For your info. The new course at Skillsmatter is a TDD rails course. They've been doing training in rails for a while now, trainers like David Black, Tom Locke and myself have been doing it.
-- Jamie van Dyke -- Parfait On 9 Oct 2008, at 11:53, Paul Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8 Oct 2008, at 12:37, John Leach wrote: > >> I'd assumed the majority of trainers wrote their own materials (both >> you >> and Paul seem to be doing). Seems a shame for all those trainers to >> be >> all repeating themselves rewriting materials. All that wasted brain >> power! > > > Well, I'm preparing my own materials because decent materials don't > currently exist - even AWDwR teaches TDD as an afterthought. However, > I will be borrowing heavily from inspiration found in various books > and materials already there. I imagine the first Rails app people will > be building will be a shopping cart, for example... :-) > > >> You could sell trainer training too btw - train people how to deliver >> the materials you wrote. Maybe offer support, so they can contact >> you >> during their courses if they need to clarify anything (not sure how >> that >> would work out). > > > I certainly intend to do that. > > For me the business execution is still being worked out, but it's this > simple: I don't know how to sell training courses, so I'll partner > with a firm that does sell IT training all the time and we'll share up > the profits. I don't mind coding, I don't mind training, but I don't > think I have the mindset to sell training courses so I'll "outsource" > that bit. > > That doesn't prevent the learning materials themselves being shared > openly though. > > -- > Paul Robinson > > http://vagueware.com :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :: +44 (0) 7740 465746 > > Vagueware Limited is registered in England/Wales, number 05700421 > Registered Office: 3 Tivoli Place, Ilkley, W. Yorkshire, LS29 8SU > Correspondence: 55 Velvet Court, Granby Row, Manchester, M1 7AB > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
