RE: Ann: New release of bP, plus site changes

Hello Vic,
I am interested in signing up for an on-line struts/web app class.

Are you planning to schedule one in the near future?

Thanks
Anitha

-----Original Message-----
From: Vic Cekvenich [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 8:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [MVC-Programmers] Ann: New release of bP, plus site changes

- A new release of bP is available at
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=55539&release_id=1762
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(the "war" file is same as Jasic version).
There are a few minor changes, like the error page in web.xml, etc. I 
think bP is getting very stable now.
(next release should have Struts forums)

- StrutsPlus.com site has been changed, you now have to join and login 
to see the cheat sheet page and downloads. Lots of new things on cheat 
sheet page, for example:
http://www.middleware-company.com/casestudy/tmc-performance-study-jul-2003.p
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(If you ever have time to surf, scroll to bottom of cheat sheet page, 
lots of nice tech. links)
In the future, StrutsPlus forums will let you view in a browse all the 
nice newsgroups at news.baseBeans.com (Oracle, MS SQL, Eclipse, 
JavaScript, JDOM, Axis, etc. etc.

- Prices have change on the baseBeans.com site. Fixed bid development 
rate was cut a lot, basically any students that took my class should be 
able to write a few MVC modules per day.
Training prices for a private on site class will go up in 2 weeks, the 
class is getting very popular.

Keep in touch,
Vic

ps:
Here is one client reference.

Mr. A.,
I can definitely vouch for Mr Cekvenich's capabilities as an instructor. 
  I attended one of his all day classes this January and learned many 
things.  However, I must say the class was good, not because it was a 
Struts course, but because he covered the entire lifecycle of developing 
an application.  Mr. Cekvenich has working knowledge about every part of 
a web application's architecture and was able to explain in detail how 
to implement each part.  I learned strategies for database design, 
lifecycle, architecture and Struts best practices.  Mr. Cekvenich also 
taught us and about tools that are available to aid in developing an 
application and how to use them to save money and build better software 
at the same time.
His knowledge of JSP/Struts is considerable.  He is an active 
contributor to the Struts Mailing List and monitors/administers the 
MVC-Programmers Mailing List.  In the course Mr. Cekvenich covered when 
to use Struts, when to use JSTL and when to use other tools that might 
be better.  His instruction turned me onto Tiles (Tiles is a Struts 
component) and prompted a move away from using technology that was going 
away.
To sum things up,  I would have no problem recommending his training 
services.  Mr. Cekvenich really knows the web application problem domain 
and will have no problem helping your team come up to speed.  My team 
attended the training with me, and we all left with a better 
understanding of Struts, MVC, and Web Applications.
If you or any of your developers have specific questions, please feel 
free to send me another email.
C.F.

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