People come to us in Melksham for our Open Source training courses - we teach Perl, PHP, Python. We teach Java, Ruby and Lua. We teach C, C++ and Tcl. Not to mention Linux, Tomcat deployment and MysQL.

Our courses are intensive - you'll find that we run a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. day, and in addition the tutor's available for delegates for about an hour before the start, and into the evening. For residential delegates who are staying with us at Well House Manor, there's access to the library and training room at other times too - any time you like, using your keycard.

But there's a limit to how long anyone wants to study, and a walk in the countryside, a meal out, and other activities - usually with other delegates - can turn an excellent course into a superb overall experience.



Doing a jigsaw
Link to article - Operator overloading - redefining addition and other Perl tricks

On a cold winter's night, delegates on a private Java course apply programming logic to a jigsaw. Set up the framework first (the edge pieces) then fill in the rest of the pieces / code.




Luncheon at Lacock
Link to article - Python - extend v append on a list
Link to article - Announcing 2011 Open Source Training courses - dates and prices

Delegates come from all over the world - these are students from Finland who (if memory serves) were learning Python. And one lunch time, we took a slightly longer break (made up for at the end of the day) to show them something truly British for lunch - and also the beautiful village of Lacock that's just 4 miles up the road.




Evening trip to Avebury
Link to article - Configuring httpd, or Tomcat, to run CGI scripts in Perl

We love the countryside around Melksham. Here's an evening picture when we took delegates to see the Avebury stone circle and other local sites.




Breakfast at Well House Manor
Link to article - Weekday or Weekend PHP, Python and Perl classes?

We provide a lighter, healthier breakfast rather than a fry-up. Freshly baked bread, meats and cheeses, yogurts, freshly squeezed orange juice (yes, really - you put the oranges in and run the machine yourself) ... fresh fruit, teas, bean-to-cup coffee ....

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