Writing code is one thing; however this one-day course covers everything BUT the code, showing you all the other allied and essential skills you’ll need to work with PHP and the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack as a whole. The aim is to enable you to move your code around and measure it - both its quality as a standalone codebase, and its performance under load. We’ll look at the tools for editing, analysing and deploying PHP applications, and have hands-on time to try out all of these.

This course is one of a family of THREE one day courses designed by Lorna Mitchell. These are aimed at PHP developers who want to take their skills to the next level, boost productivity and develop robust systems.  You may also be interested in these:   Databases and PHP and Object-Oriented Design in PHP

An experienced web developer working particularly with PHP, the LAMP stack and related technologies, Lorna’s also a prolific conference speaker, and writer. She recently co-authored PHP Master: Write Cutting-Edge Code which was published in September 2011. All delegates receive a copy of this book.

Need to convince your boss? There’s more information on all three of our new PHP workshops on our new post here

Create professional motion graphics and visual effects, suitable for the web, CD or DVD

Learn short cuts in producing blockbuster motion graphics.

Develop an understanding of high-resolution multilayer compositing and animation

Adobe After Effects is recognised as the essential tool for motion graphics and visual effects. It offers a fast, flexible, affordable 2D and 3D compositing and animation toolset to help you develop your creative ideas with speed and control and deliver high-quality results for film, video, multimedia or the Web.

Learn how to use Adobe After Effects to produce motion graphics, compositions and movies that will bring your work to life and equip you with the skills you need to enhance your creativity and please your clients.

Whether you already have some hands on experience with After Effects and wish to have a better understanding of the many features and tools within After Effects or are looking for a course that will give a strong foundation in the key aspects of After Effects, this course is for you.

This course is also available with the three-day  Adobe Premiere Pro 101 course as part of the Adobe Video Editing Masterclass for just £850.

This brand-new, three-day, Adobe-certified training course is a great way to learn how to use  Adobe Premiere  Pro,  and its bundled programmes (On-Location, Sound Booth, Media Encoder and Encore) to produce professional quality productions.
This course  will  help you realise the full benefits of your investment in Adobe® Premiere® Pro,   such as  breakthrough performance for video production, enabling you to work dramatically faster thanks to the revolutionary native 64-bit, GPU-accelerated Adobe Mercury Playback Engine.
Together with our  two-day Adobe After Effects Introduction course this makes up the  Adobe Video Editing Masterclass. Buy this for a total price of of £850 - saving £70 on the price of the two courses.

You want to create dynamic, flexible content for devices across platforms, including mobile, using animation and special effects to engage your audience. This training course helps you do just that. Aimed at web designers and developers, over two days you will learn how to use the new features of HTML5 - including the APIs, elements and attributes that make up HTML5 markup, and the style/animation/transitions that are part of CSS3.

HTML5 and CSS3 enable web designers and developers to create dynamic and flexible web content. CSS3 is used in conjunction with HTML5 to add effects to page elements and even create animated effects without the need for browser plugins. Content can be made to respond to different devices, screen-size and orientation - important for both desktop and mobile websites and applications

This two day training course teaches web developers and  code-savvy designers how to create interactive web and mobile apps with HTML5 and JavaScript.

Starting with building dynamic HTML5 JavaScript applications, you’ll build up to using canvas, JavaScript, video and WebGL, using these tools to create cutting-edge web and mobile apps for your business or clients. It’s an intensive two days but based on what you’ll learn, and be able to develop, it will be well worth your investment.

OS X Server Essentials is a three-day, hands-on course designed to give technical coordinators and entry-level system administrators the skills, tools, and knowledge to implement and maintain a network that uses OS X Server. You’ll learn how to install and configure OS X Server to provide network-based services, such as file sharing, web and wikis. Tools for efficiently managing and deploying OS X are also covered. The course is a combination of tutor-presented material and hands-on case study exercises that provide practical real-world experience.

Final Cut Pro X is a revolutionary video editing application that makes it possible for beginners and seasoned professionals to achieve stunning results, opening up opportunities to produce professional quality video to a whole new audience of creatives.

This three-day, hands-on course teaches you how to perform editing functions while becoming familiar with the new ’smart’  user interface,  which has been designed to streamline many of the editing tasks, allowing you to focus on what you do best - the job of story-telling.

Start with basic video editing techniques and work all the way through Final Cut Pro’s powerful advanced features. You’ll work with dramatic real-world media to learn the practical techniques used daily in editing projects.

Mac OS X Lion Support Essentials is a three-day, hands-on course that provides an in-depth exploration of troubleshooting on Mac OS X Lion. This course is designed to give you a tour of the breadth of functionality of Mac OS X Lion and the best methods for effectively supporting users of Mac OS X Lion systems. The course is a combination of lectures and hands-on case study exercises that provide practical real-world experience.

All our Apple Authorised Training Centre courses are delivered by Authorised Trainers. Lion courses (101 and 201) are taught by Jeremy Gledhill, who is an outstanding communicator, with an unrivaled knowledge of his subject area. Jeremy has been delivering MAC OS X courses here  since 2003 and we believe he is the best Apple technical trainer in the business.

This one day course takes an in-depth look at object-oriented theory, and its implementation in PHP.  We’ll look at how to design systems applying OOP techniques and software engineering principles so that they are future-proof, with the capacity to  grow and evolve over time.

You’ll gain confidence in using object-oriented PHP and applying design patterns to real world situations.

The day is a combination of theory and hands-on exercises, some on paper, some in code. We’ll focus on developing robust, maintainable systems.

Need to convince your boss? There’s more information on all three of our new PHP workshops on our new post here

This one-day course dispenses a big dose of data-related theory, helping you to make the step up from the role of web developer to that of a web-based software developer.

Firstly, we’ll take a close look at data theory, designing database schemas to support the serious applications we will build on top of them. We’ll study, and also put in to practice, techniques for designing data structures, and then learn how to optimise queries.

Secondly,  we’ll approach databases from a PHP angle - covering the PDO library,  an excellent object-oriented way of interacting with the database. We’ll analyse the  features this extension provides and then use it to manipulate database structures via the web.

Need to convince your boss? There’s more information on all three of our new PHP workshops on our new post here

This one day course, delivered by our OSX Apple Authorised Trainer, develops the skills you need to effectively support and deploy Apple’s extremely popular mobile devices in your organisation.

You’ll  learn how to configure the devices manually as well as creating payloads to automatically configure them. The course will also cover all the enterprise services supported by iOS as well as how to configure these services to best match the requirements of iOS.  The day is a mixture of theory and hands-on, and will cover both Apple and third party tools.

CCNA 1: Network Fundamentals is the first of the four courses leading to the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification. The focus is on learning the fundamentals of networking. You’ll learn both the practical and conceptual skills that build the foundation for understanding basic networking. First, you will examine human versus network communication and see the parallels between them. Next, you will be introduced to the two major models used to plan and implement networks: OSI and TCP/IP. You’ll gain an understanding of the “layered” approach to networks and examine the OSI and TCP/IP layers in detail to understand their functions and services. You will become familiar with the various network devices, network addressing schemes and the types of media used to carry data across the network.

The course runs at Headingley Campus, in North Leeds  on Monday evenings 6-9pm starting 5th March 2012 .  There will be 12 evening sessions - excluding Bank Holidays. The last scheduled session is 18th June.

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In this 3 day Ruby on Rails:  Foundations course you will build and deploy a fully tested web application written in Ruby on Rails® in the latest stable version of Rails; Rails 3.

Not only will you take away with you a deeper understanding of Ruby on Rails web application framework but also the tools and techniques needed to enhance your development life even on non-Rails projects.

This course takes you from  the fundamentals, on day one, to using Rails in a variety of professional environments.

This course will also introduce the testing framework, Cucumber, to delegates. Cucumber lets developers and clients/stake holders describe how software should behave in plain text. Unlike other testing frameworks, all of the scenarios are written in plain English. This is invaluable when talking to clients and project stake holders. Instead of you, the developer, interpreting what the client wants, you both are speaking the same language so conceptually both you, the developer, and the client, are on the same page.

Cucumber itself is written in Ruby, but it can be used to test other languages including but not limited to Java, C# and Python.

Rails, together with Cucumber, can make a significant improvement to your work as a developer, making this course a sound investment of your time and money.

The number one HTTP Linux Server on the internet takes you to new heights to install, configure and manage a modern operating system that is the leading choice for independent web server platform technology today. Balance comprehensive and powerful functionality with safe, secure and reliable operation to become proficient with engaging Apache web server administration training.

Yorkshire and Humber businesses qualify for up to 60% part-funding for this course through the OS4B project - contact us for full details.

nti is hosting the very first Leeds Tester Gathering on the 26th May here at Old Broadcasting House.

The evening will start at 18.00 with networking followed by announcements, (vacancies, training courses or other interesting information for testers), a presentation on a salient testing topic lasting no more than 40 mins and finally more networking in a very friendly atmosphere, finishing the evening at 21.00 (more…)

Get the knowledge and practical know-how to give your web site a serious performance makeover.

You’ve set up your web site, and its up and working. So now you need to invest some of your time and energy to make your site visible to web browsers, so they can visit your site, and buy your products.

Our three one-day courses will show you just how to do this - and more. Learn from experienced practitioners on these intensive workshops,  and leave each course with a clear picture of the actions you can take to make measurable improvements, which have real impact on your business.

Course One -  Search Engine Optimisation

Course Two - Google Adwords Training

Course Three - Google Analytics

Priced separately, the total cost of these course comes to £850.

Book all three together, as a package, for £725 - giving you a saving of £125

We’ve got a number of dates scheduled for each course; choose those that suit your plans.