Java Fundamentals Training

Introduction to Java Training for New Programmers - 5 days

This Java training course is intended for students without an extensive programming background. It covers most Java syntax elements, concentrating on fundamental and universally useful elements, while providing an overview of many more advanced elements. Students will learn to write useful Java classes, applying Object-Oriented concepts such as inheritance, and create Java programs that work with these classes.

The class introduces the concept of objects as one of the first topics, in order that the later concepts are covered with an OO perspective. The class is based on Java 1.5 and 1.6, but most concepts would apply in 1.4 as well.

The next class is running 3/1/2010. Register for this date or See More Dates

Java Programming Training for Experienced Programmers - 5 days

This course teaches programming in the Java language -- i.e. the Java Standard Edition platform. It is intended for programmers with experience in languages other than Java, but who may or may not have any previous Java experience. It focuses on procedural and structured coding skills first, and then offers meticulous, in-depth coverage of object-oriented concepts and how to apply them to Java software design and development. The latter part of the course moves from these basic skills into key parts of the Java SE Core API, including collections, logging, streams, and object serialization. A final chapter introduces automated unit-testing practices using JUnit.

This revision of the course targets the 6.0 version of the Java language and Core API; but it is equally applicable to Java 5 and groups looking for Java training who know they'll be using Java 5 are encouraged to use this course. For training within the Java 1.4 environment, please see version 1.4.3 of this course, which works to the old version but looks ahead to some Java-5/6 language features; to read more about different versions of Java and for help deciding on which version of this course to use, see "Java Versions and Terminology Demystified".)

Students come to Java from a wide range of backgrounds, and this course is designed to be as flexible as possible over the upper end of that range. Specifically:

This class is only available as a private onsite class. Contact us for a proposal.

Intermediate Java Programming - 5 days

This course teaches programming in the Java language -- i.e. the Java Standard Edition platform. It is intended for students with previous Java experience or training, who already know the fundamentals of the Java architecture and basic procedural programming. This course provides in-depth coverage of object-oriented concepts and how to apply them to Java software design and development. The latter part of the course moves key parts of the Java SE Core API, including collections, exception-handling, logging, streams, and object serialization. The course software also includes an optional overlay of workspace and project files to support use of the Eclipse IDE in the classroom. (This requires that the instructor be experienced in use of Eclipse and able to walk students through basic tasks in the IDE.)

This revision of the course targets the 6.0 version of the Java language and Core API; but it is equally applicable to Java 5 and groups looking for Java training who know they'll be using Java 5 are encouraged to use this course. For training within the Java 1.4 environment, please see version 1.4.3 of this course, which works to the old version but looks ahead to some Java-5/6 language features; to read more about different versions of Java and for help deciding on which version of this course to use, see "Java Versions and Terminology Demystified".)

The next class is running 2/22/2010. Register for this date or See More Dates

Advanced Java Programming - 5 days

This course provides advanced training in developing software using the Java Platform, Standard Edition, or Java SE. It is intended for students with solid experience in structured and object-oriented Java programming, including use of the Collections API and exception handling.

The course covers several general-purpose topics: using and building generic types, writing multi-threaded applications, the Reflection API and annotations, and network programming using sockets. It combines nicely with various other courses in the Java curriculum, each of which is also "advanced Java" of some sort: JDBC, secure coding, Swing GUI programming, design patterns, and so on.

This class is only available as a private onsite class. Contact us for a proposal.

Migrating to Java 6 - 1 day

This one-day course shows Java-1.4 developers the new language features in Java 5.0, and, more importantly, illustrates best programming practices as they've been affected by these new features. This is an accelerated course that assumes long experience with earlier versions of Java. Students will leave familiar with various new bits of Java-5 syntax, and also with an understanding of the exciting new options they have for API design and general-purpose Java coding.

This class is only available as a private onsite class. Contact us for a proposal.

Java Security Training - 3 days

This course exposes students to the broad range of challenges and techniques that is "Java security." Secure coding practice for Java incorporates techniques for Java SE and Java EE, and increasingly EE applications are using SE techniques such as policy files and JAAS authentication. This course spends some time on each platform, so that students will be exposed to SE basics such as access controller, permissions, and policies; and also traditional EE techniques such as web-security declarations and the EJB authorization model. Best-practice chapters wrap up coverage of each platform.

The course emphasizes hands-on exercise, and students will spend more than half of their classroom time solving specific security problems. Most labs are organized as scenarios in which a security breach of existing software is possible - students begin by hacking the system in some way. Then the work of the lab is to tighten up the software to eliminate the threat: set a secure policy, sign a file, clean up overexposed parts of an API, require user login, etc.

This version of the course targets Java SE 6 and Java EE 5, but it is largely applicable to Java SE 5 and J2EE 1.4 as well, and groups looking for Java training who know they'll be using those earlier platforms are encouraged to use this course. For training within the J2SE 1.4 environment, please see version 1.4 of this course.)

This class is only available as a private onsite class. Contact us for a proposal.

Java Wireless Programming - 4 days

This four-day course introduces experienced Java programmers to the Java Micro Edition, or Java ME, and develops skills in Java programming for wireless devices via the Mobile Information Device Profile, or MIDP. The course begins with a top-down tour of the ME architecture, focusing on wireless programming via the Connected, Limited Device Configuration, or CLDC, and the MIDP. Students learn the simple Core API of the CLDC -- primarily by contrast to the Java Standard Edition Core API - and then move into the individual packages of the MIDP.

We then study MIDP development in detail, working through several chapters on user interfaces and event handling, to local record storage and network connectivity, and on to threads and timers. The course concludes with chapters on advanced topics including memory management, best practices, and "over the air provisioning," which is a standard deployment model for MIDP applications to wireless devices via HTTP, including a security model using digital signatures.

This class is only available as a private onsite class. Contact us for a proposal.

Design Patterns in Java Software - 3 days

This course seeks to develop, for the experienced Java programmer, a strong, shared vocabulary of design patterns and best practices. The course begins with a discussion of how to recognize and apply design patterns - that is, how to incorporate pattern awareness into one's own analysis, design, and implementation practices. The main body of the course focuses on the Gang of Four design patterns, with a chapter each on creational, behavioral, and structural patterns. Classroom time is about evenly split between discussion, group design exercises, and coding labs to reinforce finer points of important patterns.

This is not a patterns catalog: it is as much a study of how to "think in patterns" as it is an introduction to several of the most important patterns. Students will be challenged to bring their own previous development experience to the discussion, to see the patterns in everyday design and coding solutions. The course puts more emphasis on some patterns than others. We believe that students will be better served by going into a few patterns in depth, with lively discussions of several others, than by following a regular routine of discussion and examples over every GoF pattern.

The course software also includes an optional overlay of workspace and project files to support use of the Eclipse IDE in the classroom. (This requires that the instructor be experienced in use of Eclipse and able to walk students through basic tasks in the IDE.)

This revision of the course targets the 5.0 version of the Java language and Core API. Students with Java 1.4 experience should find all of the concepts and most of the example and lab code accessible. (A few examples that involve the Collections API are necessarily heavy on generic types, and this may require some additional support from the instructor.)

This class is only available as a private onsite class. Contact us for a proposal.

Java Performance Tuning - 2 days

This Java Performance Tuning class is a lab-intensive course geared for experienced software developers who are looking to expand their knowledge and skills in the Java world. This Java class is highly customizable and draws from the extensive knowledge and content base to tune the course itself to the student needs.

This class is only available as a private onsite class. Contact us for a proposal.

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) Training with UML - 5 days

This Object-Orientated Analysis and Design (OOAD) with UML training course teaches students how to use object-oriented techniques from requirements gathering to implementation. Learn how to analyze and design classes and their relationships to each other in order to build a model of the business requirements. All the UML diagrams are covered in this OOAD class to identify the most suitable diagram suite for your organization. An emphasis is placed on Use Cases to capture and manage requirements and form the basis for test scenarios. Class relationships, through the use of Design Patterns, are leverage to enforce OO concepts that will produce a reusable structural design for your system that adapts well to change. Activity and Sequence diagrams are explored in some detail to model the dynamic aspects of your system. This is a hands-on OOAD class. Students will apply their new OOAD and UML skills obtained in the course to model prospective application solutions.

The next class is running 3/1/2010. Register for this date or See More Dates

OSGi Training - 2 days

This OSGi training class is designed for system architects, application developers and software engineers who will be developing software with OSGi bundles. Approximately 50% of the class time is devoted to hands-on lab exercises.

RCP Training: Developing Rich Client Platform (RCP) Applications - 2 to 3 days

This RCP training class is designed for system architects, application developers and software engineers who will be designing and/or implementing applications using the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP). Approximately 50% of the class time is devoted to hands-on lab exercises.

Groovy Training for Java Developers - 4 days

This Groovy training course teaches experienced Java developers how to write programs in Groovy that simplify, enhance, and expand their existing systems.