Learning Programming

There are all sorts of places you can use programming skills in working with the computer. If you use Office, learning VBA allows you automate tasks that you do regularly in Word, Excel or Access. If you build websites, learning programming allows you to add JavaScript to your web pages or you can create web applications using server-side languages like PHP or ASP. Looking for a new career? Companies are hiring programmers with experience in C++, C# and Java.

If you want to add programming skills to your resume, start by taking a look at our Programming Introduction course. This course teaches you programming using JavaScript and a web browser, tools you have handy! You will learn the programming process and how to speak and start to think like a programmer. Impress your friends by being able to use words like polymorphism and exception handling in conversation!

After you have the basics of programming down, depending on what you want to do with it you may be interested in these training paths:

If you are using Office and want to learn Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) check out:
VBA Programming - learn to edit macros and create them from scratch. You can create dialog boxes to prompt the user for information.

For those who want to to add programming to their web design skils check out these courses:
JavaScript Introduction - JavaScript is used to create menus, rollover and other interactive features on web pages. This course will take you through the basics of working with JavaScript and into creating full featured JavaScript applications.
Building Interactive Web Sites with CSS, DHTML and Ajax - Once you are familiar with JavaScript, learn to use JavaScript to add Ajax functionality to your web pages. Ajax allows you to communicate with the server without having to resubmit a web page. This can make your sites faster and more user-friendly.

For those who want to add data-driven web pages to their web sites check out these courses:
ASP.NET using Visual Basic .Net - Learn the basics of creating ASP.NET web pages. You will learn to display information from a database and create forms that will store the data in the database.
PHP Web Programming - PHP is one of the most popular web programming languages. In this course you will learn to work with PHP to accept form data and store it into a database or customize the user's experience on your site.

If you want to learn programming, we offer paths in many different languages. Check out these introductory courses:
C# Introduction
C++ Introduction
Java Introduction
Visual Basic .NET Introduction

If you are already a programmer we offer Advanced level classes in all our programming languages.

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