User Interface Training

Early-bird Special
Register before 21 August 2010 and get a 10% discount!

Fast-tracking Java GUI Development
This is a great one-day workshop that discusses a number of concerns with developing Graphical User Interfaces applications with Java, and explore various ways to improve the speed and efficiency of development.

  1. Do you sometimes think that coding in Java is perhaps not the best way of constructing GUIs?
  2. Do you feel that your team should be able to develop GUI applications much faster?
  3. Are you frustrated with the amount of “donkey code” you are writing to implement some basic GUI features?
  4. Are the new team members struggling with the high learning curve of the Java GUI framework you are using?
  5. Are you spending more time on coding GUI behaviour than you spend on coding domain behaviour?
  6. Do your team find it difficult to add or modify existing features of a GUI application?

The above questions highlight some of the issues typically found when doing GUI application development. We have been specialising in Java GUI development for more than a decade, and in this time we have investigated and used a wide range of frameworks, tools and techniques to help us build GUI applications more effectively. This workshop explores a number of these options, in a highly interactive and hands-on way.

Visual GUI builder tools, code generators, UI DSLs: these are some of the topics we will investigate.

However, none of these have any meaning if a good foundation of UI development principles and practices is not embraced in a project. The workshop also aims to instil a number of important principles and practices that is a must for any good GUI development team.

Show the course outline.

Register for the next 1-day workshop (on 8 September 2010, at Worcester), at R2,500 per person (ex VAT, Group discounts apply)

During the course, there will be a number of group discussions and some practical exercises. The exercises can be done in groups. Participants that have laptops available must bring it along.
Team and Development/Technical Managers are also welcome to attend.