Programming Training in Évora

This course offers a deep dive into advanced Vue.js concepts, emphasizing scalability, maintainability, and performance optimization within modern frontend environments.

Delivered as an instructor-led live training (available online or onsite), this program targets intermediate to advanced developers aiming to enhance their Vue.js expertise, adopt contemporary workflows, and effectively integrate ecosystem tools such as Pinia, Quasar, and Vite.

Upon completion, participants will be able to:

• Develop scalable and modular Vue.js applications using advanced reactivity and composition techniques.
• Design and manage complex global states efficiently using Pinia.
• Integrate APIs, handle errors, and control data flow between stores and components.
• Implement advanced TypeScript and testing strategies to ensure code maintainability and reliability.
• Optimize build performance, streamline CI/CD workflows, and manage production deployments.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Hands-on exercises and coding labs.
• Practical implementation based on real-world project scenarios.

Customization Options

• To request customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

.NET 8 represents Microsoft’s latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release, designed for developing modern, high-performance, cross-platform applications using C#.

This instructor-led live training, available online or onsite, targets beginner to intermediate developers who possess limited or foundational experience with .NET and wish to create real-world applications leveraging the .NET 8 platform and C#.

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

• Grasp the .NET 8 architecture, SDK, and various project types.
• Develop console and web applications using C# and ASP.NET Core 8.
• Utilize data access (Entity Framework Core) and dependency injection.
• Apply foundational best practices for testing, configuration, and deployment.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Practical coding sessions and exercises.
• Live implementation of sample projects using Visual Studio or VS Code.

Course Customization Options

• To request customized training for this course (e.g., incorporating .NET 9 features), please contact us to arrange it.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate to advanced-level Rust developers who have a solid understanding of Rust fundamentals and wish to enhance their expertise in the language.

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

• Understand advanced topics and techniques in Rust programming.
• Master advanced ownership, asynchronous programming, and traits/generics.
• Gain proficiency in advanced error handling, macros, and performance optimization.
• Interface with other languages, leverage unsafe Rust, and implement advanced concurrency.
• Apply advanced troubleshooting techniques to debug and resolve complex issues in Rust programs.

LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment developed by National Instruments for building automated research, validation, and production test systems.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level LabVIEW users who wish to implement scalable architectures, communicate with external systems, and apply best practices for robust application development.

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

• Implement scalable architectures such as parallel and queued state machines.
• Use shift registers effectively to maintain state and data flow.
• Create and manage custom data types including clusters and user-defined types.
• Communicate with PLCs via Ethernet/IP and handle structured data types.
• Use property nodes efficiently for UI and hardware control.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led live training, available online or onsite, targets developers who wish to use the FARM (FastAPI, React, and MongoDB) stack to build dynamic, high-performance, and scalable web applications.

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

• Set up the necessary development environment that integrates FastAPI, React, and MongoDB.
• Understand the key concepts, features, and benefits of the FARM stack.
• Learn how to build REST APIs with FastAPI.
• Learn how to design interactive applications with React.
• Develop, test, and deploy applications (front end and back end) using the FARM stack.

Designed for data analysts looking to leverage advanced VBA in Excel for task automation, this instructor-led, live training in Évora is available online or onsite.

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

• Write an advanced object-oriented application
• Convert text files
• Use external data sources
• Use external libraries

This instructor-led, live training in Évora is designed for anyone interested in learning C# for the purpose of automation testing. It is a streamlined, intensive course with plenty of hands-on exercises to get participants ramped up quickly with the essential programming skills needed to apply in software automation testing. The focus is on the C# fundamentals which can be directly and immediately applied to test automation.

This course does not cover in depth test automation frameworks such as Selenium. If you are already versed in C# and wish to get straight into testing with Selenium, please check out: Selenium WebDriver in C#: Introduction to web testing automation in C#.

Selenium is an open-source framework designed for automating web application testing across various browsers. With the release of Selenium 4, users gain access to enhanced WebDriver APIs, native relative locators, and improved grid support. Python complements this with its simplicity and robust integration with testing frameworks such as Pytest, making it an excellent choice for building scalable and maintainable test automation suites.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) is tailored for testers and developers at beginner to intermediate levels who aim to utilize Selenium with Python to automate web application testing in real-world scenarios.

Upon completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Selenium with Python within a test environment.
• Create robust test automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Pytest.
• Implement the Page Object Model (POM) to build maintainable test frameworks.
• Execute tests across multiple browsers using Selenium Grid.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot common issues and apply best practices for ensuring automation stability.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical application.
• Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led live training in Évora (online or on-site) is aimed at Matlab users who wish to explore or transition to Python for data analytics and visualization.

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

• Install and configure a Python development environment.
• Understand the differences and similarities between Matlab and Python syntax.
• Use Python to derive insights from various datasets.
• Convert existing Matlab applications to Python.
• Integrate Matlab and Python applications.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will master advanced Python programming techniques, including how to leverage this versatile language to address challenges in areas such as distributed applications, data analysis and visualization, UI programming, and maintenance scripting.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Extensive exercises and practical sessions.
• Hands-on implementation within a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• If you wish to add, remove, or customize any section or topic within this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led live training, conducted in Évora (online or onsite), is designed for data scientists and software engineers who wish to utilize Dask with the Python ecosystem to build, scale, and analyze large datasets.

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

• Set up the environment to start building big data processing with Dask and Python.
• Explore the features, libraries, tools, and APIs available in Dask.
• Understand how Dask accelerates parallel computing in Python.
• Learn how to scale the Python ecosystem (Numpy, SciPy, and Pandas) using Dask.
• Optimize the Dask environment to maintain high performance in handling large datasets.

Objectives

MVC Web applications provide a clear separation of concerns among business logic classes, Web pages, and the controller. Microsoft ASP.NET MVC 4 gives Web developers the advantages of the MVC pattern combined with the full power of the .NET platform. This course covers ASP.NET MVC 4 in depth, including Test Driven Development and JQuery.

Upon completion of this course, delegates will be able to

• Grasp the role of the Model, View, and Controller Design Pattern
• Build robust, industrial-strength applications
• Apply Test Driven Development methodologies
• Implement navigation between pages
• Develop rich user interfaces using JQuery and Ajax

Audience

ASP.NET developers aiming to utilise the MVC architecture.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or onsite) targets beginner-level analysts who wish to use Excel VBA to automate repetitive work, clean and transform data, and improve reporting processes.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: record and edit macros, write simple VBA procedures, work with Excel objects for reporting tasks, and debug basic automation solutions.

This training aims to build a solid foundation in programming, ranging from fundamental concepts to the general syntax of various programming paradigms. The course is reinforced with practical examples using languages such as C, Java, Python, Scala, C#, Clojure, and JavaScript. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of programming patterns, best practices, and common design principles, along with reviews of their implementation across different platforms. Each topic is illustrated with examples that range from basic to advanced levels, all grounded in real-world problem-solving scenarios.

This instructor-led live training in Évora (online or onsite) is aimed at experienced Spring Boot developers who wish to use Spring Boot's advanced features to further enhance, secure and test complex Spring Boot applications.

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

• Customize the Spring WebMVC framework to enhance the decoupling of web applications.
• Serialize and de-serialize objects using Jackson Serialization Views.
• Store and secure user data in a database.
• Use Spring Sessions to manage user session information in a distributed fashion.
• Automate the testing of Spring WebMVC applications.
• Monitor and measure application performance.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or on-site) is aimed at developers who wish to use TypeScript's advanced features to create and build JavaScript applications.

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

• Set up the necessary development environment to start developing TypeScript and Node.js applications.
• Take advantage of TypeScript's advanced capabilities to write clean, expressive code with fewer errors.
• Configure and use Webpack with TypeScript to build complex front-end UIs.
• Use custom data types (Union, Intersection, Tuple Types, etc.) to extend existing generic types.
• Implement asynchronous code patterns and APIs for error handling and validating responses.
• Deploy TypeScript and Node.js applications to production environments (AWS EC2, Heroku, etc.).

Even seasoned programmers do not always master the security services provided by their development platforms, nor are they fully aware of the vulnerabilities relevant to their projects. This course is designed for developers working with both Java and PHP, equipping them with the essential skills needed to make their applications resilient against modern internet-based attacks.

The course walks through the levels of Java security architecture by addressing access control, authentication, authorization, secure communication, and various cryptographic functions. It also introduces various APIs that can be used to secure code in PHP, such as OpenSSL for cryptography or HTML Purifier for input validation. On the server side, best practices are provided for hardening and configuring the operating system, web container, file system, SQL server, and PHP itself, with a special focus on client-side security through issues related to JavaScript, Ajax, and HTML5.

General web vulnerabilities are discussed using examples aligned with the OWASP Top Ten, illustrating various injection attacks, script injections, attacks against session handling, insecure direct object references, file upload issues, and many others. The course introduces Java- and PHP-specific language problems and issues arising from the runtime environment, grouped into standard vulnerability types such as missing or improper input validation, improper use of security features, incorrect error and exception handling, time- and state-related problems, code quality issues, and mobile code-related vulnerabilities.

Participants can experiment with the discussed APIs, tools, and the effects of configurations themselves. The introduction of vulnerabilities is supported by a number of hands-on exercises demonstrating the consequences of successful attacks, showing how to correct bugs and apply mitigation techniques, and introducing the use of various extensions and tools.

Participants attending this course will

• Understand the basic concepts of security, IT security, and secure coding
• Learn about web vulnerabilities beyond the OWASP Top Ten and know how to avoid them
• Learn about client-side vulnerabilities and secure coding practices
• Learn to use various security features of the Java development environment
• Have a practical understanding of cryptography
• Learn to use various security features of PHP
• Understand the security concepts of web services
• Gain practical knowledge in using security testing tools
• Learn about typical coding mistakes and how to avoid them
• Be informed about recent vulnerabilities in Java and PHP frameworks and libraries
• Receive sources and further readings on secure coding practices

Audience

Developers

Why is Clean Code essential? As software evolves, codebases are constantly updated, making it extremely challenging to navigate through messy code to locate and modify the original source. On average, the initial cost of writing code accounts for only 40% of a system's total expenditure; the remaining 60% is typically dedicated to maintenance and updates. Poor code quality significantly skews this ratio, potentially reaching 20/80 in the worst scenarios. The less clean the code, the more time is inevitably consumed by updates.

This course is designed for Java programmers looking to broaden their expertise and master more advanced language concepts.

This instructor-led, live training Évora (online or onsite) is designed for DevOps engineers and developers who wish to leverage Java and Kubernetes (K8s) to create, build, test, debug, and deploy high-performance and scalable applications.

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

• Set up the necessary development environment to build Java applications.
• Understand the features and architecture of Kubernetes.
• Learn about the key concepts and tools for DevOps.
• Get a refresher on Java programming fundamentals.
• Containerize Java microservices using Docker.
• Build, scale, and deploy Java applications on Kubernetes.

This instructor-led, live training in Évora (online or onsite) is designed for software engineers who aim to utilize LabVIEW for facilitating automated measurements and system design.

Upon completing this training, participants will be equipped to:

• Develop control system applications using LabVIEW
• Execute multi-threading and multi-processing tasks through dataflow programming
• Integrate graphical programming into the development lifecycle

This three-day course offers a comprehensive introduction to the MATLAB technical computing environment. Designed for beginners and those seeking a refresher, it assumes no prior programming experience or familiarity with MATLAB. Throughout the course, key themes such as data analysis, visualization, modeling, and programming are explored. Key topics covered include:

• Navigating the MATLAB user interface
• Entering commands and creating variables
• Analyzing vectors and matrices
• Visualizing vector and matrix data
• Handling data files
• Managing data types
• Automating commands via scripts
• Developing programs with logic and flow control
• Writing functions

This course is designed for individuals seeking an open-source alternative to the commercial MATLAB software. Over three days, participants will gain comprehensive insights into navigating the Octave environment and utilizing the Octave package for data analysis and engineering computations. The training caters to both beginners and experienced users who wish to systematize their knowledge and enhance their skills. While prior knowledge of other programming languages is not mandatory, it significantly facilitates the learning process. Throughout the course, participants will learn to apply the software through numerous practical examples.

Target Audience:

Technical Team Leaders, Software Developers

Learning Objectives:

This training aims to equip participants with the skills necessary to develop business internet applications using the ASP.NET MVC 5 framework and the C# programming language.

Throughout the course, students will become acquainted with key resources and tools, such as Microsoft Visual Studio and MSDN documentation, to streamline and support the software development process.

This course focuses on the development of web applications using PHP. It is designed for individuals who already possess experience with other procedural programming languages. Throughout the course, participants will learn how to build a straightforward dynamic application by integrating PHP with a MySQL database.

This course is tailored for individuals aiming to master a programming language rooted in C# and to gain a solid understanding of the .NET platform's fundamental capabilities. Throughout the training, participants will explore how C# is structured, learn to configure their development environment for writing basic programs, and discover how to effectively utilize standard libraries.

This instructor-led live training (available online or onsite) is designed for web developers who wish to build middleware and web services in Laravel.

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

• Utilize Laravel’s PHP Artisan command-line tool to generate code and components.
• Develop RESTful APIs in Laravel that support browsing, reading, editing, adding, and deleting operations.
• Filter and sort results based on URL parameters using RESTful APIs.

Objective: This training programme is designed for Software Engineers engaged in Model-Based Design (MBD) technology. The curriculum covers modelling techniques for automotive systems, adherence to automotive standards, auto-code generation, and the creation and verification of model test harnesses. Audience: Software Developers working for automotive suppliers.

In this instructor-led, live training in Évora (onsite or remote), participants will learn how to create an automation workflow, manipulate data within the workflow, debug issues and set up the necessary end-to-end infrastructure needed to deploy a full-fledged robotic workflow.

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

• Design, deploy and manage a robotic workforce that mimics real employees.
• Apply this RPA solution to various business areas, including finance, BPO, software, and insurance.

Lua is a user-friendly scripting language frequently employed as an embedded plug-in or extension language across various products. For instance, it serves as the embedded scripting engine for network applications such as nmap and Wireshark, and is also utilized within games like World of Warcraft, Orbiter, and others.

Lua can additionally function as a standalone language. As a lightweight, multi-paradigm programming language, this course teaches a variety of concepts that students will find valuable in other areas of software engineering.

This course covers the fundamental programming constructs of Lua and includes numerous programming exercises, enabling beginners to gain proficiency with the language from the ground up.

Upon completion of the course, students will be capable of writing moderately sized standalone Lua programs and scripting software products that utilize Lua as their embedded language.