Michael, that still sounds useful in the form of a syllabus... That'd be a
GREAT addition, if it was something you wanted to propagate. Even if not,
a simple list of references for a given topic would be awfully handy.
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Michael Van wrote:
> Mike,
>
> Thank you for your response. As you said, this course is unique. However,
> the nature of the course is not in the printed material, rather in the
> collaboration of software engineers. For example, on week 7, the subject of
> servlet data-base connection pooling is introduced. However, the
> participants get the suggested reading material for that subject (Wrox'
> Advanced Java Server Programming, non-EJB version), and do the tutorials in
> that book. For the XSL/XSLT portion (week 12), the subject and suggested
> reading are introduced, but the learning happens in the assignment and
> peer-discussion.
>
> This isn't different than any other course, but because of the reliance of
> copywritten materials and in-depth peer-discussion, it wouldn't fit well
> with the excellent tutorials on the Jollem site. Instead, it compliments
> the existing tutorials by offering an educational roadmap in the syllabus,
> and the structure of deadlines and assignments.
>
> Michael Van
> CEO, JUGerNaut
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Cannon-Brookes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 1:52 AM
> Subject: RE: A thank you to Orion from the Annapolis Java User Group
>
>
> > Is there any chance of getting this course put online so that others
> outside
> > of Maryland can benefit? It sounds like you've built something quite
> unique
> > as a tutorial that teaches people the basics of servlets, XML/XSLT, EJBs
> > etc?
> >
> > (I help run OrionSupport and we'd be happy to put it up / host it there)
> >
> > It would serve as a nice compliment to the jollem.com tutorials.
> >
> > -mike
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Van
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 5:17 PM
> > > To: Orion-Interest
> > > Subject: A thank you to Orion from the Annapolis Java User Group
> > >
> > >
> > > To Orion and the people who offer support for this product:
> > >
> > > THANK YOU!
> > >
> > > My name is Michael Van Geertruy and I am the founder and CEO of the
> > > Annapolis MD Java User Group, JUGerNaut (501-c-4). For the last 15
> weeks
> > > I've been teaching a course in this user group called "Java and the
> > > Internet", using the OrionServer as a teaching platform. That is, each
> > > participant in the course was required to download a version of Orion at
> > > home, and then use OrionServer for thier work in the course.
> > >
> > > I chose Orion Server for a number of reasons. Most notably:
> > > * It is free for use as a development environment.
> > > * It is a TRUE implementation of the J2EE platform.
> > > * Its CPU footprint is very small.
> > > * It has a robust implementation of servlets.
> > > * It has easy to understand, XML-based configuration files.
> > > * It contains xalen and xerces, which allowed us to touch on XSLT's.
> > >
> > > On behalf of the JUGerNaut organization, I would like to thank you for
> > > offering this tool for use in our development environment. Without it,
> we
> > > would not have been able to offer this training for FREE (the
> participants
> > > paid no money to attend the course). Indeed, many of the participants
> had
> > > prior experience programming EJB's and commented on how superior your
> > > product implements the J2EE when compared to Sybase, Oracle, and
> > > BEA-Weblogic.
> > >
> > > Oral course surveys revealed that the participants in the course felt
> more
> > > secure with the Java technologies of servlets, JSP's, CMP, and BMP using
> a
> > > home-grown database-connection-pooling bean. Additionally, this course
> > > produced an EJB that will be used by a local charity organization
> (saving
> > > them thousands of dollars in development costs). Without Orion
> > > Server, the
> > > quality of training that we gave and the direct impact this program had
> on
> > > our community would never have happened.
> > >
> > > By offering this training for free to all participants, and by
> > > training them
> > > using Orion Server, we are growing EJB specialists in Maryland who are
> > > partial to using Orion Server. This translates to experienced engineers
> > > expressing an affinity for Orion Server in the workplace over other
> > > competing technologies. I sincerely thank you and your organization for
> > > providing us this invaluable resource.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Michael L. Van
> > > CEO, JUGerNaut
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> > > PS. We are holding a graduation ceremony for this course and others on
> > > March 14, 2001. After the ceremony, we are offering open enrollment
> into
> > > JUGerNaut (free) and thus, to a slew of courses we will be
> > > offering (free to
> > > all participants). They are:
> > > Java Programmer Level Certification (13 - 22 weeks)
> > > Java Developer Level Certification (16 weeks)
> > > Java Architect Level Certification (depending on demand)
> > > J2ME (the vm used on embedded systems)
> > > Java Security API (14 weeks)
> > > All courses use peer instruction (the students use books and a syllabus
> to
> > > guide them as they study the topics together) and all courses are free
> to
> > > partipants. Additionally, we are rolling out a new legal-referral plan
> to
> > > all members that will help to ensure they will never be "stiffed" on a
> > > contract again. Please contact me for more information.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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