Software Engineering Training in Coimbra

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level technical professionals who wish to use IDz and z/OS Connect to integrate mainframe applications with APIs and modernize legacy workflows.

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

• Set up and use IDz for mainframe application development.
• Leverage z/OS Connect to expose mainframe applications as RESTful APIs.
• Integrate COBOL, CICS, and DB2 programs with modern systems.
• Implement best practices for API security and performance optimization.
• Troubleshoot and debug integrated systems.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level technical managers and business leaders who wish to align platform engineering efforts with business objectives and manage platform teams effectively.

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

• Define the role and scope of platform engineering within their organization.
• Translate business goals into actionable technical strategies.
• Build and manage effective platform engineering teams.
• Design and implement scalable and resilient platform architectures.
• Measure and analyze the success of platform initiatives.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level software developers and engineers who wish to effectively manage and troubleshoot software licenses in their organizations or projects.

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

• Grasp the basic concepts of software licensing and how FlexLM manages licenses.
• Learn how to install the FlexLM server and client software on different operating systems.
• Create, distribute, and manage licenses, including floating and node-locked licenses.
• Identify and resolve common problems related to license installation, distribution, and usage.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level professionals who wish to gain hands-on experience in planning, executing, and managing UAT processes effectively.

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

• Understand the role and importance of UAT in the software development lifecycle.
• Design and execute UAT test cases and scenarios.
• Use industry-standard tools to manage and track UAT progress.
• Identify, report, and track defects effectively.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and stakeholders for successful UAT execution.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level professionals who wish to understand and apply Design Thinking methodologies to drive innovation and improve business solutions.

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

• Understand the core principles of Design Thinking and its role in innovation.
• Apply the five phases of Design Thinking to problem-solving.
• Utilize ideation techniques and tools to foster creativity.
• Implement Design Thinking strategies to improve processes and enhance efficiency.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at professionals who wish to learn and understand the concept of software measurement and use it to estimate and size any software development process and productivity.

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

• Understand the use of software measurements and metrics in software development.
• Track progress and assess productivity using the software metrics.
• Analyze software measurement data for quality assurance and process improvement.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at professionals who wish to understand the concept of function point measurement and how to incorporate it into the software development productivity measurement.

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

• Understand function point and non-function point measurements in software development.
• Measure the units of a software product for quality and productivity analysis.

Solution Architecture and Project Management in Software Projects is a practical course that bridges the gap between project execution and architectural thinking, helping participants understand how architectural decisions align with project goals and delivery success.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level professionals who wish to better understand the architectural aspects of software and systems projects and how they interact with project phases, methodologies, and business drivers.

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

• Understand how architecture fits within the project lifecycle and methodology choices.
• Differentiate between requirement types and translate them into design structures.
• Interpret and use modeling frameworks such as C4, UML®, and Archimate®.
• Participate in architectural discussions and review processes with confidence.

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 in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at professionals who wish to learn how to use SNAP in project measurement and estimation.

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

• Learn about the SNAP and FPA rules and guidelines.
• Be able to plan and estimate software projects better.
• Understand process performance baselines and identify areas for process improvement.
• Utilize SNAP to increase performance efficiency and obtain functional stability.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level software testing professionals who wish to become certified in TOSCA and demonstrate proficiency in test automation using Tricentis Tosca.

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

• Understand the TOSCA certification structure and requirements.
• Master TOSCA concepts, including test case design, automation, and execution.
• Apply best practices for building reusable and maintainable test cases.
• Prepare for the practical and theoretical components of the TOSCA certification exam.

In this instructor-led, live training in Coimbra, participants learn how to test web services using SoapAPI. We discuss how API testing can resolve some of the shortcomings of UI and unit based testing. The training includes practice sessions and an API test suite development project.

By the end of the training, participants will have a firm idea of when to implement API testing, how to explore and access APIs, how to carry out different types of testing on both SOAP and REST based APIs, and how to bring their work together into an integrated, automated test suite.

This course covers the creation and implementation of functional and unit testing with Apache JMeter, the free application testing software from The Apache Software Foundation. The purpose of the course is to allow organizations to completely automate their various testing requirements, saving time, money, and helping to minimize the risk of human error in testing. The program explores the concepts of designing and creating test plans for real-world web applications using Apache JMeter, including functional, regression and stress testing plans. Participants will learn how to design test plans for a variety of purposes and to use the various components and functions within JMeter to their advantage, permitting them to completely automate the web application testing process.

The evolution of microservices and containers in recent years has significantly changed how we design, develop, deploy and run software. Modern applications must be optimized for scalability, elasticity, failure, and change. Driven by these new demands, modern architectures require a different set of patterns and practices. In this training, we examine ways to identify, understand and adjust to these new requirements.

Audience
This training is intended for people who are somewhat familiar with container technology and with Kubernetes concepts but are perhaps lacking the real world experience. It is based on use cases, and lessons learnt from real life projects with the intention of making people inspired to create and manage even better cloud native applications.

• Developers
• Operations
• DevOps
• QA Engineers
• IT Project Managers

Format of the Course

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

Course Customization Options

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

Selenium is an open-source framework for automating web application testing across different browsers. With Selenium 4, enhanced WebDriver APIs, native relative locators, and improved grid support are available. Python offers simplicity and strong integration with testing frameworks like Pytest, making it a powerful choice for developing scalable and maintainable test automation suites.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level testers and developers who wish to use Selenium with Python to automate web application testing in real-world environments.

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

• Install and configure Selenium with Python in a test environment.
• Build robust test automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Pytest.
• Apply Page Object Model (POM) for maintainable test frameworks.
• Run tests across multiple browsers using Selenium Grid.
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot common issues and apply best practices for automation stability.

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.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to enhance an automated test suite using advanced techniques to drive Selenium.

Audience: software testers, test Managers, quality assurance professionals.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at web designers who wish to design an application with Adobe XD.

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

• Set up Adobe XD to start designing an application.
• Develop quick wireframes.
• Create prototypes that contain micro interactions.
• Add UX designs to a CV.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at software engineers and developers who wish to plan, design, guide, and manage software development using architecting methods.

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

• Understand the importance of architecting in software development.
•  Assess how developers can use architecting methods in development.
• Learn the process of architecting to manage and evaluate processes.
• Structure complex apps using an architectural approach.
• Establish a decision-making structure to address issues and define accountabilities in development teams.
• Take ownership of technical decisions with confidence.
• Visualize architectures using models and diagrams.
• Understand standards and risks to build agile and recoverable architectures.

This instructor-led, live workshop in Coimbra begins with an introduction to BDD, what it is and how it is used by companies to promote good software design, development and testing. We do this from a non-engineering point-of-view, with an eye on the end-users, their requirements, language, and way of thinking. We also address the communication challenges that business stakeholders are likely to encounter as they work closer with their technical-minded peers.

By the end of this training, participants will know how to:

• Write succinct user stories that capture the usage patterns of real users of the software.
• Translate their user stories into the behavioral language of BDD (Given, When, Then.)
• Derive test cases from these stories, for use by engineers to implement and test.
• Understand the relationship between product requirements, acceptance criteria, and test cases.
• Demystify the technical jargon that impedes communication and understanding.
• Install and use great tools for writing BDD feature files.
• Understand and appreciate what happens once the work is handed to engineers.
• Play a more active role in the iterative development cycle.

The training is designed for both IT and business staff. The aim of the course is to provide a way to facilitate communication between departments in the software development process. Participants learn behavioral testing to make it possible to create more reliable software without the need for costly and advanced tools.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at software engineers who wish to use CMake automate the build process in a cross-platform environment.

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

• Build, test, and package software with CMake.
• Control the software compilation process.
• Use CMake in conjunction with a native build environment.
• Address common build system issues.

Target group:

Technical Team Leader, Software Developer

Learning objective:

The purpose of training is to acquire the ability to design advanced development / project structures in C #.

During the course, students become familiar with the MSDN resources and tools to support the development process, such as Microsoft Visual Studio, ReSharper.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level Java developers and QA engineers who wish to apply JUnit for unit testing, integration testing, and automation in modern development environments.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at software testers who wish to use Postman for API testing.

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

• Execute tests using automated requests and workflows.
• Define, develop, test, and observe an API using a version control system.
• Generate dynamic data in a request.
• Document and organize tests in collections for team revision.

In this instructor-led, live training in Coimbra, participants learn how to use Rest Assured to test REST API services. We discuss how API testing can resolve some of the shortcomings of UI and unit based testing. The training includes practice sessions and a test development project. By the end of the training, participants will have a good understanding of when to carry out REST API testing, how to explore and access APIs, how to carry out different types of testing, and how to bring their tests together through integration and automation.

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at software testers who wish to test REST web services with Postman, Java, and Rest Assured APIs.

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

• Automate webservice API testing using Postman and REST Assured API.
• Generate reports for execution results.
• Design and implement automation frameworks with REST Assured API.

This course is designed to provide an in-depth understanding of software architecture principles and their application in the cloud, specifically focusing on AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Java. Participants will learn how to design, develop, and deploy scalable and robust applications using AWS services and Java programming language.

Software Engineering starts where programming stops. In this course you will learn a solid foundation in Software Engineering. It builds a bridge from programming to solid engineering practices. The course gives you an overview of basic concepts and vocabulary typically used in the field. During the course, you will learn to use many techniques to plan, implement and validate software projects and to evaluate and improve development processes.

Audience:

This course is intended for software developers with various backgrounds who know at least one programming language.

The Principal Engineer - Masterclass is for experienced and motivated engineers who already know how to ship production-ready code. This course will make you an exceptional software engineer/leader to make a big positive impact on your team and organization. In this course, you'll learn about System design and architecture, code reviewing techniques, mentoring and coaching engineers, pair programming, building strong engineering culture and other fundamentally important engineering practices.

This instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote) is aimed at:

• mid-level software engineer
• senior software engineer
• principal software engineer
• staff software engineer
• lead software engineer
• software architect
• engineering managers

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

• Promote to next level from mid-level or senior engineers
• If they are already leading a team or above senior engineers, they can start using tools, techniques and framework learnt from this course to:
  • effectively lead high performing engineering teams
  • 360° effective collaboration with all stakeholders
  • expertize core technical skills of a principal engineer
  • fostering strong engineering culture within the organization
  • master continuous learning attitude

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Tools, techniques and framework to become a unicorn engineer
• Real-life experience sharing

Course Customization Options

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

This instructor-led, live training in Coimbra (online or onsite) is aimed at software tester who wish to unit test code functionality using MSTest, xUnit, and nUnit.

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

• Create unit tests using MSTest to test software applications.
• Display test results with CodeLens.
• Understand the different testing tools for Test-Driven Development.

Unit testing is a testing approach that tests individual units of source code by modifying its properties or triggering an event to confirm whether the outcome is as expected.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to write and execute unit tests against a sample .Net application using C#   and Visual Studio.

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

• Use testing frameworks such as NUnit and xUnit.net to create and manage unit test code
• Define and implement a broader test driven development approach to testing
• Adapt the testing framework to extend the test coverage for an application

Audience

• Software test engineers
• Developers

Format of the course

• Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice