I need an intensive (1-2 week) course in the New York City area to learn ASP.NET. I’m a programmer that has been out of the field for a few years, and need this to pump up my resume. Yes, in the interest of full disclosure, I plan to pass myself off as someone who has real world experience in this area.
Any recommendations on such courses in the NYC area would be greatly appreciated.
I hate to have to bump this, but I need a job!!!
I read your post earlier today, and am clueless about the NYC training market, so didn’t reply. Now that you’re pleading for replies, I’ll give you mine. 
I’m wondering why you’re looking for a class. If you’re a programmer already, it’s not that hard to pick up a new technology. Buy a couple of books, rent some space from a Web host that includes ASP, and do some “real world” programming to give yourself some “real world experience.” I don’t know about you, but for me, the best way to learn something is to actually do it. Come up with a project - it doesn’t really matter what - and code yourself up a Web page using ASP.NET.
Heck, you don’t even need to buy books if you don’t want. You can download ASP.NET and a whole pile of associated material here.
I had the same reaction as Athena. I can’t imagine a 2-week training course will get you anywhere near as far as doing it on your own will.
You don’t even really need a Web host. If you have Win2k or XP Pro (does Home have IIS??) or 2003 server then you can get yourself the latest .net framework for free from MS (it’s part of Windows Update) and host scripts on your own machine (just browse to them yourself) and go crazy with free tools on sites like www.asp.net - there’s even a free editor, I believe, that works just like VS.NET. And lots of free scripts.
The forums over at www.asp.net are very helpful too. Probably a 5/1 n00b/expert ratio (last time I was there) but the experts are really nice and really helpful, and everyone is learning together.
Do some Googling - you’ll find more free resources on the internet than you can imagine.
My recommendation is to go to Microsoft’s website and look for the courses in .Net development, then see who offers those courses in your area. Infotec and Prosoft are just a couple that offer MS certified training. I just recently completed four (3 weeks altogether) and passed my .Net developer exam.
I’d recommend the classes just so you can learn to talk the talk. Based on my interview experience in the last few weeks, it definitely helps if you know the difference between ADO and ADO.Net, for example.