I will be teaching a one day Bootcamp course on Ajax at the AJAXWorld Conference in Santa Clara, California on September 23, 2007. Details are at http://aja xbootcamp.sys-con.com I will be expanding the Ajax construction tools section from the Ajax Bootcamp I taught in New York at the SOA World conference. I am very impressed with TIBCO GI and Sun jMaki

The next generation of Visual Studio contains the new version of the .NET Framework 2.0 that enables an easier and more robust programming model. In these sessions we will cover these new programming models and how they can be used to develop a variety of applications. We will cover in-depth the .NET Framework 2.0 and how it enables the easy creation of business objects and Web services. We will explore new features of the Framework that include generics, and Web Service Enhancements. In addition we will cover the Team System Foundation Services. This new enterprise class programming system enables application developers to unit test and manage their applications through a series of built-in designers. Finally, we will cover the new features of SQL Server 2005 and how it can be used to enhance your applications and provide a more scalable platform. If you are currently developing applications or are new to the .NET Framework and Web services, these tutorials are for you. We will start with the basics of these new development tools, gradually building into the more advanced features of the Team System and SQL Server.

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has quickly taken center stage as the primary development style of the next decade and beyond. Businesses of all types are preparing for the SOA revolution that promises consistency of process, reduction in duplicate work, ease of maintenance, service reusability, and broad interoperability. The Web Services Framework (WSF) is the foundation that can deliver on the promise of SOA. Come learn about the components of an SOA including the core WSF standards. Attend this free Novell tutorial and learn about the future of SOA-style development, including legacy system enablement, platform interoperability, open source in SOA, and building composite applications that leverage SOA services using Novell exteNd. In this session we will create SOA application logic that orchestrates legacy services, JBoss4 Web services and MS.Net Web services. We will create Web services in Novell exteNd, Eclipse, and Visual Studio respectively. We will then orchestrate these Web services and expose a single course, process-level interface to public Web service consumers. Finally, we will create multiple service consumers in Novell exteNd and Macromedia Flash.

Why do developers favor Java technology for developing Web services? Java technology is the most ready platform for Web services and service-oriented architectures, complete with interoperability, platform independence, and security built-in. This tutorial will review several Java technologies for Web services standards that have been developed or are currently being updated through the Java Community Process sm (JCP sm) program as JSRs - Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC), Java API for XML Binding (JAXB), Java API for XML Processing (JAXP), Java API for XML Registries (JAXR), JSR 109, Implementing Java Web Services, JSR 172, J2ME Web Services and JSR 173, The Streaming API for XML (StAX). Also to be highlighted: JSR 244, Java 2 Platform, Enterprise, Edition 5.0 Specification, JSR 181,Web Services Metadata for the Java Plaform, JSR 208, and Java Business Integration.