Trainings

Target group and area of application:
Programmer of Smalltalk with VisualWorks

Contents:

• Basics of object oriented programming
• Syntax and semantics of the Smalltalk language
• The handling and effective usage of the VisualWorks development environment
• Introduction to the VisualWorks class library
• Developing Smalltalk applications
• Developing graphical user interfaces with VisualWorks
• Practical exercises regarding the contents of the seminar

Requirements:
Experience with the Programming Language Smalltalk with VisualWorks or ObjectStudio 8
Duration:
1 day (09.00 am until 05.00 pm) 
Benefit:
Certificate of participation
Area of application:
Programmer in Smalltalk with VisualWorks

Contents:

Introduction:

• What are web services
• Comparison with other communication technologies
• Usage of web services

Introduction to the Web Services Technology:

• WSDL Scheme
• Examples

Usage of Web Services (Practice):

• Examples from the VisualWorks documentation
• Examples from the industry (Amazon, SAP NetWeaver)
• Examples from projects
• Advatages/disatvantages compared to other technologies
• Costs/expenses
• Performance view (example)
• Special problem: web services versioning

VisualWorks Web-Services-Framework:

• Web Services Toolkit
• Working with the WSDL Scheme
  • WsdlClient:
    • Fast and simple procedure to invoke a well-known web service without generating classes
  • WsdlClassBuilder:
    • Generating client classes to invoke a web service
    • Generating Opentalk servers, clients and service classes
  • WsdlWizard:
    • Interactive Tool (Assistant)
• Constructing and providing web services
• SOAP Header Support
• Discussions

Requirements:
General knowledge of software development with the programming language Smalltalk
Duration:
5 days (09.00 am until 04.00 pm)
Benefits:
Course materials, certificate of participation
Area of application:
Application of knowledge in programming in Smalltalk with VisualWorks

Contents:

• deeper insight into the VisualWorks environment
• methods of application development with VisualWorks
• optimal use of all VisualWorks tools
• Creating an application from its concept, through the creation of graphical interfaces, up to the finalization
• various practical exercises

Requirements:
General knowledge of programming languages
Duration:
5 days (09.00 am until 04.00 pm)
Benefits:
Course material, certificate of participation
Area of application:
Application in object oriented projects 

Contents:

• Expanding general object oriented thinking
• Object oriented creation of technical and DP concepts
• Software project management of object oriented DP projects
• object oriented implementations
• Introduction to OBA/D and various excercises
• Introduction of Object Behaviour Analysis

Requirements:
Experience with the programming language Smalltalk with VisualWorks
Duration:
5 Days (09.00 am until 04.00 pm)
Benefits:
Certificate of Participation 
Area of application:
Application porting in VisualWorks (up to version 2.0-3.1) to the latest version

Contents:

• Concepts of VisualWorks 9, name spaces and the new organisation concepts Bundle and Package
• Development of a VisualWorks work environment as well as the connection to a source text repository
• Learning strategies that are equally suited for porting applications from ENVY, Application Management and without a source code management system
• Presenting the supported tools for porting
• Analysis of the existing application
• Developing a porting strategy
• Creating a cost assessment

Requirement:
Experience with the programming language Smalltalk with ObjectStudio 7
Duration:
5 days (09.00 am until 04.00 pm)
Benefits:
Certificate of Participation
Area of application:
Programmer in Smalltalk with ObjectStudio

Contents:

• Concepts of ObjectStudio 9, name spaces and the new organization concepts Bundle and Package
• Building an ObjectStudio 9 work environment including the connection to a source text repository
• Learning strategies suitable for porting applications from ObjectStudio 7 to ObjectStudio 9
• Presenting the supported tools for the porting
• Analysis of the available applications
• Developing a porting strategy
• Creating a cost assessment

Requirements:
Experience with the programming language Smalltalk with VisualWorks
Duration:
2 days (09.00 am until 05.00 pm) 
Benefit:
Certificate of Participation
Area of Application:
Smalltalk programmer in VisualWorks from version 5i 

Contents:

• Presentation of the concept of Store, the underlying development processes and the organisational structures.
• Adjusting the processes according to the client's requirements
• Practical exercises to introduce you to the Store tools
• The programming interface of Store