Sail Through Summer with PHP Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch, August 20-24, 2007

August 20-24, 2007 -- PHP Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch -- The five-day intensive PHP training class includes lodging and meals at a retreat center outside Atlanta, GA. Students are encouraged to bring independent projects for collaboration with classmates and individual instructor attention.

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) May 17, 2007 -- Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., premier provider of intensive, week-long training classes for system administrators, web developers and programmers, announced the next date for its popular PHP Bootcamp with instructor Mark Fenoglio for August 20-24, 2007. PHP continues to be a top performer as an elegant database-driven open source web application development language. As more and more developers and organizations become aware of its potential and fluidity of design and integration with MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, demand for knowledgeable and experienced PHP developers grows. Key to that demand is the ability to design, implement and maintain an application throughout its life cycle, from creation to implementation and ultimately, maintenance and upgrades.

One of the key features to the Big Nerd Ranch PHP Bootcamp is the novel approach instructor Mark Fenoglio employs to provide context and focus to the PHP training class. Throughout the five days, students are presented with a project website to create a context-driven syllabus.

PHP Instructor Mark Fenoglio commented, "We cover a ton of ground, but we don't gloss over anything. We get a deep understanding of how PHP works and (perhaps more importantly) how to approach problem-solving with PHP. We're also database-agnostic. Students can use PostgreSQL or MySQL in their work, and we show how a strong knowledge of databases can help with PHP application building."

The five day class runs students through the ropes of PHP 5 development and by completion of the class students will be able to use PHP to build modular websites and applications, implement database-driven solutions to their projects, understand how PHP complements and synthesizes with other web technologies including CSS, XML, etc., create web services and manage a multi-tiered user hierarchy. Students attending the class should be familiar with HTML. While the class does review integration with database administration, no prior experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL, is required.

Read more about PHP5 Bootcamp (http://bignerdranch.com/classes/php5.shtml) (including the complete syllabus) or our instructor Mark Fenoglio (http://bignerdranch.com/instructors/fenoglio.shtml).

The Big Nerd Ranch incorporates intensive training classes for Unix and Mac OS X programmers and system administrators in a retreat setting outside Atlanta, GA. Class price of $3500 includes lodging, all meals, original instruction materials, 24-hour lab access, and ground 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 678-595-6773 or visit http://bignerdranch.com/.

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