TECSoft’s AppleScript training is now available online via StaffingTools’s
e-learning system
AMAGANSETT, NY/BLOOMINGTON, IN – July 15, 2002 – TECSoft and
StaffingTools.com, the e-learning company focused on providing testing and
training for the graphic communications industry, announced today the new
Workflow Automation with AppleScript Online Training Course. The
interactive online course teaches AppleScript and how to create powerful
software automation solutions. It is the culmination of an alliance that
combines online delivery through StaffingTools.com and TECSoft’s extensive
experience as the leading AppleScript training and development firm. The
online course is now available directly from TECSoft and sells for an
introductory price of $79.95.
AppleScript is Apple Computer’s English-like scripting language used to
automate key tasks performed on the Macintosh computer. It’s like automatic
pilot for the Mac. With AppleScript users can increase productivity and
save time to work smarter, not harder.
“We’ve distilled our extensive hands-on training expertise into the online
version of our Workflow Automation with AppleScript training,” said TECSoft
founder John Thorsen Jr. ” Outside of a classroom environment, our online
training course delivers the richest AppleScript training experience
possible.”
With TECSoft’s online training you don’t have to be a programmer to get
started and be productive with AppleScript. Along with teaching AppleScript
fundamentals, the training also covers scripting the Finder, FileMaker Pro,
QuarkXPress, and Canto Cumulus. The online training course reinforces
AppleScript concepts with hands-on exercises that conclude with the user
scripting real-world AppleScript automation solutions. The online course
also features:
* 24/7 web-based access.
* 12 hours of training content.
* 26 QuickTime movies showing AppleScript demos, key concepts, and
solutions to the training exercises.
* 13 hands-on exercises designed to reinforce learning.
* Demos of real-world AppleScript automation solutions.
* All required software including run-time or trial versions of FileMaker
Pro, Canto Cumulus, and QuarkXPress, as well as the scripts for the demos
and exercises.
* An easy to use, Aqua-like interface.
* Easy tracking of a user’s progress through the training.
* An extensive interactive glossary of AppleScript terms.
* Web links to important AppleScript sites.
* Mac OS X compatibility in the Classic environment.
“StaffingTools is delighted to partner with TECSoft to provide online
AppleScript training,” said Julie Jankowski, Director of Corporate Accounts
of StaffingTools.com. “Learning how to utilize AppleScript can increase
productivity, revenue and profits, and we are proud that TECSoft has chosen
StaffingTools to provide online AppleScript training through
StaffingTools.com.”
For more information or to purchase the Workflow Automation with
AppleScript Online Training, call TECSoft at 800-626-4119 or 631-267-0700
or visit the TECSoft Web site: www.tecsoft.com.
About TECSoft
Based in Amagansett, New York, TECSoft is the industry’s leading
AppleScript training and development firm. The company is led by founder
John Thorsen Jr. who has worked extensively with Apple Computer to develop
AppleScript content for trade shows, seminars, workshops, and training
classes. TECSoft’s clients include Associated Press, Atlantic Records,
Barrons, BMG, Citibank, Nikon, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Sony Music,
and Time Warner.
About StaffingTools.com
StaffingTools, Inc. is a United States-based e-learning company focused on
providing a complete assessment, training and certification system for the
Graphics Communications Industry with content that has trained 15,000 users
in the US alone. For more information on StaffingTools, go to
www.staffingtools.com or call 800-355-6429. Outside the US, call
812-355-3030.