Jenkins for .Net Continuous Integration (CI) Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is tailored for web developers who want to learn how to use Progressive Web Application (PWA) development features to create an app-like experience in a website using Entity Framework (EF) Core and Blazor.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Use the EF package to work with databases.
• Use Blazor components, services, dependency injection, layout, and routing.
• Create service workers to enable PWA features in an application.
• Utilize push notifications and other PWA features.

This instructor-led, live training introduces advanced features of C#, examining its use as both a desktop application programming language and a web programming language for solving real-world problems.

Programming techniques and principles are demonstrated and practiced through in-class, hands-on exercises and walk-throughs.

Agile Software Testing involves a set of testing practices that deliver timely and ongoing feedback on software quality issues, adhering to the principles of agile development.

Continuous Integration (CI) entails developers within a team merging their work multiple times throughout the day.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and developers who wish to use Argo CD to automate the deployment and lifecycle management of applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to automate, monitor, audit, and roll back their Kubernetes systems using Argo CD.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is designed for developers who wish to build, test, deploy, and monitor containerized software in the cloud, without having to provision or manage infrastructure.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand and apply a configuration-as-code approach to setting up infrastructure.
• Create custom configured Docker containers for deploying software applications to the cloud.
• Deploy software to multiple environments.
• Monitor deployments via the Bitbucket Pipelines Deployment Dashboard.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at web developers who wish to use Blazor Web Assembly to build a web application.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand forms and authentication in Blazor WebAssembly.
• Create a Blazor WebAssembly project.
• Learn different ways to run your web application.

Audience

• Developers

Course Format

• A blend of lectures, discussions, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

In this instructor-led, live training in Botswana, participants will learn how to utilise Entity Framework Core 2.0 to create an ASP.NET Core application.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the necessary framework and tools for creating Entity Framework Core 2.0 MVC web applications.
• Perform database operations on MS SQL Server.
• Use a "code first" and "data first" approach to application development.
• Carry out migration & seeding operations.
• Understand advanced data modeling concepts.
• Create a sample ASP.Net Core application.

This instructor-led live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at web developers who wish to use Blazor to create full stack C# web applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop web applications with C# and Blazor.
• Use C# code to call JavaScript APIs and libraries.
• Run client-side C# code and client logic directly in a browser or server.
• Deploy Blazor web applications with Azure.

ASP.NET MVC 6, introduced in Visual Studio 2015, represents the latest advancement in Microsoft's web development framework. This course explores the most recent APIs and development practices for building dynamic, modular, and testable websites. We will delve into the new features of MVC6 and demonstrate how to maximise the potential of the current toolset and integration capabilities.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the principles and advantages of MVC architecture
• Creating views, view components, and tag helpers
• Utilising ASP.NET dependency injection
• Building RESTful services with Web API
• Optimising the integration of GruntJS, NPM, and Bower
• Developing Single Page Applications (SPAs)

This instructor-led live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is tailored for DevOps engineers and developers who wish to utilise SonarQube to perform code reviews fully integrated into development toolchains such as Jenkins, GitHub, and Azure DevOps.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up the required development environment to begin running automated code reviews.
• Integrate SonarQube with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps.
• Carry out continuous code inspections to eradicate bugs and security vulnerabilities.
• Collect and analyse data to drive improvements in code cleanup, maintenance, and security.

SonarQube serves as a platform dedicated to the continuous inspection of code quality and security, leveraging static analysis and developer-centric reporting.

This instructor-led live training, available either online or onsite, is designed for intermediate-level developers, DevOps engineers, and security professionals who aim to implement static code analysis, integrate SonarQube into Azure DevOps pipelines, and reinforce secure development practices.

Upon completing this training, participants will be capable of:

• Describing SonarQube's architecture, core functionalities, and security-oriented rule sets.
• Setting up SonarScanner in conjunction with popular build tools like Maven, Gradle, and Ant.
• Integrating SonarQube into Azure DevOps pipelines and importing Azure Repos for continuous analysis.
• Defining and optimising analysis parameters, introducing custom rules via the SonarQube API, and interpreting security reports.
• Implementing improvements in secure development methodologies and mapping responsibilities within the CI/CD process.
• Conducting hands-on analyses across sample repositories (Java + Quarkus and Angular) and addressing identified issues.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Guided, practical hands-on labs utilising real repositories.
• Live configuration, testing, and troubleshooting within an Azure DevOps and SonarQube environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a bespoke version of this training (featuring different language stacks, deeper DevOps integration, or expanded labs), please contact us to arrange.

Combining Unity, Blender, and Visual Studio creates a robust toolkit for developing and programming industrial virtual environments. Unity facilitates interactive simulation and visualisation, Blender provides advanced 3D modelling features, and Visual Studio acts as the programming core for integrating control systems and industrial logic.

This instructor-led live training (delivered online or onsite) is designed for beginner to intermediate professionals who want to design, model, and programme industrial environments for simulation, training, and integration purposes.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Design and model industrial equipment and scenarios using Blender.
• Import and optimise 3D models in Unity for visualisation.
• Program system logic and integration workflows in Visual Studio.
• Create interactive industrial virtual environments with connections to control systems.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Practical 3D modelling and environment development.
• Programming and integration exercises with live demonstrations.

Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

This instructor-led live training in Botswana (offered online or onsite) caters to beginner to intermediate developers keen on developing applications using Visual Studio.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Efficaciously leverage the features of Visual Studio 2022.
• Execute and manage unit tests.
• Debug applications and collaborate on code within remote repositories.

This instructor-led, live training in Botswana (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level software developers and automation engineers who wish to build applications that communicate with PLCs and interact with SQL databases using Visual Studio.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop .NET applications in Visual Studio for industrial automation.
• Communicate with PLCs using industrial protocols such as OPC UA.
• Implement database interactions with SQL Server for storing and retrieving PLC data.
• Optimize application performance for real-time industrial environments.