Recently in Training Category

You might find something of interest in this list of books and courses which was recently posted on OTN.

Excerpts from Books:

• Oracle JDeveloper 10g Handbook
• Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Empowering J2EE Development

Sample Chapters:
Chapter 5 - Servlet and JSP Development
Chapter 11 - Tips and Tricks

• Oracle9i JDeveloper Handbook

Sample Chapters:
Chapter 3 - Creating BC4J Applications with the IDE Tools
Chapter 9 - Introducing Business Components for Java

Courses on offer:

• Oracle Training Online Courses - Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Introduction to ADF

Provides a tour of the technology choices offered by the Oracle Application Development Framework (ADF).
• Oracle Training Online Courses - Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Build Web Applications with ADF UIX

Teaches how to build ADF clients with UIX as well as databinding of UIX application to Business Components. "Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Build Applications with ADF" is recommended as a prerequisite for this course.
• Oracle Training Online Courses - Oracle Database 10g: Access the Database with JDBC

Provides a more thorough introduction to JDBC than is covered in the Java Programming course, and also serves as a good JDBC refresher for developers who plan to attend the 5-day Oracle 10g: Build J2EE Applications course.
• Oracle Training Live Course - Oracle JDeveloper 10g: Build Applications with ADF

The main entry-level training for ADF. You learn about all the technology choices, but the practices focus on building an end-to-end application using JSP, Struts, and ADF Business Components.
• Oracle Training Java and JDeveloper Courses

There is some discussion going on about the general quality of the training being offered by Oracle University on the 10g release. The question arising is "is it just a money grab"? This article by Damir Bersinic looks at why things aren't as good as they could be and what might work better.