The Alpha Five v10 University "hands-on" course has sold out.

However because of extraordinary demand we have added more teaching staff and a few more slots have been made available

 If you are thinking of attending, please register now to ensure that there is a slot for you and avoid disappointment.

You will receive a $100 savings when you register now (details  are below.)

The training will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Wheeler Road, Burlington MA  (781) 272-8800.  

Discounted room rates for training attendees are $99/night. Please call the hotel directly for reservations and mention Alpha Software to get the discounted rate.

Full buffet breakfast, refreshments and American grill full lunch buffet are included in the training cost. Transportation to/from Boston Logan airport is optionally available.  Call the hotel and request the shuttle as soon as you land. Questions regarding accommodations?  Please contact Theresa@alphasoftware.com

  

 
 
What: Hands-On in depth training courses designed to allow you to build Modern AJAX web 2.0 database applications rapidly with Alpha Five v10
 
Where and When :  Hilton Garden Inn, Wheeler Road, Burlington MA
February 22 - 26, 2010 
   
Who will lead the training: The courses will be given by Dr. Martin Heller who writes the "Strategic Developer" Blog for Infoworld and is a well respected author, educator and developer.
 
 Why should you attend:  The courses will accelerate your Alpha Five v10 learning curve fpr building web appliations that look and peform like desktop applications. The courses will position you to take full advantage of the mega trends as outlined this month 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.
 
 

 

 With the growing acceptance of Alpha Five v10 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 Training Classes in Boston this February.

Web Applications with Alpha Five V10 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.

In 101: Introduction to Web Applications with Alpha Five V10 you will learn the ins and outs of V10's core component, the Ajax Grid, and learn to combine multiple grids into web applications.
 
In 102: Intermediate Web Applications with Alpha Five V10 you will learn how to build A5W pages, generate reports, publish a Web application, and secure a Web application.
 
In 103: Advanced Web Applications with Alpha Five V10 you will learn enough Xbasic and Action JavaScript to add event-driven actions and business logic to your V10 applications.

 You can learn to use Alpha Five V10 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 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

Prerequisites: None
Length: 2 days

Day 1 AM

  • Welcome
  • Background: Web versus desktop, Ajax, databases, SQL
  • Connection strings, AlphaDAO
  • Demonstration: Exploring the V10 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 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

Prerequisites: 101 or equivalent
Length: 2 days

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

Prerequisites: 102 or equivalent
Length: 1 day

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 JavaScript libraries
  • Questions
Spaces are strictly limited so please sign up now to ensure your place and to benefit from the savings through January 30, 2010
 
Attendance at the course will also help prepare you to become an "Alpha Certified Developer" in  2010
 
Course 101     (Feb 22, 23) - $995 Early Bird price: $895
Course 102     (Feb 24, 25) - $995 Early Bird price: $895
Course 103     (Feb 26) - $595 Early Bird price: $495
Course 101 & 102     (Feb 22 - 25) - $1395 Early Bird price: $1295
Course 102 & 103     (Feb 24 - 26 ) - $1395 Early Bird price: $1295
Course 101, 102 & 103     (Feb 22 - 26) - $1795 Early Bird price: $1695
 
 

 
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