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"Ruven was very clear and articulate as he explained each topic. He was also very persistent, ensuring that all concepts were engrained in our minds" | Java - Remote at LearnComputer , Nov/2012 |
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A Google Technical Manager wrote: "FANTASTIC! Ruven's curriculum is fantastic, as is his teaching style. It was very helpful to work on iterative examples like he does." | Java at AcademyX , San-Jose Oct/2011 |
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"The best course I've taken at AcademyX! And the best online course I've taken ever.... and I've taken several. Ruven was able to assess my skill set quickly, and delivered a custom training program accordingly. He drew upon his vast knowledge of Ajax and other technologies (PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS) to answer and pose a myriad of questions. I'm very happy. " | Ajax - remote at AcademyX, San Francisco Nov/2010 |
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"This class was phenomenal. Ruven might be the best teacher I've taken here. he took an extremely difficult class and made it comprehendable. he was super helpful and patient throughout, and his courseware was great. " | Java and Object Orientation at AcademyX, San Francisco April/2009 |
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"I have been trying to get my mind around CSS and CSS Positioning for some time now...my instructor got more into my head today than the last two years of going at it alone.," | CSS at OverSee for Marakana, Los Angeles Oct/2006 |
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"Ruven is a great teacher with lots of passion. Overall he did a great job making Ajax and all the related technologies easier to comprehend," | Ajax at Marakana, San Francisco July/2006 |
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"Excellent delivery, excellent knowledge, overall organization was superb, very responsive and clear with questions... Ruven, thank you for an excellent learning experience. Your course was one of the best i have ever taken." | Intro to Java & OOP for programmers at Hewlett Packard Nashua, NH Oct/2005 |
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"Great instructor! very clear and very funny! Ruven teaches with passion!" |
Java for Non-C Programmers at Hewlett Packard Nov/2002 |
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"...friendly
and motivating...excellent presenter - made difficult concepts easy to
understand...great instructor - class was fun and I learned a lot." |
Object-Oriented Thinking at Hewlett Packard Feb/2003 |
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"...very dynamic... maintained a level of energy that really helped...nice pace and good teaching style. I'll recommend this class to other postdocs in my department." | Introduction to UNIX at UCSF May/2000 |
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"...One of the best organized courses I ever had...very valuable web site and extensive and well thought out text-book...one of the best teachers at the MSP." | Java at SFSU - MSP May/1999 |
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"...fundamental concepts were reinforced...he is excellent! I am completely satisfied. I wish he would teach more classes at HP" | Java for Non-C Programmers at Hewlett Packard March/2003 |
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"...appreciates and respects questions...conveys complicated algorithms clearly...Ruven has that rare innate ability, he doesn't just instruct he teaches..." |
Unix Shell Programming at Unix/C/C++ certificate program SFSU/Linkage Oct/2000 |
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"Instructor was extremely methodical and knowledgeable...great breakdown of code elements..." | JavaScript at Xilinx Aug/2003 |
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"...thorough, flexible and responsive...excellent job at covering a great deal of material in a given time frame...a good brain workout - thanks!" |
Web Tools/Technologies at Hewlett Packard June/2001 |
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"Mr Hannah is the best instructor I have ever had. His knowledge is only overshadowed by his enthusiasm. Outstanding performance" |
C at Unix/C/C++ certificate program SFSU/Linkage March/2000 |
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"...excellent choice of topics... most books are 700 pages long... was helpful to have the key concepts focused on and explained in detail...and now I can start programming in Java." | Java Ciber/Wells Fargo Oct/2002 |
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"...mixed levels of students, but we all learned the subject, Ruven was patient and attentive with those that needed more help and made sure the more advanced ones were still challenged..." |
Java for Non-C Programmers at Hewlett Packard June/2002 |
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"...exceeded my expectations... i'm really pleased with how much I learned and how I had to stretch my way of thinking to understand the concepts...Ruven is better than excellent at his job" |
Intoduction to Programming at Hewlett Packard Oct/2000 |
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"Ruven gets top marks...on a scale from 1 through 5 - I'd give Ruven 10...great sense of humor, entertaining, articulate and stimulating. I'm only sorry we will not have him every week." | Unix Shell Programming at Unix/C/C++ certificate program SFSU/Linkage july/99 |
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"...I really enjoyed the class...makes Java seem like fun and it gave me a really good foundation of concepts I can apply in many directions..." | Java__________________ at SFSU - MSP May/2000 |
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