Software Engineering Training in Gaia

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level test engineers and automation specialists who wish to explore advanced TestStand features and techniques for maximizing test automation efficiency and effectiveness.

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

• Utilize advanced features and functionalities of TestStand to enhance test automation workflows.
• Customize user interfaces and develop advanced test sequences.
• Implement advanced result processing and reporting techniques.
• Integrate TestStand with external databases, systems, and hardware.
• Apply best practices for maintaining, managing, troubleshooting, and debugging complex test sequences.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (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 Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level test engineers and automation engineers who wish to learn the fundamentals of using TestStand to create, execute, and manage automated test sequences.

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

• Understand the basic concepts and architecture of TestStand.
• Create test sequences and execute test sequences.
• Utilize TestStand's collaborative features for team-based test developement environments.
• Integrate TestStand with other software tools and test instruments.
• Develop custom test steps and plugins in TestStand.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (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 Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level platform engineers, cloud architects, and DevOps practitioners who wish to explore a range of cloud-native technologies and learn how to use them to enhance platform capabilities.

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

• Understand the core principles of cloud-native platform engineering.
• Utilize containers and serverless computing to build scalable applications.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines in a cloud environment.
• Monitor and manage cloud-native applications effectively.
• Apply security and compliance best practices in the cloud.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (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 Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level participants who wish to solve everyday workplace challenges through gamification techniques.

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

• Understand the principles of Design Thinking and its application to problem-solving.
• Incorporate gamification techniques to foster engagement and innovation.
• Develop creative and practical solutions to common workplace issues.
• Collaborate effectively across teams to implement problem-solving strategies.
• Apply iterative approaches to refine solutions through feedback and experimentation.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (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.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level developers, architects, and analysts who wish to learn and apply DDD concepts and practices to their software projects.

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

• Grasp core DDD concepts (bounded contexts, entities, etc.) and their application in software projects.
• Apply strategic DDD to define and design the domain model, identify subdomains, and establish boundaries.
• Implement tactical DDD using patterns such as CQRS, factories, and event sourcing.
• Refactor and modernize legacy systems effectively with DDD techniques.
• Design and implement product, domain, and team-oriented architectures.
• Utilize data mesh to create a domain-oriented data platform supporting data discovery and governance.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at operators and testers who wish to use EasyTest for testing applications or systems.

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

• Install and configure EasyTest.
• Use EasyTest for testing systems and application features.
• Automate and maintain scripts in EasyTest.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level testers who wish to learn how to execute performance testing using the LoadRunner Enterprise platform.

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

• Understand the fundamentals of performance testing and its importance in software development.
• Effectively plan and design performance tests based on business requirements and system specifications.
• Configure and manage test environments, including servers, networks, and client systems.
• Execute performance tests, monitor system resources, and collect relevant performance metrics.
• Analyze test results and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Generate comprehensive reports to communicate test findings and recommendations.

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (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 Gaia 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#.

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.

Audience:

Anyone involved in testing including Mobile Automation Testers

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.

This course has been created for test managers, quality assurance staff, testers, software developers, project managers and management in order to explain how the Agile project management frameworks (notably SCRUM) deal with testing.

At the end of the course, each of the delegates will design and execute a test plan for a sample application (it can be an actual client application if available)

This 2-day course provides a brief introduction to Agile software testing. It deals with foundational test concepts, within the context of Agile (Scrum) development and uses Crispin & Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore contemporary principles and practices of Agile testing.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for development teams who want to improve their testing practices in an Agile context.

It is also suitable for those intending to pursue testing as a specific career and is a suitable pre-requisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

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.

The essence of the training and workshops is to provide knowledge, tools and techniques
increasing the effectiveness of activities related to the identification of business value in
based on the client's needs and care for obtaining a consensus between functions,
technology and quality in the process of creating requirements using techniques
brain storm.

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.

Cypress is an end-to-end testing framework. Cypress allows users to set up, write, run, and debug tests for any frontend application or website.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at software testers who wish to use Cypress for automating tests.

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

• Perform end-to-end automation testing with Cypress.
• Implement integration and unit tests in a web application.
• Use Cypress as an alternative to Selenium.

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.

There are plenty of tried and tested patterns widely available to everyone. Sometimes it is a matter of changing the names and implementing the pattern in a specific technology. It can save hundreds of hours, which otherwise would be spent on design and testing. Training Goals This course has two goals: first, it allows you to reuse widely-known patterns, second, it allows you to create and reuse patterns specific to your organization. It helps you to estimate how patterns can reduce costs, systematize the design process and generate a code framework based on your patterns. Audience Software designers, business analysts, project managers, programmers and developers as well as operational managers and software division managers. Course Style The course focuses on use cases and their relationship with a specific pattern. Most of the examples are explained in UML and in simple Java examples (the language can change if the course is booked as a closed course). It guides you through the sources of the patterns as well as showing you how to catalogue and describe patterns which can be reused across your organization.

In this instructor-led, live workshop training in Gaia (online or onsite), participants will learn how to apply the five stages of Design Thinking to better understand the problems experienced by end-users of a product or service, then develop the best approach for resolving them.

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

• Use creative strategies to match customers' needs with technologically feasible solutions.
• Formulate a strategy to increase customer value and enhance product and service offerings.

Microservice architecture is an approach to developing a software application as a suite of small, independent services, each running in its own process and communicating with lightweight mechanisms such as an HTTP resource API. These services can be efficiently deployed using continuous automation systems and bypass the need for centralized management. Microservices can be written in different programming languages and integrate with different data storage systems.

This instructor-led, live training is aimed at enterprise developers and architects. It introduces microservice architecture from a .Net perspective, presents migration strategies from a monolithic system, and walks participants through the creation and deployment of a sample microservice-based application.

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

• Understand when to use and when not to use microservice architecture
• Create and implement a testing strategy for microservices
• Deploy a sample microservice-based application into a production environment
• Refactor a monolithic application into services

Audience

• Developers
• Architects

Format of the course

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

This instructor-led, live training in Gaia (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.

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.

In this instructor-led, live training in Gaia participants will learn how to use Tosca to carry out end-to-end (web + backend) testing. The training combines theory with practice in a live lab environment, giving participants the chance to interact with the technology, the instructor, and their peers.

The training starts with an overview of traditional code and script-based automation testing and contrasts it with Tosca's model-based (MBT) approach. Participants learn how to create and execute test cases using Tosca's default modules as well as how to custom-build their own modules for execution.

From software modeling principles to test coverage across different browsers, this training walks participants through both theory and practice and enables them to implement their own testing solution in Tosca.

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.

Audience:

Developers, programmers, business analysts, project managers, software architects, testers, people responsible for documentation or anyone involved in the software development process.

Objectives:

Prepares you to work with a broad range of UML elements
Teaches you how to create complex UML models
Prepares you to become a qualified senior member of a UML Development Team.