With the growing acceptance of Alpha Five v10.5 in the marketplace as the most innovative and productive tool for building modern AJAX web applications,  Alpha Software is pleased to present  Live Hands-On Alpha Five v10.5 Training Classes in London, England this September.

Web Applications with Alpha Five V10.5 is a three-part, hands-on, instructor-led course that will teach you how to create your own highly-responsive Web applications using the revolutionary new database application developer tool, Alpha Five Version 10.

 You can learn to use Alpha Five V10.5 on your own, but attending an interactive course with plenty of hands-on labs and a good instructor will get you up to speed very quickly. The instructor of this course, Martin Heller, is writing a tutorial book about Alpha Five V10.5 Web applications, and has worked closely with the staff at Alpha Software to put together an authoritative course.

Bring your own laptop, and prepare to unleash your inner Web developer.

101 Introduction to Web Applications with Alpha Five V10.5

Day 1 AM

• Welcome
• Background: Web versus desktop, Ajax, databases, SQL
• Connection strings, AlphaDAO
• Demonstration: Exploring the V10.5 IDE
• Demonstration: Hello, Alpha
• Lab: Hello, Alpha (Customers readonly)
• Break
• Grid overview
• Grid layouts
• Demonstration: Tabular layout (Customers updateable)
• Lab: Customers updateable
• Form layouts
• Demonstration: Form layouts (Customers 3x3 RO form,  Customers Add Record form, Customers Add Record watermark form)
• Lab: Form layouts
• Questions
• Lunch

Day 1 PM

• Detail views
• Demonstration: Detail views (Customers with updateable detail view, Customers Single Record detail with CRUD)
• Lab: Detail views
• Search parts, kinds of searches, quick search, alphabet buttons, query by form, cascading lookup
• Lab: search parts
• Break
• Grid styles, shading, dividers, options, record navigation, update settings, detail view options
• Lab: Grid styles and options
• Kinds of grid fields, field properties
• Lab: Products detail, Categories detail, Orders updateable
• Questions
• Dinner
• Evening recreational activity

Day 2 AM

• Field formatting
• Lab: Server and client field formatting
• Filtering and ordering records for a grid
• Lab: Filtering and ordering
• Break
• Introduction to SQL
• Using the V10.5 query builder
• Lab: Products grid with supplier and category
• Grouping controls
• Lab: Groupings of Customer readonly
• Liquid forms
• Lab: Liquid forms
• Questions
• Lunch

Day 2 PM

• Introduction to A5W pages
• Lab: WYSIWYG A5W page with grid
• Tabbed UIs
• Lab: Tabbed UI with grids
• Linked Grids
• Lab: Linked Grids
• Break
• Row Expanders
• Lab: Row Expanders
• Layouts
• Lab: Layout with multiple grids
• Lab: Grand Finale
• Questions

102 Intermediate Web Applications with Alpha Five V10.5

Day 1 AM

• A5W Pages: Capabilities Overview
• Lab: A5W pages in WYSIWYG View
• Lab: Importing and binding HTML layouts
• Break
• Lab: A5W pages in source view
• A5W Genies
• Lab: Using A5W Genies
• Questions
• Lunch

Day 1 PM

• Reports
• Lab: Simple report
• Parametrizing a report
• Lab: Using the Report Genie
• Report design
• Break
• Lab: Designing a report
• Lab: Running a report from a Web page
• Expressions
• Lab: Using expressions in Reports
• Questions
• Dinner
• Evening recreational activity

Day 2 AM

• Publishing a Web application
• Upsizing a database
• Configuring an Alpha server
• Break
• Configuring publishing profiles
• Publishing to a host
• Designing a robust server architecture
• Introduction to using SQL stored procedures
• Questions
• Lunch

Day 2 PM

• Securing a Web application
• Role-based security
• Using the Alpha security system
• Building a login page
• Protecting pages and components
• Break
• Tying the Alpha security system to a SQL database
• Using encryption
• Password security
• Avoiding SQL injection attacks
• Testing your security
• Questions

103 Advanced Web Applications with
Alpha Five V10.5

Day 1 AM

• Introduction to Xbasic
• Xbasic expression builder
• Calculated field expressions
• Show/hide expressions
• Break
• Enable/Disable expressions
• Conditional Styles
• Conditional Images
• Questions
• Lunch

Day 1 PM

• Introduction to Action JavaScript
• Using buttons and link fields
• Client-side field events
• Break
• Client-side row events
• Client-side system events
• Introduction to using the V10.5 JavaScript libraries
• Questions

If this email does not display properly, click here to see it in your browser. Quick Reminder: The Alpha Five Image Management Webinar was held Wednesday, July 28th. If you missed it but want to purchase a recording of it for $49 please email marketing@alphasoftware.com More Information on Alpha Five v10.5 - Rated #1 in Rapid Database App Development If you are using MS Access or have people in your company using MS Access or have clients using MS Access and the want to "go to the web" check this out. Also email marketing@alphasoftware.com for information on the new "flying start" option in Alpha Five 10.5.  If you are considering Filemaker 11 for building web apps - check this out. If you live in the UK, Europe, Africa or EVEN in the USA or Canada - you won't want to miss the next Alpha Five v10.5 training, but please act now to ensure that you spot is reserved before we sell out (this course has sold out the last two times it has been given) and to ensure you get the savings. (Email marketing@alphasoftware.com for advice on getting great savings on air travel to London from the USA and Canada) Only 10 spaces are left for the training The London Eye The Tower Bridge Royal Albert Hall London Hilton September is the Perfect Month to See London and Learn Alpha Five Our next Hands-On Instructor led Alpha Five training course (Sept 13-17) is only 10 slots short of being full  and Early Bird Offers (with savings of up to $300) will expire soon. Please sign up now if you are planning on attending. Our last two courses sold out! Training will take place at the Hilton London Heathrow Hotel, and features: Complimentary shuttle service to all airport terminals Discounted Room rates: £149 per night. Morning and afternoon breaks with coffee/tea/pastries Hot buffet meals at lunch time WiFi for all attendees Four minute walk from Terminal 4 Discounted parking rates for all attendees Convenient for people within the UK, and for people flying in from America, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia Training also includes, Printed Course materials, an Alpha for beginners class on Monday morning, 5-day of hands on, instructor led training on building modern web2.0/AJAX Web Apps with Alpha Five v10.5, and time to network with other attendees      Who will lead the training: The courses will be given by Steve Workings and Jay Talbot. Both Steve and Jay are well respected and very experienced developers and course designers with extensive Alpha Five experience. Both Steve and Jay were rated as "excellent" at the recent Las Vegas training, so we are confident that you will come away from this London event feeling very satisfied.   Why should you attend:  The courses are for anyone who wants to accelerate their Alpha Five v10.5 learning curve and position you to take full advantage of the mega trends as outlined here by NY Times Pulitzer Prize winner, Tom Friedman who describes the Great Inflection in the economy whereby the Web is making companies ultralean, innovative and productive and is transforming how business is done.     What graduates are saying:  We first held this class in February in Boston and it sold out. And our follow up survey shows that 94% of Past Attendees would recommend this class to a friend or colleague. We made some improvements based on feedback and the Las Vegas training had virtually 100% of Attendees indicating that they would recommend the course. Here's what some of them had to say:   “I cannot say enough about Steve, Steve and Jay [course instructors]. They were eager to teach but beyond that they were eager to be challenged with our individual design and development issues. I feel like I got way more personal mentoring than I had a right to expect. ”  -K Winters (attended the May class) “I loved the training model that was used. Bring your own laptop with Alpha Software installed and build an application. I learned Alpha Software in the course of a few short days. The training was well worth my investment. I’ll be at the next class that’s offered. The course was worth my time and money.” - Lee Vasic “"I found the training class to be a great learning experience as much of the time was spent with "hands-on" work actually building web components and viewing the results in Live Preview or Working Preview. The course was fast paced (more so as the week moved along) with a lot of very useful information covered, but not too fast so that even those new to building web components with Alpha Five Version 10 could keep up. I think having a couple of experienced developers available to provide personal assistance really helped many in the class. I would highly recommend the class to those interested in learning to build web applications with Alpha Five Version 10 as well as those who already have experience with the development tool." – Robert Adler “It was phenomenal training. Full of information and a really hands-on workshop about how to make an application and see it working in Alpha Five v10 right in the spot in your laptop in a matter of minutes.” -Luis Rodriguez

Course 101     (Sep 13, 14)	- $1095 Early Bird price: $895
Course 102     (Sep 15, 16)	- $1095 Early Bird price: $895
Course 103     (Sep 17)	- $695 Early Bird price: $495
Course 101 & 102     (Sep 13 - 16)	- $1595 Early Bird price: $1295
Course 102 & 103     (Sep 15 - 17 )	- $1595 Early Bird price: $1295
Course 101, 102 & 103     (Sep 13 - 17)	- $1995 Early Bird price: $1695
SPECIAL:  All 3 Courses  PLUS Alpha Five v10.5  PLUS the Alpha Five Application Server	- $2295 Early Bird price: $1995