python BootCamp

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Sun Nov 29 20:14:40 EST 2009


J wrote:
> Ok... so I've been re-teaching myself python, as it's been several
> years since I last really used it.  And in the midst of this, my
> contracting company came up to me on Friday and asked if I'd be
> interested in filling a last minute vacancy in this:
> 
> http://www.otg-nc.com/python-bootcamp
> 
> It's a week long Python Bootcamp.  I figured, free class, a week where
> I'll not have to actually go to work, AND I'll get paid, sure!
> 
> So I was just wondering if any of you have attended this one, or one
> like it, and what your impressions were.  I've attended a few before,
> and found them widely different.  The RH300, for example, was
> blisteringly fast and really just touches on things, so if you don't
> already know Red Hat inside and out, you'll never survive.  The VMWare
> VCP courses, on the other hand, were fairly languid by contrast and
> seemed to flow in a less frantic state.
> 
> So I figured this would be the place to ask.
> 
> And if it matters, I do have an educational background in programming
> (VB, C++, C, Java, etc) but my professional background has mostly been
> limited to Bash, OCCASIONAL C, and now a touch of Python, so I am not
> new to programming and OO programming, just not as proficient as I
> would like to be...

The list of topics seems to cover basic + intermediate issues.
If you do go, perhaps you could review it here.
Same for people who have attended other Python training courses, of course.




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