Many universities offer most of their CS lectures online. I've audited a few mobile development classes this way in the last few years. For example here is Stanford's intro to computer science course: https://see.stanford.edu/Course/CS106A Note that college courses tend to be more algorithms and theory rather than practical day-to-day programming, but still very helpful and will give you a strong fundamental understanding of how to code.
On Dec 15, 2017 9:43 AM, "Mark Phillips" <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote: > Google has extended the #GrowWithGoogle scholarship challenge in > partnership with @Udacity until December 31. You can apply here - > > https://udacity.com/grow-with-google > > I participated in the beta testing of the beginning Android Google/Udacity > online nano course, and it was very well done. Much better than most, if > not all, the online Java/Android/CSS/Javascript courses I have seen. There > is also a web developer track, if Java/Android is not your thing. There are > 50,000 scholarships for Phase 1, and then 5,000 scholarships for Phase 2, > which is the Google nano degree program. > > The application for a scholarship is online and simple. > > I am interested in the group's opinion of Google's nano degrees and Google > certs. Are they of any value, or just one more badge to add to a Linkedin > profile? > > Good luck! > > Mark > > On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:39 AM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> > wrote: > > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2017, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote: > > > > Employment, anywhere in the US, as being a PC hardware tech now resembles > >> being a buggywhip embosser. Coding uses my brain, not my back, which is > >> preferred. My Intended is pondering taking employment which could take > her > >> _anywhere_. > >> > > > > John, > > > > My suggestion of learning Python is re-inforced. You can use it for > > almost > > everything: financial applications (e.g., using Pandas), scientific > > applications (e.g, using NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib), database applications > > (e.g., with PlPython for postgres), and more. Runs on all platforms and, > as > > pointed out, has a lot of readily available documentation. > > > > Good luck, > > > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
