Nils Millahn, our technical director, gave an inspirational talk to students on maximising their chances of finding work in the digital technology industry, what sort of opportunities there are and what students can and should be doing right now to gain valuable experience. A passionate group of students from 5 different IT courses attended. The talk evolved into an open discussion about areas such as volunteering, the life-work balance, standing out amongst other candidates in these difficult economic times – all important subjects that were discussed further over lunch. It was great to meet students and get to share ideas with them.

In the afternoon, Nils ran a full-on Flash training workshop for the students, with the ambitious goal of building a Flash game from scratch in under 2 hours. We had a lot of fun – and of course everybody also had a great opportunity to learn Flash straight from an industry professional. Some of the students had never used Flash before but before long everybody was drawing clouds and trees, animating on the timeline and writing Actionscript code. Well done everybody for staying so focussed throughout!

We’re running a student competition now over the next couple of weeks to polish, reinvent or otherwise alter the game – we’re ready for you to blow us away with your ideas and creativity! Prizes await! Results will be posted here on this blog and on the WESTEE Facebook Page.

Only students who attended the workshop at Westminster University are eligible for prizes, however if you’d also like to have a go, feel free to download the FLA below and send us your final SWF. Please include your name, a bit of info on who you are and use ‘Westminster Uni Flash Game’ in the subject line.

Here are some links, as promised on the day:

• Download slides from the talk and the workshop FLA
• DN Digital Flash Tutorials on YouTube

Thanks again for everybody for welcoming us, we had a great time and hope to see you all soon! Happy studying and happy coding in the meantime!

We’ve had a really successful summer, especially with our latest Advanced Actionscript 3 (OOP and design patterns) course.

Take a look at some of our feedback!

“Exactly what I had hoped for! Very pleased! Really liked the teaching style and the whole team have been very helpful, Thank you!” -  S.Perry

” Fantastic! It was great that the course was flexible to fit our skills, experience and needs. Relaxed fun environment with open frank discussions.” – R.Oliver

“A very good course. I would thoroughly recommend it.” – S.Hamilton

We would love for you to join us on our next upcoming course:

HTML 5 – The Definitive Course 20th & 21st September 2010

Book now on : training@dndigital.net or http://html5-september.eventbrite.com

Or call: 020 7749 3770

For everything you need to know about the course just visit: http://dndigital.net/training/html5/

We are running our new Advanced Actionscript 3 (Object Oriented Programming and Design Patterns) on the 25th, 26th and 27th August 2010.

Who is the course for?

This course requires an intermediate to advanced knowledge of Actionscript 3. You should be comfortable writing and using your own custom classes, working with events (eg. addEventListener, removeEventListener, custom events) and working with the display list (eg. addChild, Sprite).

Although the course is based on Flash using an external code editor, it is also suitable for Flex developers.

Price: £420 incl VAT (student discount available)

For full details of the course please visit: http://dndigital.net/training/advanced-as3-oop-patterns/

Book directly at: http://advanc3-london-aug2010.eventbrite.com/

or call us on: 020 7749 3770 or email training@dndigital.net

We hope to see you there!

We have a new HTML5 course running on the 20th & 21st September 2010.

Who is the course for?

The course is aimed at web designers and web developers with a good understanding of HTML and CSS. A working knowledge of Javascript is useful for some parts of the course but not essential.

Price: £399 ( Students discount £198).

For all the information you need regarding the HTML5 course simply visit: http://dndigital.net/training/html5/

Book directly on :  http://html5-september.eventbrite.com or call us on : 020 7749 3770 or training@dndigital.net

We look forward to seeing you there!

This is one of our most popular courses, right after the Advanced AS3. It’s a 2-day course and will be held on the 4th and 5th August 2010, in Shoreditch, London E2.

Full details and pricing are available on our website, hope you can come and join us!