Tips for Training 'Developing Rich Client Applications'

Ah, Laguardia. If you are a fan of sitting and waiting around with a thousand strangers, then come on down to the 'C' gates and have a blast. This is where I sit, writing this post as plane after plane is delayed or cancelled. I'm used to it by now, as I have been flying out to NY to do quite a bit of training over the last few months. This afternoon, I finished my most recent class, Developing Rich Client Applications. This is the same class that I taught last week as well, which made this experience a bit strange, especially when the same questions in the same sections were being asked. I had to resist saying "Didn't I answer this question already?", as the proximity of classes had me thinking class members were repeating themselves.

Speaking of repetition, there were certain issues that did come up in each class, as well as a few examples that, when expanded, seem to clarify things for the students. Check em out below if you are going to be teaching the class anytime soon.

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Tips for Training 'Building Dashboard Applications'

Had two classes this week: one I was attending for certification purposes (Building Dashboard Applications), and one I was instructing (Developing Rich Client Application.) I'll have a post about the second class in a few days, but let's talk first about Building Dashboard Applications.

Overall, it is a relatively short class. It is scheduled as a two-day class, but if you are dealing with a class that has programming experience, especially Flex experience, I can't see it taking more than a day and a half. The reason I say this is because I was just part of a class of students that had ZERO Flex experience, and we were done with the class materials just after 12pm on the second day. Granted, these students had programming experience, but the lack of Flex know-how required a few stops to explain some of the basic language aspects of MXML and AS that wouldn't have been necessary otherwise.

And, still, we finished four hours early.

So, if you are going to be teaching this class, don't get worried if you seem to be running fast. Even a relatively conservative pace should guarantee you finish early on Day 2.

As for the class itself, there were a few things I noticed that could be useful to other instructors in the future. Granted, this is from the aspect of someone taking part in a class in which no one had any Flex experience, but these should translate to any instance of the class.

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