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There are five courses coming up that will help you get in-depth training in some of today’s most important technologies for software engineers and developers. These courses are led by skilled trainers and can be taken anywhere with a reliable internet connection.
There's a lot of buzz about how JavaScript and the fantastic ecosystem is taking the web by storm. Have you wrapped your head around the new Java 8 features yet? Here's one way to find out a lot about HTML5, Java 8, Architecture, Node and React.
Software Architecture: From Developer to Architect
Live online training with Mark Richards on January 13th. This course will touch on both the technical aspects of software architecture as well as the soft skills of architecture, including architecture patterns, integration architecture basics, enterprise architecture basics, and soft skills such as how to think like an architect, make effective architecture decisions, and analyze architecture tradeoffs.
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/3586
Implementing Hypermedia with Node and HTML5
Join Mike Amundsen for a live online training on February 9th. Implementing Web apps using the Hypermedia Style means creating services and clients that leverage the principles that make the Web so powerful: Functionality that relies on passing messages that contain Hypermedia Links and Forms. Unlike RPC Style web apps that depend on defining static function names and strong-typed argument lists, Hypermedia Style allows services to make promises about network-level formats (HTML, HAL, Collection+JSON, etc.) and application-level semantics (Accounting, User Management, Call Center Services, etc.).
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/3587
Fundamentals of Java 8
Join O'Reilly authors Richard Warburton and Raoul-Gabriel Urma on February 16th for a day-long course where students will develop a firm working knowledge of the latest—and most groundbreaking—features in Java 8: lambdas, streams, and collectors. By the end of the tutorial, students will be able to put these features into practice in their jobs. They'll also be familiar with the cutting-edge programming tactics needed to produce functional code that is both flexible and concise.
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/1550
React for Web Developers
Join Jonathan Stark for a live multi-day training starting January 7th. React, the popular open source library created by Facebook and Instagram, takes a new, component-based approach to building user interfaces. It’s very much about building reusable components. You simply express how your app should look, then React automatically handles all the UI updates when your underlying data changes.
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/3589
Mobile HTML5 Training
Join Max Firtman for a multi-day online training starting February 1st. The Web is everywhere, including people’s pockets. The mobile Web now frequently dominates traffic, and Web tools like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS offer a familiar path to creating mobile applications. While there are challenges to supporting the vast array of devices, screen sizes, and application delivery approaches, the Web was built with diverse platforms in mind. Learn to build sites and applications that take full advantage of the latest in Web technologies.
http://www.oreilly.com/pub/cpc/4510
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Amazon has released Strands Agents, an open source SDK that simplifies AI agent development through a model-driven approach. The framework enables developers to build agents by defining prompts and tool lists with minimal code.
By Vinod GojeThis week's Java roundup for May 26th, 2025 features news highlighting: the twelfth milestone release of GlassFish 8.0; four JEPs targeted for JDK 25; introducing the GPULlama3.java project powered by TornadoVM; and GA releases of Hibernate Reactive 3.0, Spring Modulith 1.4 and Spring Cloud 2025.0.
By Michael RedlichScaling a system is a hard problem to solve. Underinvesting in scalability leads to a shortened lifespan for the system, but overinvesting can kill the MVP business case because of cost.
By Kurt Bittner, Pierre PureurIn this episode, Thomas Betts speaks with Diana Montalion about how architecture is designing for knowledge flow. The conversation covers the differences between knowledge stock and knowledge flow and the importance of a growth mindset. If you’re trying to find new ways to solve problems, you have to start by thinking in new ways.
By Diana MontalionJEP 502 introduces the Stable Values API in JDK 25, enhancing application startup performance by allowing deferred immutability. This feature enables thread-safe, at-most-once initialization of complex objects, combining the best of final fields with lazy initialization. It empowers developers to improve efficiency and reduce initialization pitfalls while leveraging JVM optimizations.
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