Jenkins for .Net Continuous Integration (CI) Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (available online or on-site) is designed for web developers who wish to learn how to leverage Progressive Web Application (PWA) development features to create an app-like experience within a website using Entity Framework (EF) Core and Blazor.

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

• Use the EF package to work with databases.
• Work with Blazor components, services, dependency injection, layout, and routing.
• Create service workers to enable PWA features in an application.
• Implement push notifications and other PWA capabilities.

This instructor-led, live trainingin in New Zealand introduces advanced features of C#, examining its use as both a desktop application programming language and a web programming language for solving real-world problems.

Programming techniques and principles are demonstrated and practised through in-class, hands-on exercises and walkthroughs.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is tailored for engineers who aim to leverage Spinnaker for frequent and continuous deployment of software to AWS or Kubernetes.

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

• Install and configure Spinnaker for advanced operational scenarios.
• Integrate Spinnaker with existing continuous integration tools such as Jenkins.
• Understand Spinnaker's internal architecture and deployment workflow constructs.
• Create pipelines for deploying software on Kubernetes.
• Create pipelines for deploying software on AWS.
• Troubleshoot common Spinnaker issues.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use .NET Core to create, build, test, debug and deploy optimized applications that can run on different systems.

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

• Set up the development environment based on .NET Core to start developing applications.
• Utilize the ASP.NET Core framework and libraries to build new applications or optimize existing ones.
• Monitor and enhance the performance of applications using advanced .NET Core tools.
• Understand the principles behind .NET Core features and apply this knowledge to other business implementations.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is aimed at system administrators and developers who wish to use Argo CD to automate the deployment and lifecycle management of applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to automate, monitor, audit, and roll back their Kubernetes systems using Argo CD.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or on-site) is designed for web developers who wish to utilise Blazor WebAssembly to build web applications.

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

• Understand forms and authentication within Blazor WebAssembly.
• Create a Blazor WebAssembly project.
• Explore various methods for running your web application.

.NET Core is an open-source framework for building .NET applications across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will grasp the fundamentals of .NET Core by stepping through the creation of a sample application that highlights its distinct advantages compared to other frameworks.

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

• Set up .NET Core along with the necessary tooling and IDEs to begin development immediately.
• Leverage .NET to build a variety of software types, including web applications, console apps, microservices, and libraries.
• Understand the key components of .NET Core, such as class libraries, packages, metapackages, and frameworks.
• Build, debug, and deploy a sample web application.

Audience

• Developers

Course Format

• A blend of lecture, discussion, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice within a live-lab environment.

Note

• This course is based on .NET Core 2.x and is available for both Windows and Linux environments.
• To request a customised training session for this course, please contact us to arrange.
• To learn more about .NET Core, please visit: https://github.com/dotnet/core

Audience

• Developers

Course Format

• A blend of lecture, discussion, exercises, and extensive hands-on practice in a live-lab environment.

In this instructor-led, live training in New Zealand, participants will learn how to use Entity Framework Core 2.0 to build an ASP.NET Core application.

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

• Set up the necessary framework and tools for creating Entity Framework Core 2.0 MVC web applications.
• Perform database operations on MS SQL Server.
• Apply both "code first" and "data first" approaches to application development.
• Execute migration and seeding operations.
• Understand advanced data modelling concepts.
• Build a sample ASP.NET Core application.

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (available online or on-site) is designed for web developers who wish to leverage Blazor to create full-stack C# web applications.

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

• Develop web applications using C# and Blazor.
• Utilise C# code to call JavaScript APIs and libraries.
• Execute client-side C# code and client logic directly within a browser or on a server.
• Deploy Blazor web applications using Azure.

ASP.NET MVC 6 is a new addition in Visual Studio 2015 and represents the latest evolution of Microsoft’s web development stack. This course explores the most recent APIs and development techniques for building dynamic, modular, and testable websites. We’ll examine the new features introduced in MVC 6 and demonstrate how to make the most of the latest toolset and integration opportunities.

What you’ll learn

• Understand the core principles and benefits of the MVC architecture
• Create views, view components, and tag helpers
• Implement ASP.NET dependency injection
• Build RESTful services using Web API
• Maximise the integration of GruntJS, NPM, and Bower
• Develop Single Page Applications (SPAs)

This instructor-led, live training in New Zealand (online or onsite) is aimed at DevOps engineers and developers who wish to use SonarQube to run code reviews that are fully-integrated into development tool chains, such as Jenkins, GitHub, Azure DevOps, etc.

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

• Set up the necessary development environment to start running automatic code reviews.
• Integrate SonarQube with continuous integration tools, such as Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.
• Run continuous code inspections to eliminate bugs and security vulnerabilities.
• Collect and analyze data to drive improvements for code cleanup, maintenance, and security.

SonarQube is a platform for the continuous inspection of code quality and security through static analysis and developer-focused reporting.

This instructor-led, live training (available online or on-site) is designed for intermediate-level developers, DevOps engineers, and security practitioners who wish to implement static code analysis, integrate SonarQube into Azure DevOps pipelines, and strengthen secure development practices.

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

• Explain the SonarQube architecture, core features, and security-focused rulesets.
• Configure SonarScanner with common build tools such as Maven, Gradle, and Ant.
• Integrate SonarQube into Azure DevOps pipelines and import Azure Repos for continuous analysis.
• Define and tune analysis parameters, add custom rules via the SonarQube API, and interpret security reports.
• Apply secure development methodology improvements and map responsibilities within the CI/CD process.
• Conduct hands-on analyses across sample repositories (Java + Quarkus and Angular) and resolve identified issues.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Guided, practical hands-on labs using real repositories.
• Live configuration, testing, and troubleshooting within an Azure DevOps and SonarQube environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised version of this training (including different language stacks, deeper DevOps integration, or expanded labs), please contact us to arrange.

Unity, Blender, and Visual Studio collectively offer a robust toolkit for designing and programming industrial virtual environments. Unity facilitates interactive simulation and visualisation, Blender delivers advanced 3D modelling capabilities, and Visual Studio acts as the programming foundation for integrating control systems and industrial logic.

This instructor-led, live training (delivered online or on-site) is designed for beginner to intermediate-level professionals seeking to design, model, and programme industrial environments for simulation, training, and system integration.

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

• Design and model industrial equipment and scenarios using Blender.
• Import and optimise 3D models in Unity for visualisation.
• Program system logic and integration workflows in Visual Studio.
• Develop interactive industrial virtual environments with control system connections.

Course Format

• Interactive lectures and discussions.
• Hands-on 3D modelling and environment development.
• Programming and integration exercises accompanied by live demonstrations.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training session for this course, please contact us to make arrangements.

Learn how to use Microsoft Visual Studio as an integrated development environment (IDE) with the VB.NET (Visual Basic .NET) programming language, a multi-paradigm, object-oriented language built on the 4.7.2 .NET Framework.