Laid Off Developer?? Get Free Training

Steve McConnell is doing a very honorable thing by offering laid off software developers free seats in his seminars and training sessions through his company, Construx Software.

Personally, I think this is great thing he is doing. There are a lot of our software brothers and sisters who have found themselves suddenly out of work due to the current financial climate. This is probably one of the biggest times we need to pull together as a community and help others.

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Unfuddle, Free Subversion and Git Hosting

I have been working on a few small projects and I wanted to get my source into some sort SCM repository so I could easily keep track of changes. Well I found a nice site, Unfuddle, that will allow you a free repository for personal projects. It is perfect for what I am doing and allows me to update my source from any computer.

Free Online Java Training Courses

I recently found the Java Passion site by Sang Shin. If you have not been to the site I recommend you do.

Sang Shin has created numerous online training courses that are all free!! He covers all sorts of Java topics from the basic beginner's of Java lessons to advanced Java EE topics. In these times where companies are cutting back on training expenses more than ever, this is a very easy way to keep your skills up to par and learn new technologies.

I have actually started the course on Spring as I have missed the Spring train in my current job and have not had the chance to sit down and learn it. So far it is going very well. Each lesson has a nice presentation, followed by very detailed step-by-step examples and a hands-on lab. So I have no doubt that I will be "Springing" in no time.