2-Day Training Courses

Make the most of your conference experience by attending an expert-led, immersive training course. Get the in-depth knowledge and skills you need to master important technical topics and advance your career. Click the yellow button to register.

All training courses take place 9:00am – 5:00pm, and are limited in size to maintain a high level of hands-on learning and instructor interaction. Participants should plan to attend both days of the training course. Note: to attend training courses, you must be registered for a Platinum or Training pass; does not include access to tutorials on Monday.

Sunday, February 3 - Monday, February 4

9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, February 3 & Monday, February 4

Domain-driven design and event-driven microservices

Location: Concourse A

Matt Stine (Pivotal)

Average rating:

(4.67, 6 ratings)

Leveraging an exemplar business domain (a pizza delivery store), Matt Stine takes you through domain-driven design (DDD)-based decomposition strategies, data architecture patterns, and implementations. Read more.

9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, February 3 & Monday, February 4

The architect elevator

Location: Concourse B

Gregor Hohpe (ArchitectElevator.com)

Average rating:

(5.00, 3 ratings)

Drawing on his diverse experience with startups, strategic consulting, internet software engineering, and corporate IT, Gregor Hohpe shows you how to recognize and overcome the challenges digital disruption places on traditional enterprises. Read more.

9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, February 3 & Monday, February 4

Fundamentals of software architecture

Location: Concourse E

Mark Richards (Self-employed)

Average rating:

(5.00, 2 ratings)

CNN recently rated software architect the number one job in America. Yet no clear path exists for moving from developer to architect. Mark Richards blends lecture and hands-on real-world group exercises to explore the many aspects of software architecture. You'll learn various integration styles (and when to use them) as well as patterns to fit various business needs and requirements. Read more.

9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, February 3 & Monday, February 4

Developing microservices

Location: Concourse C

Chris Richardson (Eventuate)

Average rating:

(4.50, 2 ratings)

Enterprises need to deliver better software faster. The microservice architecture has the testability and deployability necessary for DevOps. Chris Richardson walks you through using the microservice architecture to develop your applications, exploring key obstacles you'll face (and how to deal with them) and sharing strategies for refactoring a monolith to a microservice architecture. Read more.

9:00am - 5:00pm Sunday, February 3 & Monday, February 4

Building evolutionary architecture

Location: Concourse G

Neal Ford (ThoughtWorks)

Average rating:

(4.50, 6 ratings)

Neal Ford offers a new perspective on evolving architecture, showing you how to make “evolvability” a first-class “-ility” in your software projects. Read more.