Programming Classes in Washington, DC

Python is shaping the world as we know it, with applications spanning web development, data science and analysis, game development, and more — even NASA contractors leverage its data management capabilities for shuttle missions. Here are just a few examples of modern Python-powered innovations. Get Ahead With Today’s Essential Skills Discover...

Python is an excellent programming language for data science, due to its rich set of data structures, the maturity of its data-focused libraries, and its ability to execute all aspects of the data science pipeline. This workshop will lay the foundation for data science in Python by exploring its data structures and data manipulation capabilities, as...

Learn to talk the talk without walking the walk. This class is for people who want to speak intelligently about tech. Whether you're recruiting developers, writing marketing copy, a first-time product manager, or simply want to work in a tech startup, you need to know what is happening in the engineering department.  The instructor will cover...

Unlock data-driven insights with code. During our Python-focused introductory workshop, you’ll learn to harness the power of an essential programming language for data scientists and use it to drive accurate business insights. Working with real-world examples, you’ll touch on fundamental Python programming techniques and tools and discuss Python's...

This 3 day course covers the fundamental components of the Ruby Programming Language. Emphasis is placed on the object oriented aspects of Ruby. Topics include arrays, hashes, regular expressions, io, exceptions, modules, and applications areas. Course Lessons: 1. An Introduction to Ruby 2. Standard Ruby Data Types 3. Language Components 4. Collections...

The vast majority of users utilize the Korn Shell or some variant of the Bourne Shell, such as bash. This course covers both of these shells. It begins with a generalized tutorial of Unix and tools and then moves into detailed coverage of shell programming.

SQL is a powerful language, and tool, for data analysis and data handling. In this bootcamp, you’ll dive deep into SQL syntax and database structures, while applying your new SQL skills to address business problems. This bootcamp will take absolute beginners through the basics of SQL to an ability to write queries with confidence. Takeaways  -...

In this 2-day course, students will learn how to create well-formed XML documents. In addition, you will learn about the most important supplementary technologies that support XML, including XML Schema for validation as well as XSLT for transformation. Knowledge Pre-Requisites: HTML5 & Cascading Style Sheets 3 Course Lessons: 1. Course...

In this 3-day JavaScript training course, students learn to use JavaScript effectively to make their web pages more dynamic and functional and to reduce the number of round-trips to the server. Students will learn JavaScript syntax, how to work with variables, learn write flow control logic, validate forms, create roll-over images, open and work with...

In Part I, you’ll learn Ruby and Rails fundamentals and then dive straight into models, controllers, views, and deployment. As you work through the basics, you’ll learn how to: Craft persistent models with Active Record Build view templates with Embedded Ruby Use Git to roll back to previous versions of your code base Deploy applications to...

Explore the intersection of coding and data with General Assembly. During our R-focused introductory workshop, you’ll learn to harness the power of an essential programming language for data scientists and use it to drive accurate business insights. If you want to level-up your skills and learn a new way to process, analyze and visualize data, join...

In this course you will compose SQL queries to retrieve desired information from a database. You will explore database concepts, write simple SELECT queries, use built-in functions and expressions, join tables, build subqueries and unions, and finally perform some advanced where clauses.

This course is a language-independent introduction to programming logic. It consists of seven areas that cover the fundamentals of programming logic--introductory concepts, structure, decision-making, looping, array manipulation, calling methods, and an introduction to object-oriented programming.  Course Lessons:  1. An Overview of Computers...

In this course you will compose Advanced SQL queries to retrieve desired information from a database. You will build on derived tables and common expressions, group and summarize data, explore advanced where clauses and finally write advanced queries. Students attending from their home/work computers must have SQL Server 2012/2014 already loaded on...

In this Python training course, students learn to program in Python. The course is aimed at students new to the language and who may, or may not, have experience with other programming languages.Students will learn:  how Python works and its place in the world of programming languages to work with and manipulate strings to perform math operations...