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After a few years working as trainer I realised that there are problems with the traditional approach. Have you ever been on the wrong course? A course that did not contain what you needed. Or a course that was too simple or too complex. Perhaps these problems were due to how the course was booked. […]

Contents Introduction The Early Years The Traditional Approach The TalkIT Vision The Challenges The Outcome Can You Solve This Coding Problem? Other Bits  Introduction Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. This issue is about the story of TalkIT. Why the company was started. What is our vision for a new way of learning. What

This is a difficult question to fully answer. One language may have more lines of code. Another may have more job ads that mention the language. Some languages are very popular for particular kinds of applications. This is a chart showing combined results from various sources. This provides a valuable insight in to the recruitment

Let’s start with what languages have in common. Most programming languages contain the same core constructs: Variables Arrays If Else statements Various looping statements Subroutines & Functions Object Oriented Programming features The creation of new languages is due to emerging trends from software research, like Object Orientation. The rapid growth of the Internet also created

Why Do You Want To Learn? This is a good place to start. Of course, you are learning a language to write software. If you are already a developer this may be because your company uses this language, or intends to. Knowing the latest stuff will also improve your CV and aid job interviews. Developers

There is large and ever growing number of languages to choose from. At the weekend I gave a talk on C# development with ASP.Net MVC at the DDD SW developer conference. Other speakers talked on Angular JS, F#, the Kinect API’s and much more. My background includes learning BASIC in the 70’s at school. I

Contents Introduction Which Language? Why Do You Want To Learn? Where to Start? What’s Different between Languages? Can You Solve This Coding Problem? Other Bits Introduction Welcome to the latest news from TalkIT. In this issue we are going to look at programming languages. What languages are widely used today? What are they best used

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server-based report generation software system. Microsoft’s SSRS allows data held in relational databases to be available as meaningful information. Queried data can be presented in rich reports. SSRS is part of Microsoft’s Business Intelligence offering, along with Integration Services (SSIS) and Analysis Services (SSAS). Data can be drawn

On April 25th I am giving a talk introducing web development with ASP.Net MVC. This will be at a major developer event in Bristol, DDD South West. By the way, DDD stands for Developer Developer Developer. This will be my 5th DDD talk. My talks keep getting selected each year! The event is free and

Content  Adjust the Course to the Delegate What is SQL Server Reporting Services? MVC Benefits and Architecture Talk Can You Solve This Coding Problem? Other Bits   Adjust the Course to the Delegate Recently I delivered a 3 day course in SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The single delegate came from a company that works