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Your Stay at the Ranch

One fee covers tuition, meals, lodging and transportation to and from the airport. At the Big Nerd Ranch, we remove the distractions inherent in standard corporate training by offering classes in quiet, comfortable settings in Atlanta, Georgia and Frankfurt, Germany.

Available Classes

Advanced Mac OS X

Android

Beginning Cocoa

Beginning iOS (iPhone/iPad)

Beginning Ruby on Rails

Cocoa Commuter Class in Spanish

Cocoa I

Cocoa II

Commuter iOS Class

Django

iOS (iPhone/iPad)

OpenGL

Python Mastery

Ruby on Rails I

Ruby on Rails II

On-site Training: Our Nerds, Your Location

Through our on-site training program you can affordably and conveniently have our renowned classes come to you. Our expert instructors will help your team advance through nerd-based instructional support that is fresh, engaging and allows for unencumbered hands-on learning.

Clients around the globe have praised our on-site instruction for some of the following reasons:

Flexibility

Classes can be booked when the timing is right for your team.

We can tailor our existing syllabi to ensure our training meets your organization's unique needs.

Post-class mentorship is available to support your team as they work on especially challenging projects.

Affordability

No need for planes, trains and automobiles for all of your staff; our Nerds come to you.

Train up to 22 students at a significant discount over open-enrollment training.

Nerd Know-how

Our instructors are highly practiced in both teaching and programming. They move beyond theory by bringing their real-life experiences to your team.

On-site training includes post-class access to our Nerds, our extensive Alumni Network, and our Big Nerd Ranch Forums. Learning support doesn't end just because your class does.

For your on-site training, we provide an instructor, all Big Nerd Ranch copyrighted class materials, gifts, certificates of completion and access to our extensive Alumni Network. You'll provide the classroom set up, computers and related devices for all students, a projector and a screen.

Consulting: Achieve Nerdvana In-house & On-site

When you contract with Big Nerd Ranch, we'll work directly with you to turn your needs into a full-fledged desktop and/or mobile solution. Our developers and designers have consistently created some of the iPhone App Store's most intriguing applications.

Management Philosophy

Big Nerd Ranch holistically manages every client relationship. Our goal is to communicate and educate our clients from project initiation to completion, while ultimately helping them gain a competitive advantage in their niche marketplace.

Project Strategy

We take a detail-oriented approach to all of our project estimations. We'll work with you to define a strategy, specify product offerings and then build them into software that stands alone.

Our Process

Our consulting process is broken down into three distinct phases: Requirements, Execution and Monitoring/Controlling. Bring your business case to us and we'll develop a plan for a user interface and database design. From there, we'll develop a quote and begin the design and implementation process. Our Nerds will perform many tests, including debugging and performance tuning, ensuring the app does what you want it to do. Finally, we'll beta test your app and get it ready for submission and deployment in the iTunes store and/or the Android Market. Once your app is finished, the Nerds will work with you on subsequent version updates and can even help with the marketing of your app.

Client Testimonials

“tops has worked closely with Big Nerd Ranch for over eight years. Consistently they have delivered high-quality code for our projects; clean and poetic. Thanks to their contributions, we have become a leader in our field.”

-- Dr. Mark Sanchez

President/Founder

tops Software

topsortho.com

“From the simplest GUI design gig to jobs that plumb the darkest corners