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Courses
- Internet basics for web developers
- Understand the structure of URLs. Learn to use web browsers
more expertly. Gain a basic conceptual understanding of the
workings of web servers and browsers, of how web pages are stored,
and of how data is transported.
We will go very slowly, with lots of repetition and examples.
Avail.: | next session begins Feb/2013 |
Admits: | open to everyone, including non-members |
Prereq.: | user experience — see course page |
Cost: | vol $0, pm $20, Bm $35, nm $55, supplies included |
Where: | TFN office |
When: | Thursday evenings 7:30 pm - 9 pm |
Length: | 5 days (7.5 hrs), starts 28/Feb/2013, ends 28/Mar/2013 |
- Hand-code your own HTML web pages
- Learn to write HTML & CSS from scratch without software aids.
We will go very slowly, explaining everything in plain English,
with lots of examples.
Avail.: | next session begins Apr/2013 |
Admits: | open to everyone, including non-members |
Prereq.: | course "Internet basics for web developers" |
Cost: | vol $30, pm $90, Bm $105, nm $135, supplies included |
Where: | TFN office |
When: | Thursday evenings 7:30 pm - 9 pm |
Length: | 11 days (16.5 hrs), starts 04/Apr/2013, ends 13/Jun/2013 |
- Touch-typing
- Learn to type on a keyboard without looking, even in complete darkness.
The concepts are simple but mastering the art is not easy. Almost all
class time is devoted to typing practice.
Avail.: | always registering |
Admits: | members only |
Prereq.: | none |
Cost: | vol $0, pm $60, Bm $75, supplies included |
Where: | TFN office |
When: | Sunday afternoons 12:30 pm - 2 pm |
Length: | 15 days (22.5 hrs), starts continuously |
- ADSL installation & troubleshooting at TFN
- Become a TFN ADSL technician! Learn how ADSL works under the
hood and how to fix connection problems. We will study telephone
wiring and network concepts, and TFN's network in particular.
Avail.: | next session probably Feb/2013 |
Admits: | volunteers only |
Prereq.: | technical aptitude & experience — see course page |
Cost: | vol $0, supplies included |
Where: | TFN office |
When: | typically Sunday mornings 11 am - 1:30 pm |
Length: | 4 class meetings, 2.5 hours each, starts on demand |
- unix command-line introduction
- This course covers the minimum basics of command-line use in unix:
the parts of the command-line, what you will see when a command
succeeds or fails, keyboard shortcuts, essential commands for
navigating and for viewing files and folders.
Avail.: | next session possibly in Dec/2012 |
Admits: | volunteers only |
Prereq.: | user experience — see course page |
Cost: | vol $0, supplies included |
Where: | TFN office |
When: | typically Thursday afternoons |
Length: | 3 class meetings, 45 minutes each, starts on demand |