Prepackaged Self Study Courses
Each of our self study courses will include a in-depth discussion of the associated topics using a narration of animated illustrations. Additionally, the programming series will also include a Student Exercise Guide, CDROM of narrated lab solutions and a complete set of source code for all lab solutions and demonstrations.

J2EE eCommerce Overview $49.00 This briefing will strive to introduce the following topics; role of different infrastructure components (like browsers, web servers, application servers and firewalls), discuss the role of J2EE containers (Web and EJB), illustrate the usage of various Java components (servlets, JavaServer Pages and enterprise JavaBeans), J2EE security, J2EE services (JDBC, JMS, JNDI, JTA, etc) and provide a high level illustration of the interaction between all of these different pieces.

J2EE vs. .NET Overview $49.00 This briefing will strive to identify the differences and similarities between the Java J2EE environment and Microsoft .NET framework. It will illustrate the evolution of the eCommerce environment, the role of the .NET Common Language Runtime and its comparison to J2EE JVM, database accessing (ADO.NET vs. JDBC), creation of dynamic web pages (ASP.NET vs JSP), comparison of Web services solutions and support for different languages.

Web Services Overview $49.00 This 2.5 hour executive overview will provide each individual with a high level review of the Web Services architecture. We focus on the role of XML, the Service Oriented Architecture framework, use of SOAP and SOAP messages, structure of messages, role of WSDL for describing a service, accessing UDDI registries and the different types of UDDI registry entries.

Microsoft .NET Overview $49.00 This 2.5 hour technical overview will provide you with an illustration of the Microsoft .NET framework. It will discuss the role of .NET in the eCommerce environment, benefits and drawbacks of .NET, role of XML, review the architecture of the Common Language Runtime, accessing databases with ADO.NET, dynamic web pages with ASP.NET, language components (VB.NET, C#, Perl, etc) and the role of the Visual Studio.NET IDE tool.

WebSphere v5.x Overview $129.00 This narrated discussion will review the underlying architecture of the WebSphere Application Server v5.x environment. It will discuss the J2EE environment, role of the web browser, interaction between the Web and Application Server, role of Java servlets, use of JavaServer Pages, EJBs and JavaBeans, role of Web and EJB containers, use of WSAD for development, J2EE packaging and deployment and role of JAR, WAR and EAR files.

Servlet Development w/ WSAD v5.x $199.00 This course will focus on illustrating the use of the WebSphere Studio Application Developer product for developing servlets, JavaServer Pages and Enterprise JavaBeans. Additionally, the role of the WebSphere Application Server v5.0 for testing, use of WAR and EAR files, debugging and deployment will be highlighted. Each student will learn the best practices solution for developing J2EE applications using Model-View-Controller framework and the separation of servlets, JSPs and JavaBean components.