COMMON Seminars

COMMON Seminars are part of the new “COMMON…Customized” education model. Seminars are one-day workshops that combine lecture and live demonstration on leading edge topics to meet the increasing educational needs of attendees. They are offered in a number of cities across North America , allowing COMMON to bring education closer to the System i community.

COMMON Seminars are designed to enhance the educational opportunities for System i professionals and bolster their daily workplace needs. They are conducted by industry-leading experts and provide focused education at a minimized cost.

Seminar Benefits:

• All-day educational workshops on leading edge topics
• Focused, interactive education presented by industry experts
• A cost effective educational offering to meet System i professionals’ needs
• Offered close to you throughout North America

If you are interested in partnering with COMMON to schedule a seminar close to you, or would like more information about COMMON Seminars, please contact Ian Cartwright at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or 312.279.0204.

Upcoming Seminars

HTML, CSS and JavaScript 
by Dr. William A. Hansen, Manta Technologies, Inc.

April 12, 2011 • 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Goeglin Homestead • 7311 Maysville Road • Fort Wayne, IN 46815

LUG Partner: STATUS User Group

This workshop covers the following technologies, which are critical to any modern web-based application:

• HTML, the Hypertext Markup Language, is the basis for communication between a web server and a browser. It is through HTML documents that you determine what a user sees when visiting your web site. Because of this, every web developer needs a basic understanding of HTML coding, even if you use tools to create most of your HTML pages.
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are used to control how HTML elements are displayed by a browser.
• JavaScript is a scripting language that a web developer can use within an HTML document to perform functions on the user’s machine.  Using JavaScript, you can develop client-side routines to validate input, store data on the user’s PC, and perform related tasks.  

By the end of the workshop, you will have the skills you need to develop the HTML pages and forms that are used in typical e-business web sites.

Workshop Objectives:
After completing this workshop Seminar, you should be able to:

• Code the HTML elements to define typical web documents, including forms
• Define a Cascading Style Sheet, specifying rules that apply to all elements of a given type or only to selected elements
• Code the HTML elements to identify a JavaScript program or Cascading Style Sheet that is stored within the same document or in a separate file
• Cause a JavaScript function to be invoked as the result of a browser event
• Code  JavaScript programs to:
  • Check which browser version is being used
  • Display a message to the user
  • Validate form input

Part of COMMON’s Seminar Series, it will be held in partnership with the STATUS user group.

 

About the Presenter:

Dr. Hansen is a co-founder of Manta Technologies Inc., a company that specializes in interactive training for IBM i operators, programmers, system administrators, and users. Bill has been developing multimedia training for IBM systems since the early 70s. As the Operating Systems Product Manager for Deltak and the President of Hansen Training Systems, he has developed over 300 courses on topics ranging from word processing to MVS Resource Management. At Manta, he is responsible for operations, system administration, and ebusiness courses. He also developed Manta’s browser-based CBT/WBT authoring system that can simulate both 5250 and GUI screens. Bill holds a B.S. from the Illinois Institute of Technology, as well as a M.S. and Ph.D. from Northwestern University. His Ph.D. thesis, `A Computer Calculation of the Homology of the Lambda Algebra,` was one of the first attempts to use a computer to solve a problem in algebraic topology.

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