Training Courses

Training Courses

Three courses are available at the moment.  Each of them is structured in 8 virtual sessions (via Google Meet or Zoom) about 3 hours each  (24 hours in total) or 4 sessions in person (only in Italy, at the customer’s premises) about 6 hours each (one our off for lunch). 


Cloudlet Modelling & Administration

This course is intended to guide people with knowledge of conceptual data modelling (not necessarily software developers) into the features of the Livebase modelling environment.   The main topics covered by this course are listed hereunder.

  • Dealing with single class models
    Creating a simple registry application
    Extending the simple application
    Playing with data in the generated GraphQL API
    Refining the generated application
    Enforcing data quality with class warnings

  • Dealing with multiple classes and relations
    Working with associations
    Working with compositions
    Derived attributes based on queries
    Advanced modeling techniques
    Breaking up large models into multiple diagrams
    Customizing GraphQL endpoints for specific user profiles
    Localization of GraphQL messages

  • Dealing with Cloudlets
    Managing multiple Cloudlets
    Importing and exporting Cloudlet data
    Configuring Cloudlet defaults
    Importing data from external sources


Using Cloudlets via their GraphQL API

This course is intended to guide develpoers with experience in invoking backend services by APIs into the process of using Cloudlets via their GraphQL APIs. Some of the topic covered by this course are:

  • Working with GraphiQL
  • Formulating GraphQL calls
  • Invoke plugins through GraphQL calls

Extending Cloudlets with Plugins

This course is intended to guide experienced software developers with knowledge of Java, into the process of extending a Cloudlet with additional functionality by developing cloudlet plugins. The main topics covered by this course are listed hereunder:

  • Database transaction handlers
    Database Insert Handler
    Database Update Handler
     Database Delete Handler

  • Application handlers
     Form Action Handler
    List Action Handler
    Validation handler
     Save handler

  • Coding plugins
    Downloading the SPI from a Cloudlet
    Classes and services provided by the SPI
    Best practices to code efficient plugins
    Uploading and managing plugins on a Cloudlet