Microsoft is offering free training on Microsoft Web Development, called Microsoft Web Camps. Sadly this free training isn't anywhere near Florida, but if you know a web developer in another area where Microsoft is hosting a Web Camp, you may want to inform them.
Per the Microsoft Web Camps Website:
"Interested in learning how Microsoft’s Web Platform and developer tools can make you a more productive web developer? If you’re currently working with PHP, Ruby, ASP or older versions of ASP.NET and want to hear how you can create amazing websites more easily with the latest innovations from Microsoft then register for a Web Camp near you!"
Microsoft Web Camps are in:
- Toronto, May 7 - 8, 2010
- Moscow, May 19
- Beijing, May 21 - 22
- Shanghai, May 24 - 25
- Mountain View, May 27 - 28
- Sydney, May 28 - 29
- Singapore, June 4 - 5
- London, June 4 - 5
- Munich, June 7 - 8
- Chicago, June 11 - 12
- Redmond, June 18 - 19
- New York, June 25 - 26
An example agenda is as follows, but they may vary from location to location:
- A Lap around the Microsoft Web Platform and ASP.NET Overview
- Building a rich web application - Part 1: Getting started with MVC & Entity Framework
- Building a rich web application - Part 2: Deeper into MVC and new features
- Building a rich web application - Part 3: jQuery and simplified web application deployment
- Getting the most out of IIS with IIS Extensions and wrap up for the day.
For those of you Florida Web Developers looking for training smiliar to a Microsoft Web Camp, check out the Sarasota Web Developer Group that is teaching ASP.NET MVC from Scratch as well as the new features in ASP.NET 4.
Learn more about the Microsoft Web Camps here.