XML PRIMER TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course has been designed for web and intranet developers who want to accelerate their learning of XML and its applications without the grind of book learning. Although a basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript is assumed, it is also assumed you know very little about XML and how to use it. On completion of this course you should understand the benefits of using XML and be able to design XML solutions where applicable to your company's Internet/intranet requirements. The course will be particularly beneficial if you want to know how to communicate data to diverse applications over the Internet or company intranet. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Write XML. * Debug XML. * Examine existing code and determine its function. XML PRIMER TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with XML. * Prerequisites: HTML5 development fundamentals * Duration 3 days XML PRIMER TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * The origins of XML Markup languages, SGML, document type definitions and validity, introducing XML, IE and XML, accessing content and adding style. * Basic XML XML document structure, elements and attributes, grammar, well formed documents, other XML elements and references. * Document Type Definition (DTDs) Creating a DTD, basic declaration, declaring elements, content definitions, entities, entity declarations, notations, defining attributes, attribute types, forcing inclusion or exclusion of DTD sections, validation. * Namespaces Declaring namespaces, scoping, removing and changing namespaces, qualified names, attribute namespaces. * An introduction to schemas Constructing schemas, defining the root element and its contents,<ELEMENTTYPE>, defining root element contents, adding attributes definitions, <ATTRIBUTETYPE>, <ELEMENT>, <ATTRIBUTE>. * XML & the Document Object Model (DOM) What the DOM offers, DOM and W3C. * Basic DOM concepts XML documents as trees, terminology of tree elements. Key DOM Objects: The document object and its creation, base objects, IE specifics, the XML node hierarchy. * Programming DOM Viewing a DOM model as XML, getting the root element of a document, iterating nodes of a DOM, basic node properties, collection objects, searching for specific values, filtering a nodelist by tagname, more filtering methods, selecting nodes from their attributes. * Amending Content and Structure Creating/saving a DOM as XML, changing content/structure, dynamically building a DOM. * Using ASP and other techniques ASP techniques, HTTPREQUEST object, XSL, transforming and formatting XML. Formatting Using CSS. CSS And XML. * XSL Transformations - XSLT Introduction, the XSL root element, applying XSL stylesheets to XML, XSL elements and operations, instructions - creating text nodes and applying templates, a 'drill-down' approach, simple output formatting, pattern filters - patterns based on position, the Match and Select attributes and their patterns, formatting output, creating new XML in output.
XSLT TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course has been designed as a follow on course for the XML primer course. The course looks at the use of XSLT in the transforming and styling XML documents. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Transform and style XML documents using XSLT. XSLT TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with XSLT. * Prerequisites: XML primer * Duration 2 days XSLT TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), transforming and formatting XML. * XML refresher The basic rules for building an XML document. * An introduction to XSLT The basic concepts of XSLT, xsl:output, xsl:template, xsl:value-of. * XML documents as trees How the original XML is transformed into a set of nodes, the general terms for manipulating node trees. * Paths (XPath) Use of path matching to select required nodes for transformation. * Using templates xsl:apply-templates, xsl:template match, nested templates, xsl:copy , <comment> and <element> , default templates, parameters. * Control xsl:if, xsl:choose, xsl:for-each, xsl:sort. * Constructing the result tree xsl:output, xsl:attribute, xsl:attribute-set, xsl:comment, xsl:processing-instruction, xsl:text, xsl:value-of, xsl:variable. * Combining templates xsl:include, xsl:import, xsl:apply-imports. * Transforming to text
TOTAL SIPP COURSE DESCRIPTION SIPp is a robust performance testing tool designed for evaluating the SIP protocol. This comprehensive course takes you on a journey from the initial installation of SIPp to mastering fundamental scenarios, exploring diverse architectures, delving into statistics analysis, and crafting XML scenario files. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Monitor SIP traffic with SIPp. * Use SIPp for performance testing. * Use the standard SIPp scenarios. * Create custom scenarios in XML for SIPp. TOTAL SIPP COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Those working with SIP. * Prerequisites: Definitive SIP for engineers * Duration 2 days TOTAL SIPP COURSE CONTENTS * Introduction What is SIPp? SIP review: UAC, UAS, INVITE, BYE. Sample SIP call flows. Hands on Wireshark, SIP call flow. * Installing SIPp Getting SIPp, installing SIPp. * Using SIPp Running sipp. sipp with uas scenario, sipp with uac scenario. The integrated scenarios. Online help. Hands on uac, uas. * Controlling SIPp Hot keys, commands, UDP socket. Running SIPp in the background. Traffic control. SIPp performance testing. Hands on Changing call rates, remote control, pausing traffic. * Monitoring SIP traffic Scenario screen, statistics. Response times, counters. Hands on Monitoring SIP traffic. * More integrated scenarios SIPp and media and RTP. 3PCC. 3PCC extended. Transport modes: UDP, TCP, TLS, SCTP, IPv6 mono and multi socket. Hands on Third Party Call Control. * XML What is XML? Content, markup, elements, attributes. Start tags, end tags. Hands on Displaying embedded scenarios, looking at the XML files of the integrated scenarios. * Creating your own XML scenarios scenario, message commands, send, recv, nop, pause, sendCmd, recvCmd, common sipp scenario attributes, command specific sipp scenario attributes. XML DTD, jEdit. Hands on uac and uas scenario XML files. * Recv actions Log and warning, exec, variables, variable types, variable scope. External variables. Hands on RTP streaming, Change a calls network destination, injection files. * Regular expressions What is an RE. POSIX 1003.2. Re injection. Validation. Hands on regex example.
WEB DEVELOPMENT TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This three-day course helps build a foundation in the development of Web applications. This is not a HTML course but covers the technologies needed to develop web applications. Technologies covered include: ASP.NET, XML, AJAX and HTTP error codes. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Program Web applications. * Work with data and services. * Troubleshoot and debug Web applications. * Work with client side scripting. * Configure and deploy web applications. WEB DEVELOPMENT TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone looking for an introduction to web development. * Prerequisites: None. * Duration 3 days WEB DEVELOPMENT TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Programming web applications * Customise the layout and appearance of a web page CSS; tables; embedding images; page layout for navigation. * Understand ASP.NET intrinsic objects Request; Server; Application; Session; Response; HttpContext. * Understand state information in web applications Understand how state is stored based on application design and hardware; understand different types such as session state, view state, control state and application state. * Understand events and control page flow Application and page life cycle events; page events; control events; application events; session events; cross-page posting; Response.Redirect; Server.Transfer; IsPostBack; setting AutoEventWireup. * Understand controls Understanding various types of controls, including user, server, web and validation controls; know which is the appropriate type of control for a scenario. * Understand configuration files Understanding the usage of web.config and machine.config, and the settings that can be made. * Working with data and services * Read and write XML data Understanding XML, XML validation Does not include: Web services; XPath syntax; XmlDocument; XPathNavigator; XPathNodeIterator; XPathDocument; XmlReader; XmlWriter; XmlDataDocument; XmlNamespaceManager. * Distinguish between DataSet & DataReader objects The ability to choose the proper data object to use based on application requirements/design. * Call a service from a web page Creating a basic WCF service or web service so that it can be consumed; App_WebReferences; configuration. * Understand DataSource controls LinqDataSource: ObjectDataSource; XmlDataSource; SqlDataSource. * Bind controls to data by using data binding syntax Ensure that data is updated and displayed in data-aware controls. * Manage data connections and databases Database connections; connection objects; connection pools; transaction objects. * Troubleshooting and debugging web applications * Debug a web application Use in conjunction with custom error pages to display appropriate error information to the appropriate user; implement tracing of a web application, Trace.axd, Trace=True on @Page directive. * Handle web application errors HTTP error codes. * Working with client-side scripting * Understand client-side scripting Purpose of client-side scripting; various client-side scripting languages. LE/370 and Intrinsic Functions. * Understand AJAX concepts ASP.NET AJAX implementation; working with client-side libraries, EnablePartialRendering, Triggers, ChildrenAsTriggers, Scripts, Services, UpdateProgress, Timer, ScriptManagerProxy, extender controls. * Configuring and deploying web applications * Configure authentication and authorisation Forms authentication, Windows authentication; authorisation; file authorisation; impersonation Does not include: Windows Cardspace authentication, Passport (Windows Live ID) authentication, Custom authentication. * Configure projects, solutions and reference assemblies Local assemblies; shared assemblies (GAC); web application projects; solutions; configuration files; AppSettings. * Publish web applications Choosing the appropriate method to deploy an application based on existing or intended environment; updatable vs. not updateable; MSI deployment; Internet Information Server (IIS) installation and configuration. * Understand application pools Purpose of application pools; effect of application pools on web applications.
UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course has been designed as a follow on course for the XML primer course. The course looks at the use of XSLT in the transforming and styling XML documents. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Read shell scripts. * Write shell scripts. * Use different types of quotes. * Recognise the role of shell scripts within the UNIX system. UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers developing programs under UNIX. Anyone working with XML. Administrators Support personnel who wish to find out more about the workings of UNIX or write simple utility programs. * Prerequisites: UNIX fundamentals Some programming experience would be useful although not essential. * Duration 2 days UNIX SHELL PROGRAMMING TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Review of UNIX fundamentals * Basic shell scripts What does the shell do? How are commands executed? Different shells. What is a shell script? Comments, creating shell scripts. * Variables Setting variables, using variables, set, scope, export, sourcing, environmental variables, read. * Positional parameters 0 to $9, $#, $* and others. shift parameter substitution. * Control statements The test command, The if statement, while loops, for loops, The case statement, Special characters, Redirection of errors, here documents, quoting. * Arithmetic in shell scripts The expr command. * System shell scripts * Screen handling The terminfo database The tput comand * Avanced issues (optional session) Shell functions, getopts, xargs, debugging shell scripts, portability issues. Extras in the Korn shell. * Optimising shell scripts The time command, performance tips.
NETWORK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES COURSE DESCRIPTION A comprehensive tour of the available network management technologies available for todays networks. The course starts with basic tools such as syslog along with Python network automation. SNMP is then covered with the *flow technologies and streaming telemetry. Configuration management with ansible, Python, NETCONF and RESTCONF is then studied. The final part of the course looks at SDN. Hands on sessions are used throughout to reinforce the theory rather than teach specific manufacturer equipment. Note that sections are available as individual courses. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Evaluate network management technologies. * Evaluate network management technologies. * Recognise the weaknesses of SNMP versus NETCONF and streaming telemetry. * Explain the role of NETCONF and RESTCONF. * Compare & contrast *flow and streaming telemetry. * Explain the role of SDN in network management. * Automate network configuration with ansible and Python. NETWORK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Those wishing to manage networks. (Previous Python experience is NOT needed) * Prerequisites: Intro to data comms * Duration 5 days NETWORK MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES COURSE CONTENT BASIC NETWORK MANAGEMENT * Network management What is network management? Benefits, issues. FCAPS model. Fault management, Configuration management, accounting, performance, security. What to manage, what not to manage. Managing network devices, managing servers. MONITORING NETWORKS * Traditional network tools Ping..., SSH, syslog, TFTP for configurations. nmap. Wireshark. CLI. Web based management. Splunk. Nessus, snort, Kali. Hands on syslog, network inventories. * Network automation using the CLI Programming and automating networks, netOps. Python, Git. Python network modules, SSH, paramiko, netmiko. EVE-NG. Hands onPython network modules. * Structured versus unstructured data Problems with automation and unstructured data. XML, JSON, YAML. The role of YANG. Hands on Parsing data. * SNMP SNMP architecture, SNMP MIBs, SMI, the SNMP protocol, polling security. Configuring SNMP. SNMPv1, v2, v3, SNMP security. Which version should you use? MIBs and MIB structure. mib-2, extra parts of mib-2, Private enterprise MIBs. Summary: What SNMP is good/bad at. Hands on Configuring agents and a NMS. MIB browsing. * Server management Microsoft, Linux, application polling. WMI vs SNMP. Hands on: Application polling. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT * *flow Polling, push vs pull, netflow, sflow, IPFIX, *flow. Flows. Where to monitor traffic. Comparing *flow with SNMP. Architecture: Generators and collectors. When flows are exported. NetFlow reporting products. SolarWinds. Hands on Netflow configuration. Collectors. * Streaming telemetry Model driven telemetry, periodic/on change. Structured data. Telemetry protocol stack. gRPC and gNMI. Protobuf. gNMI operations. Telemetry architecture. Telegraf, databases, Grafana. Hands on Telemetry example. CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT * Configuration management tools Chef, puppet, ansible, saltstack. Ansible architecture, controlling machines, nodes, agentless, SSH, modules. Inventories, playbooks, modules, network modules, jinja2 templates. Hands on Network configuration with ansible. * NETCONF What is NETCONF? Protocol stack, Data stores, traffic flows, validating configurations, rollback. YANG data models and how YANG is used by NETCONF. XML. Explorers and other tools. Hands on anx, Python and NETCONF. * RESTCONF The REST API, HTTP, What is RESTCONF? Tools including Postman. Comparison with NETCONF. Hands on Configuration with RESTCONF. * Python network automation: configuration SSH issues. Using structured data. Jinja2. ncclient, requests, NAPALM, Nornir. Automated testing. Hands on Python network device configuration with nornir. SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS AND ORCHESTRATION * Classic SDN What is SDN? benefits. SDN architecture. SDN applications, SDN switches, SDN controllers, Network Operating Systems. Control plane, data plane. Northbound interfaces. SDN components. Southbound interfaces. OpenFlow. ONF, OpenFlow ports, Flow tables. * Network virtualization Virtual networks, virtual switches, NfV. Service chaining. NfV and SDN. * SDN implementations Classic SDN, Hybrid SDN, SDN via APIs, SDN via overlays. Data centre SDN, VXLAN, Service Provider SDN, SD WAN, Enterprise SDN, WiFi. * SDN and open source OpenDaylight, OpenVSwitch, Open Networking Forum, Open Network Operating System. Hands onOpenStack. * SD-WAN What is SD-WAN? Architecture: Edge, gateway, orchestrator, controller. Overlay and underlay. Use of MPLS, 4G/5G. Benefits and features. Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).
MRTG TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION A hands on course focusing on the installation, configuration and use of the MRTG network monitoring and graphing tools. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Install MRTG. * Configure MRTG. * Use MRTG to monitor networks. MRTG TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Anyone working with MRTG. * Prerequisites: Total SNMP for engineers * Duration 2 days MRTG TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * What is MRTG? Network monitoring, review of SNMP. What MRTG does do, what MRTG doesn't do, MRTG architecture, MRTG components. Hands on configuring SNMP support on network devices, configuring extended SNMP support on Windows. * Installing MRTG Configuring MRTG tasks, .cfg files, index.html files, running MRTG tasks, instances. Hands on Configuring and running MRTG tasks. * MRTG tasks Configuring MRTG tasks, .cfg files, index.html files, running MRTG tasks, instances. Hands on Configuring and running MRTG tasks. * MRTG graphs Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, MRTG database support, RRDTOOL. Hands on MRTG graphs. * Using MRTG MRTG examples, custom SNMP OIDs, using the MRTG configuration reference. Hands on MRTG examples. * RRDTOOL Installing RRD database support, MRTG instances with the RRD database, RRD database structure, resizing and extending the database. Exporting database records into plain text and XML formats, on demand MRTG graphs using the database. Hands on Using MRTG with RRD database support. * Alternatives to MRTG MRTG strengths and weaknesses, scalability, cricket, cacti, other SNMP tools.
ASP.NET TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION Our hands on ASP.NET training course that will teach students how to create a simple ASP.NET application that delivers dynamic content to the web. The course is applicable for those using C# or VB.NET with ASP.NET. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Create a web form with server controls * Separate page code from content with code-behind pages, page controls, and components. * Display dynamic data from a data source by using ADO.NET and data binding. * Debug ASP.NET pages by using trace. ASP.NET TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers working with ASP.NET. * Prerequisites: HTML5 development fundamentals VBNet_course.htm or C++ programming foundation * Duration 3 days ASP.NET TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Working with ASP.NET Introducing ASP.NET. Creating web forms. Adding ASP.NET code to a page. Handling page events. * Using Web Controls Web controls and HTML controls compared. Using intrinsic controls. Using input validation controls. Introduction to user controls. * Using trace in ASP.NET pages Overview of tracing. Trace information. Page-level trace and application-level trace. * Separating code from content Advantages of partitioning an ASP.NET page. Creating and using code-behind pages. Creating and using components and classes. Inheritance of classes. Interfaces. * Using ADO .NET to access data Accessing text files. Overview of ADO .NET Connecting to a data source. Accessing data with DateSets. Using DataViews. Accessing data with DataReaders. Using XML data with a DataSet. * Creating an ASP.NET Web Application Requirements of a web application. Sharing information between pages. Securing an ASP.NET application. Web services. Creating a simple web service using Visual Studio.NET Calling a web service using Visual Studio.NET
ADO.NET TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION This ADO.net training course is designed to enable developers to use the toolset provided with.NET for data access including ADO.net objects, data controls, designers and interoperability with earlier ADO objects. The course is applicable for those using C# or VB.NET with ADO.NET WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Retrieve and manipulate data using Microsoft's ADO.NET library. * Work with the ADO.NET object model. * Update data, including handling stored procedures, parameters, and return value. * Search, sort and filter data. * Leverage the power of XML. ADO.NET TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Programmers working with ADO.Net. * Prerequisites: Effective programming with VB.NET or Concise introduction to C# * Duration 2 days ADO.NET TRAINING COURSE CONTENTS * Introducing ADO.Net Traditional Data Access Architecture. ADO.Net Disconnected Data Access Architecture. Different components of ADO.Net. * A review of basic SQL queries SQL SELECT Statement. SQL INSERT Statement. SQL UPDATE Statement. SQL DELETE Statement. * Common data access tasks with ADO.Net Accessing Data using ADO.Net. Defining the connection string. Defining a Connection. Defining the command or command string. Defining the Data Adapter. Creating and filling the DataSet. * A Demonstration Application The Interface. Loading the table. Filling the controls on the Form. Navigating through the records. * Updating Data Steps for updating the table. Building the Application. Loading the table and displaying data in the form's controls. Initialising Commands. Adding Parameters to the commands. The ToggleControls() method of our application. Editing (or Updating) Records. Event Handler for the Save Button. Event Handler for the Cancel Button. Inserting Records. Deleting a Record. * Using Stored Procedures Sample Stored Procedures. UPDATE Stored Procedure. INSERT Stored Procedure. DELETE Stored Procedure. SELECT Stored Procedure. Using Stored Procedures with ADO.Net.
STREAMING TELEMETRY TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTION An introduction to streaming telemetry. The course progresses from a brief look at the weaknesses of SNMP onto what streaming telemetry is, how it differs from the xflow technologies, the data formats available and how to configure it. WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Describe streaming telemetry. * Explain how streaming telemetry works. * Describe the data presentation formats available. * Configure streaming telemetry. STREAMING TELEMETRY TRAINING COURSE DETAILS * Who will benefit: Network engineers. * Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers. * Duration 1 day STREAMING TELEMETRY TRAINING COURSE CONTENT * What is streaming telemetry? SNMP weaknesses, Netflow, sflow, polling and the old models, push vs pull, What is streaming telemetry? * Telemetry streaming architecture Model driven versus event driven telemetry, subscriptions, publications. Periodic versus on change, model selection and scalability. Telemetry streaming protocols TCP, UDP, SSH, HTTP, HTTP2, NETCONF, RESTCONF, gRPC, gNMI. * Models and Encoding The role of YANG. YANG models and tools. XML/ NETCONF, JSON/RESTCONF, JSON over UDP. Protocol buffers/gRPC. * Google Protocol Buffers Decoder ring, protocol definition file. GPB-KV, GPB-Compact. Keys. * Streaming telemetry configuration Router: Destination, Sensor, subscription. Collector: YANG models, .proto file. Pipeline. ELK: Consume, store, visualise streaming data. * Collection tools APIs, YANG development Kit, Downstream consumers, influxdata, Grafana, Kafka, Prometheus, others.
