Des Moines Area Community College.

Continuing Education

Database Management and Programming

Alice 2.0 Programming, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn how to write three-dimensional animation and game programs while learning object-oriented programming principles at the same time.  If you’re a novice programmer who wants to master programming concepts like decisions, loops, methods, and arrays, this course is for you!  While building fun interactive worlds (including a flight simulator), you’ll also learn more advanced programming concepts like arrays and event-driven programming.

ASP.NET, Intro to
Cost: $89
In this hands-on course, you’ll begin by adding the power of interactive controls to your Web pages, and you’ll discover how you can use style sheets to give every Web page you create the same clean and consistent look and feel.  You’ll find out how to connect to a database and put the information it contains on public display.  You’ll develop a community-based Web site that allows users to register, log in, create and update profiles, and post messages to a forum.  You’ll explore the issue of Web security, and learn some simple things to do to secure your site against some common attacks.

C++ Programming, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn to program in C++, even if you have no prior programming experience!  Create programs for Microsoft Windows using Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition.  Learn Object-Oriented techniques, how to create windows and forms, and how to program in a step-by-step nature.

C# Programming, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn the fundamentals of computer programming with the new C# programming language.

C# Programming, Intermediate
Cost: $89
Start with an exploration of input/output operations, decision making, looping, and object-oriented programming principles. Then, gain hands-on experience using sequential data files, and build your own Graphical User Interface (GUI) application.

Creating User Requirements Documents
Cost: $89
Your success as a developer depends almost entirely on your ability to meet or exceed your customers' every expectation.  This course will show you, step by step, how to discover and document precisely what your customer wants.  You will learn how to gather, manage, and document user requirements for any type of project in any industry.

Crystal Reports 10, Intro to
Cost: $89
Make the points you want to make by converting raw database or accounting information into meaningful and readable reports.

Database Development, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn a number of powerful tools available for database development and database applications.

Oracle, Intro to
Cost: $89
Plan, organize, and manage your data with an Oracle database; build various database objects, and write simple SQL statements to extract the data.

Oracle, Intermediate
Cost: $89
Gain hands-on experience with Oracle's PL/SQL programming language. PL/SQL is Oracle's procedural language extension to SQL. This course will give you the skills you need to write powerful and flexible programs using that language. You'll learn the building blocks and core features of PL/SQL, and you'll be building fully functional PL/SQL programs with procedures, packages, debugging routines, database structures, triggers and cursor processing.

Perl Programming, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn powerful, easy-to-use scripting language for Web and Software Developers and System Administrators.

PHP and MySQL 2007, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn to create an interactive Web site, allowing visitors to post and retrieve information provided by you or your site's visitors.  You’ll see how to use the PHP programming language to generate dynamic Web sites that automatically change as your data changes.  You’ll also learn how to use the popular MySQL database server with PHP to store and retrieve data over the Web.

PHP and MySQL, Intermediate
Cost: $89
Learn how to create an interactive online store complete with an online catalog of products, allowing customers to browse the catalog to select items, place them in a shopping cart, and complete an order. You’ll see how to use the popular MySQL database server to store product information (including images) and track customer orders. You’ll also learn how to use the PHP programming language to display product images in your online store, allow customers to shop online using a shopping cart in their browser, and provide an administrative section to manage the store.

Python 2.5, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn the fundamentals of computer programming in Python to create basic programming structures like decisions and loops. You’ll then move on to more advanced topics such as object-oriented programming with classes and exceptions, and later unique Python data structures such as tuples and dictionaries. Learn how to create Python programs with graphical elements that range from simple circles and squares to graphical user interface objects like buttons and labels.

SQL, Intro to
Cost: $89
Learn the key concepts of SQL gaining a solid knowledge of this universal database programming language.

Visual Basic 2005, Intro to
Cost: $89
Visual Basic is the most widely used programming language and development tool for creating Windows applications.  You’ll also learn principles of object-oriented and event-driven programming for use not only with Visual Basic, but also with other programming languages.

Visual Basic 2005, Intermediate
Cost: $89
Gain in-demand skills writing sophisticated Windows programs that access and modify business databases and implement Structured Query Language. This course will be ideal if you’re a Visual Basic programmer and want to upgrade your programming skills or prepare yourself for a new and exciting line of work.

Visual Basic.NET, Intro to
Cost: $89
This is the most widely used programming language and development tool for creating Windows applications.

Visual Basic.NET, Intermediate
Cost: $89
Gain in-demand skills writing turnkey Windows programs that access and modify business databases