Information Technology Training Offered Nationwide

SkillForge:
Based in Phoenix AZ, SkillForge provides technical computer training and business skills training to companies, institutions and individuals across North America. Our training locations include Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Miami, Atlanta and Phoenix among many other locations nationwide. Our training can be delivered on-site at your company, off-site at one of our training centers or online. We specialize in delivering quality IT training and business skills training by expert instructors in Microsoft Office, Web Development, Project Management, .NET, SQL Server, SharePoint, Java, AJAX, HTML, Javascript, CSS, XML, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign, Acrobat, Quickbooks and more.

On-site / Online Technical Computer Training & Business Skills Courses:

Adobe Photoshop CS5 Training
Adobe Acrobat is the benchmark for digital imaging applications. In this course, students will learn both fundamental and advanced features of Adobe Photoshop CS5.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

- Perform basic photo corrections.
- Use the Photoshop selection tools.
- Use and manipulate layers.
- Work with masks and channels.
- Work with Type.
- Prepare files for the web.
- Work with 3D images.

Xcelsius 2008 Training
In this Xcelsius 2008 Training course, students will use Xcelsius to create interactive visualizations for presenting complex data in a simple way, and to conduct analysis to make critical decisions. Students will also create complete dashboards that present business, project, and human resources information, all consolidated and presented in a user-friendly manner. Finally, students will publish dashboards into various file formats such as Adobe Flash, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, and also to the web.

Crystal Reports XI Introduction Training
This Crystal Reports XI Introduction Training course is the primary recommended course students should take if their job responsibilities require obtaining and formatting output from databases. In this course, students will build basic list and group reports that work with almost any database.

Crystal Reports XI Advanced Training
In this Crystal Reports XI Advanced Training course, students will learn how to create more sophisticated reports including subreports and cross-tabs, and also learn how to increase the speed and efficiency of reports by using SQL queries.

Java 6 Programming Fundamentals for OO Developers Training
Java 6 Programming Fundamentals for OO Developers Training is a five-day, comprehensive hands-on workshop geared for developers who have prior working knowledge of object-oriented programming languages such as C++, SmallTalk, etc. Throughout the course students learn the best practices for writing great object-oriented programs in Java 6, using sound development techniques, new improved features for better performance, and new capabilities for addressing rapid application development. In addition to the normal exercises that are liberally sprinkled throughout the course, there is a case study that covers the entire spectrum from use cases to object-oriented design to implemented classes. This case study supplements the course and can be used during and after the course as a reference and a tool for reviewing and practicing what was learned in class.

Secure Java Coding Training
Java Secure Coding is a hands-on, lab-intensive Java security, code-level training course that teaches students the best practices for designing, implementing, and deploying secure programs in Java. Students will take an application from requirements through to implementation, analyzing and testing for software vulnerabilities. This course explores well beyond basic programming skills, teaching developers sound processes and practices to apply to the entire software development lifecycle. Perhaps just as significantly, students learn about current, real examples that illustrate the potential consequences of not following these best practices. This course is short on theory and long on application, providing students with in-depth, code-level labs.

Mastering Test-Driven Development using JUnit Training
Mastering Test Driven Development using JUnit is a four-day, comprehensive hands-on test-driven development / JUnit / TDD training course geared for developers who need to get up and running with essential Test-driven development programming skills using JUnit and various open-source testing frameworks. Throughout the course students learn the best practices for writing great programs in Java, using test-driven development techniques. This comprehensive course also covers essential TDD topics and skills.

Object-Oriented Analysis & Design using UML 2.0 Training
The Object Oriented Analysis & Design using UML 2.0 course is a five-day, comprehensive hands-on workshop that will lay a solid groundwork for any developer to easily move into a Java programming environment. This course takes advantage of several of the new features in UML 2.0 and incorporates several of the newest techniques and approaches for improving OOAD.

Core Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java Training
Geared for experienced Java developers, Core Object-Oriented Design Patterns for Java Programmers is a lab-intensive hands-on design patterns training course that explores the most common object-oriented design patterns (Gang of Four) and how to use these patterns to develop solid, robust and reusable software development applications.

Service Oriented Architecture – SOA Analysis & Design (SOAD) Training
SOA Analysis and Design is a five day in-depth SOA analysis and design training course geared for software architects and designers who need to understand what SOA is, the impact of SOA, what it means in terms of today’s systems and architectures, and how to apply the concepts in designing distributed architectures. Geared for software architects and designers, this course explores what services and service-oriented architectures are and what best practices and design patterns to use in designing SOA-based applications. This course presents a strong perspective on services as an essential and important part of enterprise systems as well as how to identify, design, and develop of complex services using sound analysis and design techniques and best programming practices.

Microsoft Excel 2007 Advanced Data Analysis Training
You are a relatively proficient user of Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007, and you now wish to take advantage of the advanced features and techniques used in Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007. Excel has many tools and functions that help you in analyzing varied data to make decisions having large scale implications on profitability, be it in the domain of sales, project management, credit, equities, futures, options, currency, and so on. In this course, you will use the advanced features of Microsoft® Office Excel® 2007 to attain a high degree of proficiency as an Excel power user.

Microsoft Access 2007 VBA and Automation Training
In previous levels, you were introduced to the various features of Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007 that dealt with local database management. However, effective database management calls for mastering the advanced administrative and collaborative features of Access. In this course, you will exchange data with other applications, automate business processes by using VBA code, and secure and share databases.

Microsoft Project 2007 Training
In this course, you will learn how to use Microsoft Project 2007 to gather information about the various tasks, resources and overall cost of your project plan. Students will create a project plan containing tasks, organize these tasks in a work breakdown structure containing task relationships, create and assign resources, and finalize the project to implement the project plan. Students will also learn to track and manage a project’s progress once it has entered the implementation phase.

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 Training
You’ve created intranet sites using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. There will be times when you would want to build sites that lay emphasis on your company’s unique requirements and sites that align themselves with the company’s unique brand identity. In this course, you will use Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007 to customize your SharePoint sites and build a new subsite on the SharePoint services platform.

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Introduction Training
Windows® SharePoint® services combines familiar office tools, adds the latest technology, and extends the functionality of applications and the web into a single environment to share information and collaborate with colleagues, no matter where you are or how you access the information. In this course, you will create and edit content in a Windows SharePoint Services team website, and then you will create and manage your own team site.

AJAX 4 Using Visual Studio 2010 Training
AJAX is based on a collection of open and standards-based technologies that can give Web pages you build a responsiveness that rivals what you get in desktop applications. The course starts out with an exploration of the fundamentals of AJAX. Then students will go through a few of the more interesting features in JavaScript that will help them write code that runs in the browser. Next up is an introduction to the five server-side controls that can be used in a Web forms page to reduce the amount of data that has to move between client and server. Then students will explore some of the techniques they can use to create applications that give users a good experience with a Web application. Next students will look at the AJAX Control Toolkit, a collection of server-side controls and extenders that do a lot of the work that used to require reams of JavaScript code to accomplish.This course can be delivered in Visual Basic or Visual C# to accommodate a student’s language preferences.

Core Ajax Fundamentals Training
Core Ajax Fundamentals is an in-depth Ajax training course geared for software developers who need to understand what Ajax is and how to use it with today’s systems and architectures. This comprehensive course provides a balanced mixture of theory and practical labs designed to take students from the fundamentals of AJAX and its underlying technologies through to the use of tools and libraries to ease the development of AJAX applications. Graduates will hit the ground running, applying AJAX to projects at both an architectural as well as a line by line coding level. Students who attend this course will leave this course armed with the required skills to design, implement, and deploy robust, flexible, and safe AJAX-based applications.

ASP.NET Using Visual Studio 2008 Training
n this course, students will learn how to use Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Basic or C# 2008 to build ASP.NET 3.5 Web pages. Students will gain an understanding of the architecture behind ASP.NET and how to use the various ASP.NET server controls. They will also learn to create consistent web sites using Master Pages, add membership features, configure and deploy ASP.NET applications, to authenticate users and limit their access to resources, manage state, direct users using Site Navigation tools, debug .NET and JavaScript code, and to display and edit data using ASP.NET and ADO.NET. In addition, students will learn about new ASP.NET 3.5 features, such as support for LINQ (Language Integrated Query), CSS tools, nested master pages, and more. This course can be delivered in Visual Basic or Visual C# to accommodate a student’s language preferences.

Building ASP.NET MVC 2 Applications Using Visual Studio 2010 Training
ASP.NET MVC is a fascinating technology that provides an alternative to Web forms for building Web applications. Instead of building pages using server controls that provide relatively little control over the HTML they produce, MVC gives you complete control. The course starts with an introduction to ASP.NET MVC and the Model-View-Controller pattern on which it is based. Students will learn about the main differences between MVC and Web forms applications, and see how to build a simple MVC application with Visual Studio. Then students will explore each of the three main components of an MVC application. Next, students will explore models, which encapsulate the data and business rules of an application. Students will learn that there are almost no limitations in how you provide data to an MVC application. Finally students will be introduced to views, the user interface of an MVC application.

Learning to Program Using Visual C# 2008 Training
In this course, students will learn to use Visual Studio 2008 to explore the C# language. The course starts with a quick overview of the .NET platform, examining assemblies, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Visual Studio profiles, XML comments, IntelliSense, and debugging. From there, students will learn all the language features required to create full-featured Web or Windows applications that make best use of the .NET platform. Students will learn about data types, variables, and operators, along with all the important flow control structures. Student will work through several examples demonstrating the power of the .NET Framework, and dig into creating and consuming their own classes and objects. The course moves on to working with data structures, such as arrays and collection classes, before finishing up with discussions of generics, handling exceptions and working with delegates and events. The course concludes by introducing the new LINQ-oriented features added to the .NET Framework 3.5, including anonymous types, lambda expressions, and more. By the end of this course, students will understand the important basic concepts that will allow them to start creating the applications they need.

Microsoft LINQ Using Visual Studio 2008
In this course, students will learn to use the exciting new .NET Framework 3.5 feature, Language Integrated Query (LINQ) to easily create complex data-independent queries. In addition, you’ll learn about the new language features added to Visual Basic and C# in Visual Studio 2008 in order to make LINQ possible. Students will start by working through a quick overview of LINQ, and how it applies to working with collections of objects, retrieving data stored in SQL Server, and creating XML content. Subsequent topics introduce new LINQ-oriented language features, LINQ to Objects, LINQ to DataSets, LINQ to SQL, LINQ to XML, and LINQ to Entities. By the time students have completed the course, they will have a good understanding of not only how to construct LINQ queries to work with data, but also how to use the features added to Visual Basic and C# that support LINQ. This course can be delivered in Visual Basic or Visual C# to accommodate a student’s language preferences.

Microsoft SharePoint 2007 MOSS Features Training
In this course, students will learn about the portal features found in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server’s Standard and Enterprise versions, MOSS. After completing this course, students will have a good understanding of the standard MOSS collaboration portal features including collaboration portals, user profiles, search, and information management policies, as well as the enterprise features including business data catalog, InfoPath forms services and Excel Services.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for Developers Training
SharePoint 2010 has reached a new level of features for .NET and web development that far exceeds previous versions. This course will cover SharePoint 2010 as a development platform, which includes creating sites, lists and pages. In creating these items students will be introduced to the many new features that SharePoint 2010 has to offer. Then students will be introduce to the new SharePoint projects, item templates, feature and package designer found in Visual Studio 2010. Then this course covers writing managed code with the SharePoint Object Model. After that the course will cover programming lists with managed code including list instances, define views, CAML queries and more. Students will then learn about user controls and web parts. The SharePoint Client model is covered next with object instances and using client objects in managed code, Silverlight and other elements. To end the course students will see how to program with list items and custom list forms.

Microsoft Silverlight 4 Using Visual Studio 2010 Training
Silverlight 4.0 makes it possible for developers to create rich, interactive applications delivered through a Web browser to nearly any client operating system, including Windows, Mac, and Linux. This Microsoft Silverlight 4 Using Visual Studio 2010 Training course introduces the basics of creating and hosting Silverlight applications, working through many of the important controls, through binding Silverlight applications to live data

SQL Server 2008 for Developers Training
In this Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Training course, students will get an overview of SQL Server 2008 including its editions, components, and tools. Then students will learn the steps to install, and/or upgrade to SQL Server 2008 and configure the server. Students will also see how the principles of database design are used in creating databases. The course continues with SQL Server Management Studio and how to build effective views, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions using Transact-SQL. Students will learn how to make databases more scalable through partitioning and how to use .NET languages like Visual C# and Visual Basic to build database objects. SQL Server 2008 includes a rich set of tools that go beyond the basics of querying and manipulating data. Students will learn how to take advantage of the user-friendly management console that integrates both authoring and administrative tasks. Students will also learn how to take advantage of SQL Server’s tools for analyzing and tuning databases. In addition, students will learn about integration servers, implementing security, and Microsoft’s new Business Intelligence (BI) suite.

SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Training
In this SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Training course, students will learn how to use Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (SSAS) to design and implement OnLine Analytical Processing (OLAP) cubes and data mining models to support Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. This course includes concepts, procedures and practices based on real-world experience giving both the novice and experienced SQL Server 2008 developer the tools to build data cubes and forecasting solutions. This course also provides information on end-user tools including Microsoft Excel 2007, Office Visio 2007 Professional Edition, SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integrated Services and Reporting Services.

SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Training
This course will enable technology professionals with little or no ETL experience to be comfortable and productive with the SSIS tools and technologies. In this course students will learn about the Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) and working with Control and Data Flows to build workflows to extract, transform, and load data using a variety of data sources, transformations, and destinations. Students will also become familiar with SSIS package management and package deployment along with learning to write solid code using debugging, error handling, and logging

SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Training
In this course, students will learn how to use SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services, explore its basic architecture and gain a basic understanding of the components of SSRS 2008. Students will then explore tabular and list reports that employ datasets and data regions. As students progress they will learn to add custom expressions, custom functions and format their reports using Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Studio. The reports students create in the course will employ shared data sources, interactive sorting, and drill-down capabilities. Students will also learn how Reporting Services parameters work and create parameters in ad-hoc SQL. Next students will build Matrix reports and charts and explore the use of Reporting Services gauges. The Deployment of Reporting Services projects follows using a variety of formats and client-side printing. Students will gain knowledge of SSRS Security in managing of user roles and accounts and discover how to view reports using URL access and the Reporting Services Web Service API, without requiring users to use Internet Explorer. Finally, students will learn how to empower users to create ad-hoc reports using Report Builder and Report Model projects.

Learning to Program Using Visual Basic 2008 Training
In this course, students will learn to use Visual Studio 2008 to explore the Visual Basic language. The course starts with a quick overview of the .NET platform, examining assemblies, Microsoft Intermediate Language, Visual Studio profiles, XML comments, IntelliSense, and debugging. From there, students will learn all the language features required to create full-featured Web or Windows applications that make best use of the .NET platform. Students will learn about data types, variables, and operators, along with all the important flow control structures. Student will work through several examples demonstrating the power of the .NET Framework, and dig into creating and consuming their own classes and objects. The course moves on to working with data structures, such as arrays and collection classes, before finishing up with discussions of generics, handling exceptions and working with delegates and events. The course concludes by introducing the new LINQ-oriented features added to the .NET Framework 3.5, including anonymous types, lambda expressions, and more. By the end of this course, students will understand the important basic concepts that will allow them to start creating the applications they need.

Windows Communication Foundation Using Visual Studio 2008 Training
In this Windows Communication Foundation Using Visual Studio 2008 Training course, students will learn how to use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and will see how it is a unified programming model for building service-oriented distributed applications. Students will see how to build, host and call WCF services and will gain a deep understanding of the basic building blocks of WCF, including endpoints, bindings and contracts. In addition, students will see how to handle exceptions, maintain state between calls to a service and use transactions. Subsequent topics include and basics of WCF security, integrating WCF with Windows Workflow Foundation and building WCF services that support Representational State Transfer (REST) and syndication. By the time students have completed the course, they will have a good understanding of how to build and use WCF services in distributed applications. This course can be delivered in Visual Basic or Visual C# to accommodate a student’s language preferences.

Windows Presentation Foundation Using Visual Studio 2010 Training
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) takes the creation of client-side Windows applications to a whole new level. Developers moving from Windows Forms will find that the flexibility and richness of WPF makes it possible to create applications unlike any they could previously create. This course introduces the basics of working with WPF, starting with a tour of the basic controls, through data binding. This course can be delivered in Visual Basic or Visual C# to accommodate a student’s language preferences.

Windows Workflow Foundation using Visual Studio 2005 Training
Microsoft has provided the Windows Workflow Foundation, a set of assemblies based on the .NET Framework 2.0 (as part of the .NET Framework 3.0), along with a full-featured workflow designer built on top of Visual Studio 2005. Windows Workflow Foundation makes it easy to create applications that follow a flow, or react to events and move from state to state. By providing a visual interface for designing the applications, and by binding code activities directly to the design of the application, Windows Workflow Foundation makes it easier than ever to create and maintain complex business applications. In addition, Windows Workflow Foundation provides a runtime engine that manages your application’s behavior (that is, the “plumbing”) and enforces the workflow. The runtime makes sure the workflow behaves in the manner in which you designed and coded it. This course can be delivered in Visual Basic or Visual C# to accommodate a student’s language preferences.

Quickbooks 2009 Training
In this Quickbooks 2009 Training course, first-time QuickBooks users will learn the basic features of the software. Experienced QuickBooks users will quickly learn the new features and functionality of QuickBooks 2009.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

* Identify components of the Quickbooks environment.
* Set up a company.
* Add customers and employees.
* Manage products in inventory.
* Create and manage invoices.
* Process payments.
* Manage checking accounts.
* Manage expenses.
* Use online banking.

Quickbooks 2010 Training
In this Quickbooks 2010 Training course, first-time QuickBooks users will learn the basic features of the software. Experienced QuickBooks users will quickly learn the new features and functionality of QuickBooks 2010.

HTML 4.0 Training
This HTML 4.0 Training course is designed for developers who want to get the most out of the HTML markup language. This course focuses on creating highly effective and interactive Web pages as well as on the essential building blocks of an HTML document.

Javascript Training
This JavaScript training course is a jump-start to creating and working with JavaScript. This course covers the material students need to know to become proficient using JavaScript with Web pages. Students will learn JavaScript’s critical elements, including language syntax, script design, and deployment. This course will provide students with a strong foundation in JavaScript and enable them to build JavaScript enabled Web pages correctly and with confidence.

XML Training
This XML Training course is designed to be platform and operating system agnostic, mirroring one of the biggest benefits of using XML for distributed applications. This means that we have avoided any discussion of XML as it is implemented by any single platform, except where it’s helpful to give better insight into a technology. With the tools and technologies you will learn, you will be able to use XML on any platform.

XSLT Training
In this XSLT Training course, students will explore the mechanics of transforming XML data using the XSLT language. Students will learn how to manipulate and group data, as well as how to use variables and perform other processing on XML data..

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

* Use XML to transform data into HTML
* Use XPath expressions
* Use template rules
* How to use variables and functions
* How to group and sort data
* How to use processor-specific extensions