Training

We at Top Notch IT Shop value your staff's career development. It's for this reason that we offer a number of different training courses, across subject areas such as management training, sales training, and personal development.

Courses

Overview of the courses available:

Java Programming Foundations

COURSE ABSTRACT

This course introduces participants to developing applications using the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE 10). Participants will learn the fundamentals of Java programming as well as more complex Java concepts such as inheritance and polymorphism. As they build stand-alone and incremental Java applications, participants will develop and debug Java components including classes, methods, interfaces and applications. In addition to team activities, instructor led walk-throughs and other interactive activities, the course provides instructions for incremental hands-on exercises using an IDE such as Eclipse or IDEAJ.

AUDIENCE

This course is designed for developers new to Java.

PREREQUISITES

Some programming experience and familiarity with Object Oriented Programming concepts is helpful.

DURATION

4 Days

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learn the fundamentals of Java programming
Classes, Methods and basic syntax
Running and debugging a Java program

Advanced Java Programming v8-17

During this advanced Java 17 workshop, participants will learn the more advanced Java APIs and programming techniques including Lambda, Generics and Concurrency. The concepts taught in this course are reinforced by hands-on lab exercises using Eclipse.

DURATION

4 Days

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understand the Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Develop Lambda expressions and JVM support
Best practices for handling exceptions
Multi-threading in Java
How to effectively package applications
Selecting the appropriate Java SE collection
Coordinating business processes using streams and lambda expression
Implementing security through cryptography, authorization, authentication and SSL

Continuous Integration and Deployment

This course familiarizes participants with the principles of, and tools to implement Continuous Deployment (CD). Participants will also learn the basic principles of CD as well as tools that enable these principles to be adopted in practice.

AUDIENCE

This course is designed for intermediate level participants.

PREREQUISITES

Understanding of software development

DURATION

1 Day

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Understand the driving forces behind CD
Learn various tools that support CD
Be introduced to the common CD tools: Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and Salt

Continuous Integration with Jenkins

This course will provide students with an understanding of the principles of continuous integration, and the knowledge of how to implement continuous integration with automated test execution using Jenkins. Students will use a local copy of Jenkins and to create and run jobs, link to a version control system, run automated testing and generate development reports.

AUDIENCE

This course is designed for developers and build engineers.

PREREQUISITES

Some programming experience and familiarity with Object Oriented Programming concepts is helpful.

DURATION

2 Days

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Installation and configuration of Jenkins
Create Jenkins builds
Configure and use Apache Ant, Maven and Node.js with Jenkins
Use Jenkins to generate Java coding standards reports, code coverage reports, and change notices
Use Jenkins to automatically deploy software into a testing environment.
Use Jenkins to implement complicated software delivery workflows.

Introduction to Apache Maven

This course starts by helping participants understand the tremendous benefits and return on investment from Apache Maven. After completing this course participants will understand how to download, install, set-up and confidently use core Maven features.

AUDIENCE

This course is designed for developers and programmers wanting to effectively use Maven.

PREREQUISITES

All participants must have core Java experience.

DURATION

1 Day

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Download and install Maven
Build a project
Work with Maven's directory structure, plugins, repositories, and more
Understand the Project Object Model (POM)
Build a complete web application using Maven
Build and activate profiles

Introduction to Gradle

COURSE ABSTRACT

This course starts by helping participants understand the tremendous benefits and return on investment from Apache Gradle.

AUDIENCE

This course is designed for developers and programmers wanting to learn more about Gradle.

PREREQUISITES

All participants must have some programming experience.

DURATION

1 Day

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Download and install Gradle
Build a project
Work with Gradle's directory structure, plugins, repositories, and more
Understand the Gradle build model
Build a complete web application using Gradle
Use Gradle from Eclipse or IDEA J

Comprehensive Git

Whether new to version control or just needing a thorough explanation of Git and GitHub, this class will help you grasp the concepts of distributed version control and effectively begin using the GitHub suite of tools.
AUDIENCE

This course is designed for developers.

DURATION

2 Days

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Be exposed to basic Git and GitHub concepts
Use GitHub tools
Work in a distributed environment
Learn advanced Git concepts
Track and recover changes
Identify and apply correct merging strategies

Java Programming Foundations
Advanced Java Programming v8-17
Continuous Integration and Deployment
Continuous Integration with Jenkins
Introduction to Apache Maven
Introduction to Gradle
Comprehensive Git