Coaching / Training

fecher designs and holds training workshops and coaching sessions on how to handle source code, databases and reporting tools. Subjects dealt with range from development languages and environments, source-code management and improvement and how to carry out unit tests. The database training focuses on SqlBase and SQL server. The reporting tools training workshops focus on migrations to Crystal Reports, List & Label and Reporting Services.

Workshops

fecher's training workshops, which are held at regular intervals, are intended for software developers and architects of complex business applications looking to modernize or further develop their code basis with current software engineering techniques. The development and migration expertise offered here however is also useful for developers and architects of newer .NET and web applications. The topics offered are as follows:

Date Duration Topic Location
on request 2 days

C# Introduction for Gupta to .NET migration

In this special workshop, led by an experienced Gupta/Centura trainer, you will learn the fundamentals of .NET based on the C# language. To enable participants to quickly begin working with .NET, special emphasis is placed on the similarities and differences between Sal and C#.

Target group: Experienced Gupta developers

 Rodgau or Paderborn
on request 2 days

UI modernization using a C# application

This workshop provides an overview of the tools, concepts and methods used to give a new look & feel to a .NET application as well as a different handling, without having to completely reprogram the masks. GUI (language) localization concepts will also be discussed. Using examples, participants learn how to apply these concepts to their applications.

Target group: Experienced .NET developers

 Rodgau or Paderborn
on request 3 days

Refactoring a .NET application

Migrated .NET applications utilize an optimized class library containing a number of 4GL language constructs and objects that simplify development. A migration does not however change the existing, frequently dual-layer, architecture of a client-server application. This workshop will provide you with concepts and tools that can prepare the architecture for further use in web-services, create new interfaces using ASP.NET or WPF and increase the maintainability of the code.

Target group: Experienced .NET developers / architects

 Rodgau or Paderborn
on request 2 days

Software development quality management / a rejuvenating cure for your code

Resulting from numerous requirements over the past 15 years, the source code in today's software packages has often expanded dramatically, without the adherence however to recognized design patterns and rules. The workshop will provide you with concepts and usable tools that will identify structural weaknesses in the code which may negatively influence the performance, safety and maintainability of the software. You will also learn methods for uncovering superfluous code. This workshop is ideal to combine with the "Unit Tests and Test-driven Software Development" workshop.

Target group: Experienced .NET developers / architects

 Rodgau or Paderborn
on request 3 days

Unit Tests and Test-driven Software Development (TDD)

At all software development stages, testing costs comprise 30% to 50% of total costs. The amount of coverage using functional testing methods is however still frequently very low. Inarguably, software developers should be writing higher-quality code and should be testing it at a technical level. Unit testing is a standardized procedure that makes it possible to test objects and components, even during the development phase. This also includes the GUIs. In this workshop, participants will learn the concepts and methods as well as the tools available in the market. This workshop is ideal to combine with "Software development quality management".

Target group: Experienced .NET developers

 Rodgau or Paderborn
on request 3 days

Using the Visual Web GUI class library to implement high-performance web applications

Visual Web GUI (VWG) is a powerful class library which can be used to develop a .NET desktop application into a web-application based on DHTML. Hereby, .NET WinForms, a proven technology, remains the technical model for developing the visual interfaces. The resulting DHTML/Ajax applications are supported by all common browsers and are not any more complex to operate than the corresponding desktop applications. This workshop covers the basics of Visual Web GUI and provides numerous examples of how to convert WinForms applications to VWG.

Target group: Experienced .NET WinForm developers with an understanding of the basic principles of JavaScript

 Rodgau or Paderborn

By request, any workshop can also be booked as an on-site / in-house training.

Method of instruction: Participants learn from a combination of theory using lecturer and slide presentations and practical exercises. A workshop day consists of 8 training sessions, each of which lasts 45 minutes.

The two-day workshops cost EUR 799.00 and the three-day workshops cost EUR 1,199.00, plus any applicable taxes.

Kindly fill out our contact form to request a detailed workshop description and / or to book a workshop.