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WA1792 Beginning JBoss Drools using Eclipse or RAD Training and Courseware (Coming Soon)

This Drools Training is designed to give Java developers a solid foundation on Business Rule Engines, their applicability to solving traditional business and a mental model of how to design and architect with Rules Systems.

Details

The Drools/JBoss Rules Training is designed to give Java developers a solid foundation on Business Rule Engines, their applicability to solving traditional business and a mental model of how to design and architect with Rules Systems. The course is structure as a 3 day course, beginning with a foundations day and quickly moving to a problem solving based approach were students put the concepts just learned to the test.

  • Day 1 - Foundations
  • Day 2 - Problem Solving with Drools (Hands on)
  • Day 3 - Advanced Topics (1/2 Day) & Applying Drools to your Business (1/2 Day) (Hands On)

Audience

Java Developers and Architects looking to understand Rule Engine Technologies, where to apply them and how to design and architect systems around Rule-based technologies.

Prerequisites

1 or 2 years of Java

Duration

Three days.

Course Outline

1. Foundations

  • Declarative Programming
  • Rule Engines, Expert Systems and Expert Shells
  • Forward and Backward Chaining
  • Why and when to use Rule Based Systems
  • - Value Proposition
  • Implementing Business Rules
  • 10 design tips when building a Rules Based system
  • The Rete Algorithm and ReteOO
  • Architecture of a Rule Based System
  • Some real world applications of a Rule Engine
  • Introducing Drools/JBoss Rules
    • A little beyond Hello World
  • Drools Architecture
    • RuleBase, WorkingMemory, Fact Manipulation and Rule Execution

2. Problem Solving with Drools (Hands on)

  • Installing and configuring Drools in a JSE environment
  • Drools for Programmers:
    • The DRL File
    • The Drools Rule Language
    • Assertion, Retraction and Modification
    • Property Change Listeners
    • Globals
    • Initial and Shadow Facts
    • Agenda
    • Basic Conflict Resolution
  • Recipe Finder Application: A simple Drools applications
  • Using the Drools Eclipse IDE Plugin - Rule Workbench
  • Taking the Recipe Finder to the Web
    • Drools in Tomcat
  • Storing and Managing your Rules
  • Drools for Business Users
    • Authoring Rules
    • DSLs - Domain Specific Languages
    • Decision Tables
  • Stateless and Stateful Sessions
  • Drools Event Model

3. Advanced Topics and Applications 

  • Querying the Working Memory
  • Business Process Management with RuleFlows
  • Performance Considerations
  • Loan Calculator
    • An advanced DSL-based JEE Drools Application
    • Deployment in JBoss
    • EJB3 Integration
    • Seam/Spring Integration
  • Applying Drools to your Business
    • Analysis and Design
    • Sprint Planning, Features
    • DSL or DRL or Decision Tables?
    • JSE TDD Proof of Concept
    • Simple Web or Swing based Client
  • Q & A Session
We regularly offer classes in these and other cities. Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Calgary, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Montreal, New York City, Orlando, Ottawa, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC.
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