So where do OUR staff learn about the subjects they teach? They learn by using them, by reading books, by researching on line, by writing our our course notes (a marvelous way to make sure you have it right), by listening to delegates - and of course by attending training sessions themselves.

I've been to Istanbul and Skagway, to London and to Vancouver, to Colorado and to Venice to learn ... our are niche subjects, and getting training sometimes involves traveling half a world away!

There are pictures on our website from Alaska, from Venice, from Turkey, from Denver ... and here are three from a London Perl session run by Dave Cross a couple of years back.

[imgl=coeve031]Learning Advanced Perl[/img] On the course in London, organized by BBC Backstage and London Perl Mongers and presented by David Cross

[imgr=coeve032]Perl and databases[/img]There are many Perl modules that provide database connectivity, and Dave brought us up to date on some of the more recent additions.

[imgl=coeve030]The teacher is taught[/img]Learning how to evaluate the quality of CPAN modules, time and date functions, database to object mapping, and much more.