Your developers deserve the best!

Training is an important part of keeping your developers up to speed with the latest tools and knowhow, and giving you the edge on the competition! We can provide a range of training, tailored to your specific needs, in areas such as Enterprise Java, Agile Development, Continuous Integration, and Testing Best Practices.

If required, we can also provide ongoing assistance, in the form of coaching or mentoring, to ensure that your team stays on track!

The popular Java Power Tools Bootcamp covers a wide range of productivity-enhancing open source tools for your developers. This comprehensive hands-on workshop covers the latest best-of-breed open source tools and techniques for Agile Development in Java. Learn how to optimize your development process, hone your programming skills and know-how, and ultimately produce better software.

The new Testing and TDD for Java Developers course is a concentrated 2-day workshop covering developer testing practices, a vital, yet often under-used art. Learning how to write more effective tests is an excellent way to write better designed, more maintainable and more reliable code. It also helps keep development focused on the real requirements, resulting in a higher quality product for the end user. This is a skill that every Java developer needs to master

We also deliver the following modules as on-site courses, either individually, or grouped together:

• The Java Power Tools Bootcamp (5 days): In its complete form, or customized to your particular requirements, this course is a comprehensive, innovative and hands-on workshop covering best-of-breed open source tools and techniques for Agile Development in Java. 

• Testing and TDD for Java Developers (2 days): Learn how to write more effective tests in Java using modern best practices such as Test Driven Development and Behaviour Driven Development, and in the process write better designed, more maintainable and more reliable code.

• Maven 2 (2 days): More than a build scripting tool, Maven 2 is a build framework that can help you improve your development productivity and code quality, promote better software architecture, and improve team communication.

• Build Automation and Continuous Integration (1 day): Learn how to set up an effective Continuous Integration environment that will reduce integration issues, improve code quality, and improve communication and collaboration between team members.
  

• Introduction to Java (3 days): This course is a fast-paced grounding in the fundamental concepts of Java and Object-Oriented Programming, covering basic Java language features, as well as more advanced topics such as collections, exceptions, database access, with a special emphasis on good coding practices, unit testing and test-driven development.

• Advanced Java Concepts (2 days): Following on from the Introduction to Java course, this course covers more advanced Java concepts such as Swing, Threads, XML and web services.

With Wakaleo, you will be trained by recognized domain experts. John Smart, principal consultant at Wakaleo Consulting, has a very active role in the Java community, and regularly publishes books and articles on Java and Agile Development.

In addition, Wakaleo Consulting can provide mentoring and coaching serviced tailored to your exact needs, in a number of fields:

• Continuous Integration, Build and Release Automation, and Code Quality Best Practices
• Test-Driven Development, Behaviour-Driven Development and other Testing Best Practices
• Agile Development
• Enterprise Java Development, and in particular open source technologies such as Spring and Hibernate.